JAPAN: Animals Near the Fukushima Plant

JAPAN: Animals Near the Fukushima Plant

Dear Friends,

Please consider taking the time to read this

compelling story - first reported by Anderson

Cooper - about the true HEROES of animal

rescue, who are risking their lives to enter the

radioactive zone (now rated on par with the

Chernobyl disaster) to rescue animals left

behind.

Thank you.

And thank you, Anderson Cooper, for breaking

this story of courage, heroism, humanity, and

self-sacrifice on behalf of our little brothers and

sisters, the "forgotten ones."

We salute you all.

YumYum

Meet Our Newest Friend!

Here at PandaPig'sPeaceSanctuary we have a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and even when a guinea pig comes into the herd who is...shall we say...different?...we accept him just the way he is! Although we may need a taller cage for this one...not to mention, what's with the tail? {EDITOR: "YUM-YUM, what is our policy here?"} FINE! We do not notice his tail. So, please welcome our newest arrival and feel free to send name suggestions which will be judged by a Secret Judge and then voted on during Molly Movie Night and the winner will receive the entire Encyclopedia Britannica from 1964! Oooh, Baby, baby!

(Photo by Bob Ellis.)

Do NOT have stolen food in my little hands! How DARE you?

GizMomma caught this little guy in the act but was too sweet to do anything other than capture his quizzical expression for the rest of us to enjoy! Thanks, Linda, we can all relate...'specially cuz when piggies get caught we have no defense other than our Invisibility Cloaks. And mom keeps going: "YumYum, I STILL SEE YOU!" How annoying. We may need new cloaks, think your Squirrel does, too!

Wise Owlet: Why Can't 1Skatr BLOG?

"Must crack this conundrum...because I am wise...have deep thoughts...very philosophical...wonder what's for dinner tonight?"

Quote of the Day

"...he will be our friend for always and always and always."
~ Rudyard Kipling
   

A brief, precious, sweet Message to The Tribe of SchM'aGooglites: LISTEN UP!

Dear SchM'aGooglites,


As we approach Passover, please bear in mind how the Egyptians
were smitten (smitten real good, I tell ya!) when Pharaoh refused the
demands made of them by Charlton Heston, former President of
the NRA,  to "Let Our People GO!" You gonna mess with an APE?


Have you young billionaire tykes never seen the awesome epic,
"The Ten Commandments?" or whatever it was called. 


So! You refuse to connect Google to Blogger, you continue to
defy the Guinea Pig Nation with your impertinent indifference!


Which insults us! We may be small, mind you, but so was that
slingshot with which David slew Goliath! We are small but be
forewarned: The Guinea Pig Nation of Blogging Cavies plans
a potlatch meeting in the War Tent as we approach these
Holy Days, SACRED for so many...


And if ever we have felt ignored, insulted, belittled, minimized,
bullied, pushed over, slighted, THESE BE THE DAYS!
Your condescending indifference of our Need To Blog vexes us,
we are confused...it has been a month! You think we have nothing
worth saying, nothing worth showing? Hmmmm...well, mom has
come home (O.K. she had a headache and never actually left!)
BUT! let's say she has come bearing our Guinea Pig BIG-BOY 
PantZ which we are puttin' on while issuing forth this ultimatum: 
FIX THE alleged "Broken Link" you admit exists between Google,
Picasa, and Blogger...
OR BE SchMITTEN! ("Smitten" to you goys out there.)


oh, and puh-LEASE don't throw any of that "What happened to all 
that "non-violent - Be Kind to All - stuff?" we espouse so earnestly:
Ever consider that we write after an indescribably foamy latte with just a 
sprinkling of vanilla and subtle hint of cardamom, ever think of THAT?
Or, maybe we should print a retraction: Be kind to all beings with the
NOTABLE EXCEPTION OF -


{EDITOR: YumYUM?!}


"FINE! Mom, just writing thank- you notes for all the Passover cards
we've been getting! No worries. You go on back to sleep. We love you."


{EDITOR: O.K. guess I didn't notice the Passover cards, note to self:
notice the Passover cards. How thoughtful of our friends to send them.}


Whew! Back to business:
SchM'aGooglites,
You take us for furry little fools?! 
BESIDES: We ARE kind... Kind of! 
MAYBE YOU ARE THE EXCEPTION, HUH?!"


Our line hath been drawn in the sand...O.K. in our cage-litter,
but NONETHELESS DRAWN! Do not underestimate the Power
of The Guinea Pig Nation of Righteousness for we know where the
locusts dwell...and if you don't fix things so we can start blogging pictures
of our magnificent selves STAT, EXPECT VISITORS OF THE
SEVEN PLAGUES genre...just sayin' we hope you like frogs...
GOOGLE you  dwell on your High Horse at MOUNTAIN VIEW, 
CALIFORNIA: WE HAVE YOUR ADDRESS AND SO DOES THE 
LOCUST KING! (and, just between you and me, he is NOT
an attractive locust, either... not to knock locusts, but ZOWZA-Wheeek!)
Wouldn't want HIM over for dinner. Knowing we WERE THE DINNER!


Have a nice day.
love,
YumYum


P.S. WE have our menorah handy and will be lighting one candle for each
night you choose NOT TO fix "The Blogger Debacle of 2011"...we're feeling 
kind of Holy, Righteous, and DECIDEDLY in the mood for a Regime Change in
Silicon Valley!


Thus, YumYum hath spoken!

"You look funny sideways but I LIKE it!"

I see the world a bit differently now...

YouTube - Dolphin play bubble rings

YouTube - Dolphin play bubble rings

Dear Friends,

Since the GOOGLE/BLOGGER link remains broken,

we guinea pigs would like to use this opportunity to

showcase natural beauty beyond our wildest imagination.

This video transcends the most aesthetically choreographed
ballet ever performed on stage...because this is Dolphins Dancing

with their very own bubbles to music you can only hear

if you listen madly in Deep Silence with an open heart.
This is among our Top 10 Fave-O-Faves of all time.
The Dolphins blow these whimsical bubbles themselves...
Enjoy!

Love,

YumYum

Can't Blog, so now all I can do is WheeeeK!

Adorable: Cat and dolphins play together - The Feed - CBS News

Adorable: Cat and dolphins play together - The Feed - CBS News

Our Wedding Party! WhoEVAH they are!

Well, now that it's OFFICIAL and none of us care too much about fancy clothes, especially mom who would just as soon wear overalls and a plaid flannel shirt to the wedding...we have left the planning to Richard since he definitely has an eclectic, if not ECCENTRIC sense of style! We guinea pigs will be having our Bedouin wraps custom made at our local "BedouinZ - R- Us" store...but we plan to chew holes in them, pull them apart, and wrap ourselves up in them like wee lil'PigZ-in-a-BedouinBlanket knowing that all our cucumbers will be peeled. What else really matters at 4am?

Love,
YumYum
P.S. Just press anywhere on the photograph to see Richard's love-struck eyes beneath his Blue Bonnet!

OOPSIE! Chai objects! Claims CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY DEFECTIVE!

You do not see me and I am not shredding a roll of paper towels because I am wearing my
Secret Cloak of Invisibility: So... what up, Mooks? You lookin' at ME?

Chai never was real good at being inconspicuous...some things never change, nor would we wish it any
other way.

He just wants a refund on the Cloak he ordered from the back page of a comic book he also shredded.
Bengal Cats: Can't live with 'em, Can't live withOUT 'em. But you do learn to live without paper towels
and toilet paper and sleep. His claim to fame besides his handsome, charismatic, Bad-Boy looks?
He adores guinea pigs! When together, we put carpet remnants atop their cages so he can perch there
to "guard them" with his fierce, tender demeanor. We suspect his believes them to be "little Bengals" or
even his very own kittens. But love us he does...go figure!

love,
YumYum

GOOGLE: YOU VEX US!

DEAR GOOGLERZ,

WE ARE NOW APPROACHING WEEK 4 (?!)
OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DOWNLOAD PHOTOS
OF OUR GLORIOUS BEATITUDE TO BLOGGER.

AND WE ARE VEXED, ANNOYED, AND DENOUNCE YOU!

CONSIDER YOURSELVES OFFICIALLY DENOUNCED!

SIGNED,
BLACK SHEEP NATION OF GUINEA PIGS

HURRY UP, WHAT DA MATTER WID YOU IDIOTS ANYWAY?
GET OFF YOUR STUPIS, NEW iTHINGY AND FIX DIS NOW ELSE
WE GONNA GET YOU AND SEND ALL THOSE NUCLEAR
RADIATED SEA CREATURES COMING OUTTA THE OCEAN
NEAR JAPAN TO YOU AND WE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
AND HAVE SENT THEM GPS THINGIES SO THEY KNOW
WHERE YOU ARE AND THEY'S GONNA EAT YOUR PRECIOUS
NEW STUPIS iTHINGYS FIRST WHILE YOU WATCH THEN
THEY GONNA GO AFTER EVERY ONE O'YA'S MOOKS WHO
KEEP SAYING "WE WILL FIX IT THIS WEEK" LIKE TELLING A WOMAN
"I HAD A REALLY WONDERFUL TIME. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
I'LL CALL YOU." AND DO THEY? THEY CALL ABOUT AS
CONSISTENTLY AS YOU FIX THE GOOGLE-BLOGGER PROBLEM:
LIKE, AS IN: NEVAH, EVAH!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Love,
Yours Truly,
Gentle Yum-Yum, Kind Monarch of the Black Sheep Nation

Oh, Bloody HORK! Mom read this and asked me
whether I thought it was kind or not, because
she wants this BLOG to be all about kindness.
I said GOOGLE is not a guinea pig or a sentient
or non-sentient being, it is simply STUPIS!
She asked me if I thought that was kind.
(Guess GOOGLE NOT THE ONLY ONE VEXING ME TODAY!)

So, here is a RETRACTION:
(and I don't mean one word of it, but here it is anyway,
mom told me to just "fake it till I make it" - being nice
and all that, probably what she does...)

Dear GOOGLE,
Thank you for your eGGXellent service.
AND WE WISH you only HORKS AND - uh,
kind stuff, but smelly stuff, kind smelly stuff.
Sincerely Never Will Be YOURS,
Yum-Yum, the Magnificent Opus Magnus - Magnum Opossum of Kindness