By bluerasberry on 2019-08-30
The 2019 Wikimania reception was Sunday 18 August in the Nordic Museum. The theme was Nordic Culture and the conference organizers had prepared for us to have a traditional blot, or animal sacrifice, in the lobby of the museum. The organizers announced none of this in advance. I only came to realize what was happening […]
Posted in animal, festival, museum, religion, Stockholm | Tagged blood, vegan, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2018-07-29
Fabian and I visited Kruger National Park. On Wednesday 11 July we flew from Johannesburg to Skukuza Airport, which is in Kruger Park. We picked up a rental car and drove 2.5 hours to Satara Lodge where we stayed 2 nights. The night of the 12th we took a nighttime tour to see nocturnal animals […]
Posted in animal, South Africa, tour, Wikipedia | Tagged monkey, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2017-12-02
Feisty the Chinchilla died Friday 31 November 2017. I had known him for almost 4 of his 6 years. Every day that I was home I played with him. When I was not home it was part of my check-in routine with Fabian to ask about the chinchillas’ behavior and whatever they might be doing […]
Posted in animal, New York City | Tagged death, rodent
By bluerasberry on 2015-06-22
On June 20 I went to a conference in New York called The Seed. It is organized by a consortium of activists and nonprofit organizations who promote the vegan lifestyle, and this annual conference is a special event to complement a monthly vegan market and meetup which they group also hosts. At their events they […]
Posted in animal, health, New York City, non-profit | Tagged conference, food, PETA
By bluerasberry on 2013-12-05
Lee visited me in New York from Thursday 21 November until Tuesday 3 December. I went to work on the weekdays except 27 and 28 November, which I had off for Thanksgiving. He had some time on his own. On the 23rd he went alone to the Natural History Museum. Together we went and saw […]
Posted in animal, New York City, tour | Tagged Lee
By bluerasberry on 2012-03-31
I was going to Suzzallo Library this afternoon when just outside the library a baby squirrel fell out of a tree! I did not know it was a squirrel at first, but then a crow swooped down and pecked at it. Immediately I saw a parent squirrel looking very worried coming down the tree, and […]
Posted in animal, Seattle | Tagged rescue, rodent
By bluerasberry on 2012-02-09
Lee’s hamster seemed unhappy for a couple of months. He was not running on his wheel and when he was in his ball he hardly wanted to explore. He seemed healthy otherwise and explored his pen and liked to run around on the floor. He was eating normally and liked to be petted. Eventually we […]
Posted in animal | Tagged hamster, rescue, rodent, surgery
By bluerasberry on 2011-02-15
From Noida we went to Mathura to visit the birthplace of Krishna. I was surprised when Nandan told me that the temple had been partially demolished by Muslims to replace it with a mosque. This means that all of the three favorite sites of the most popular gods – Shiv’s Kashi Vishwanath, Ram’s birthplace in […]
Posted in animal, India, religion | Tagged monkey, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2011-01-31
Pradeep and I were supposed to go to Humsafar and a museum after that but it was in the afternoon and kind of hot and his house was nearby so he suggested we stop for a half hour and then go. As it turned out I was interested in talking with his family and I […]
Posted in animal, gay stuff, India
By bluerasberry on 2010-04-28
I went to go hear Ben Huh of the Cheezburger Network speak at Seattle Public Library on Saturday April 23. This is the startup guy behind the LOLcat site, Fail Blog, Graph Jam, Engrish Funny, and other funny content sites. He lives in Seattle. Everyone entering the lecture was offered free cheeseburgers from Dick’s. He […]
Posted in animal, presentation, Seattle | Tagged cat, food, social site