Comments on: Two Things To Smile About on a Monday

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:48:08 +0000

I love the fact that they’re WAY bigger than the males. And apparently they can lift 3/4 of their body weight. I wouldn’t need to hire professional movers if I could do that!

By: sarah.of.a.lesser.god

sarah.of.a.lesser.god — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:39:43 +0000

Jezebel the Harpy Eagle? I love it. I hope her sisters were named Lilith, Salome, Medea, and Clytemnestra.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:34:09 +0000

The Wiki entry on Harpy eagles is pretty cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy_Eagle

They are some seriously badass birds. And this made me chuckle:

“Female Harpy Eagles typically weigh 6.5 kg to 9 kg. One exceptional captive female, “Jezebel”, weighed 12.3 kg, possibly because of relative lack of exercise and readily available food at a zoo. The male, in comparison, weighs only about 3.8 kg to 5.4 kg.”

By: mischiefmanager

mischiefmanager — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:25:29 +0000

“Then she starts squealing … wheeee wheeee wheee.

Funny, that’s what I said when our youngest left the nest…Just kidding! *runs for cover*

As for Mr Spooner, he is clear on the concept, unlike, say, local US congressman Daryl Metcalfe, who accused members of a vets’ group fighting against global warming of “treason”. To Republicans, treason=disagreeing with whatever any Republican-or donor to a Republican-says. The rest of us know differently. Thank you, Mr Spooner, for your service and your integrity.

By: sarah.of.a.lesser.god

sarah.of.a.lesser.god — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:12:34 +0000

llevinso: I totally know what you mean about the inner cynic. I think one of the reasons I love this video so much is because Spooner is of a generation that came of age well before any formal gay rights movement in this country, and grew up in a culture where there was no concept of equality for gays and lesbians. And yet here he is, campaigning for LGBT rights.

By: llevinso

llevinso — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:52:44 +0000

First: adorable little harpy. Adorable and scary at the same time

Second: maybe it was just my inner cynic but when I saw the headline on Yahoo about this 86 year old vet testifying about gay marriage I just assumed he was saying what he and his boys fought at Omaha Beach for was to protect the sanctity of marriage or some other such crap so I didn’t even click on the article. I’m glad to see I was totally wrong. It does make my Monday much brighter.

By: NefariousNewt

NefariousNewt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:20:04 +0000

Leave it up to a New Englander to remind the nation of that which it takes for granted.

By: bellacoker

bellacoker — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:10:17 +0000

Congrats, MamaEagle! You are both gorgeous and fierce.