A Zach Of All Trades

Because your life doesn’t have enough bears in it.

The Reptile House at the Detroit Zoo

We managed to get her out with a considerable amount of Vaseline, but there was some bruising and we were concerned there might be internal bleeding, After a 2 hour round trip to the nearest snake vet, Garza checked out fine, just a bit of scale damage.  We were lucky. tl;dr - this hide is dangerous for any snake unless it’s super tiny.  Don’t keep it in your baby’s tank once they’ve outgrown it.  Even better, don’t buy it if they’re eventually going to outgrow it. 

Bear: LESLIE ODOM JR'S FACE.

Konami code

Burnt cross This cross took some damage from a large forest fire in 2009.  It still stands as strong as ever.

It's Spock the snake! (And also actual Spock)

This cool as fuck Mastodon skeleton is housed in a Travel center in Wyoming near the Colorado border.

They were exactly right.  We were somewhere in Wyoming, but seriously, not a clue where.

Sign I got at a protest last night goes up in front of my house at 2pm ET on July 11. Let’s see how long it takes to get stolen or defaced.

Up to my old tricks in Hazel Park, MI

Hang on while I high five 9 year old me