
by uaiHebert

by uaiHebert










glitches in the matrix.
Berlin Zoo has five new residents! A family of Bebeh Capys were born just a few weeks ago. Here they are along with Mom Lucia, checking out their enclosure for the first time, according to ZooBorns.


These little Singing Peeps dive bomb in for a snack, and then they’re On The Move. This video discovered by Smedley and we can view it here due to this fellow on The Tube!

This little guy is primed for action. You wanna piece of him? Make yer play, pardner.

From the SD Zoo Tumblr.
As spotted on Bored Panda: this small store in Tokyo has one of the friendliest (and furriest) clerks you’ll ever meet!
Photographer Allison Buttigieg was on vacation when she captured this Madagascarian version of Saturday Night Fever’s Tony Manero! More deets at Mail Online. [Went with "Stayin' Alive" here since we've already done I Like To Move It Move It. -Ed.]








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There’s nothing quite like a polite mouse. When he wants in, Grisu doesn’t pound on the door or anything, no. He’s much more…refined.
(T.O.)
(I work as a clockmaker. I phone a customer while standing at their front door after no response to the door bell:)
Me: “Hello, this is [My Name]. I’m here for your service call.”
Customer: “Well, I’m not home. I waited until 4:15 and you never showed up, so I left.”
Me: “You waited until 4:15 today?”
Customer: “Yes. You were supposed to be here at 3 and I waited until 4:15.”
Me: “I’m sorry, ma’am, but your appointment was set for between 3 and 5, not at 3. Also, it’s only just now 3:20.”
Customer: “What do you mean 3:20?”
Me: “The time. It is currently only 3:20 pm.”
Customer: “When I looked at the clock it said 4:15!”
Me: “By chance, would that be the clock I was coming to fix?”
Customer: “… Yes.”
Meet Mimi, a new Hamadryas Baboon residing at the Oakland Zoo!



Photos by Dannielle Stith, as seen on ZooBorns.










Animals With Unusual Fur Markings [bp]
Previously: Cats Sitting Like Humans, Bunnies Sticking Their Tongues Out
Had one last night, and how ’bout another one today? In the case of these Masked Marvels, two is definitely better than one.
Update! And this one just in NOM NOM NOM from Monica.
[But next time, it's the Lion King, OK?] From Laura S., who also submitted this photo of dog Peppo and new cat Marcino for the 2016 C.O. Calendar. You can do it, too!
Are you in the doghouse with your spouse? Say “I’m sorry” with the FTD Fall Puptacular arrangement, including a gorgeous arrangement of rich fall colors, coffee mug, and a puppy. Yeah, that should about do it.

UPDATE! Bonus extra additional photo that I didn’t notice until just now!

Via Chris on Flickr.
If we can have it be Rats, It’s Monday- seems only fair to give these Prosh Lil’ Hanging Dudes equal time.




From Parade via Sender-Inner Cathy.
Updated!
“This thread isn’t complete without the picture of a bat in Batman pajamas. Includes major side-eye action!” SKuo.


I’m already anticipating Sunday.
Talk about putting the cart before the horse. We haven’t even hopped around the weekend enough to make it to Sunday.
Sundays, I would argue, are the worst. Actually… they’re the BEST but only between the hours of 8am and noon when we’re sleeping in, churching, brunching, or napping after pancakes. After noon on a Sunday I find myself in the unfortunate task of pretending to be relaxed while stressing about the week to come. We’ve talked about this before. It’s called The Sunday Stresses, and it’s more real that we deserve.
Luckily there’s PASTA. All healing, all comforting, all filling PASTA. Thank you, Lord. For real.
I have pasta every Sunday night. I spoon myself an embarrassingly large bowl, sit cross-legged on the couch, watch Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee and just tear through a bowl. I’m trying to fill the pit of Sunday Stresses and pasta usually works, until it doesn’t… but even still.
This One-Pot pasta comes together easily and makes the house smell like an onion dream. There’s just something so right about the smell of cooking onions.
While the onions, thyme, and chicken broth flavors have more of a Fall feel to them… well, The Sunday Stresses know no season. Let’s just get some quality couch time in. Let’s make out with pasta, just a little.
NOT WEIRD AT ALL!
Fat spaghetti pasta, chicken broth and water, onions halved and sliced, butter and olive oil, thyme and cheese and arugula and seasoning. Everything! Let’s go!
The onions. Oh the onions. They actually cook longer than the pasta itself. The onions need a bit of caressing with butter and olive oil and low heat.
Progress. It’s hard not to hover and stir, but the onions do need quality time with the heat. They need to sit and simmer a bit.
This is about when I get super impatient and start to think of worms.
Golden brown, studded with fresh thyme, seasoned with salt and pepper rather aggressively.
Deglazing the hot pan with water and chicken broth. The steam! The best part.
Welcome to the party, pasta! We need you.
We do a little dance on the stovetop. Simmer with the lid on for a bit. Stir with the lid off for a bit. Simmer with the lid on again. Fluff with the lid off.
It’ll all come together in about 10 magical minutes.
Related: I need more magical minutes in all of my days. RIGHT!?
Taste and most likely add: salt and pepper, way too much parmesan cheese, and handfuls of fresh arugula.
By now your neighbors are likely knocking on the door because you made the world smell AMAZING! Share the pasta, not the stresses.
This pasta is both slightly sweet and salty. As the onions cook down, they take on a tender and sweet quality. It’s lovely, but you may find yourself adding a bit more salt and parmesan cheese than you might expect. I love the spice that fresh arugula adds to the pasta. Red pepper flakes are also divine. You want to add cooked sausage too!? Heck yes!
Happy Weekend!
One-Pot French Onion Pasta
serves 4
3 medium yellow onions, peeled and sliced
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
salt and fresh cracked black pepper
3 teaspoons fresh thyme
2 cups water
2 1/2 cups chicken broth
12 ounces uncooked spaghetti
salt and fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
parmesan cheese
fresh arugula
Place a large heavy bottom sauce pan over medium heat. Add the olive oil and butter and stir until butter is melted. Add the sliced onions all at once. Stir to coat the onions in the fat. Allow onions to cook, undisturbed, for about 4 minutes. Add salt, pepper and thyme and stir. Allow the onions to cook for about 4 minutes at a time. Lower the heat if the onions are browning too quickly. The onions will begin to brown, break down, and resemble an onion jam.
When onions are entirely browned and completely soft (about 15 minutes), add the water and chicken broth to the pan. Using a wooden spoon, scrape any burned bits off the bottom of the pan. Add the pasta all at once.
Return to medium heat and bring to a simmer. Place the lid on the pan and allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Remove the lid to toss and stir the pasta for about 3 minutes. Return the lid and allow to cook for another 5 minutes. Remove the lid and taste the pasta for doneness. There will still be just under an inch of liquid in the pot. Allow the pasta to cook more (if it was still crunchy), or allow some of the liquid to cook off. It’s about your preference. I like a bit of the broth remaining. Plus, the pasta will absorb more of the liquid as it sits.
To serve, spoon into large bowls, top with parmesan cheese and fresh arugula.
Robin Sloan:
There are dangerous creatures lurking in this world, including but not limited to giant spiders and skeleton archers. But they only venture out at night, and they can be deterred by walls. The sun (a bright cube) sets fast, so your first task is always the same: Build a shelter.
The genius of Minecraft is that the game does not specify how this is done.
It’s almost impossible to overstate just how big a deal Minecraft is for my son and his friends.
Orphaned baby deer mouse…sent in by KB, from Farasyn Farm’s Wildlife Rescues FB.