Just ... holy cow! I'm....stunned. This is so amazing. Chimps make and use spears.

The guy who invited us previously to Colwyn Bay, has called twice more, very insistant that we come.
Hubby is going to stay at the mosque this weekend, so we're going to be going on tuesday. We'll either stay 1 or 2 nights and come home.
I need to find shahhe a sitter for 1 night. Hopefully trish can do it.
I hope the drive doesn't kill me.... but I am looking forward to seeing this and this.

Sadie, an eight-year-old Labrador who was trained in Leicestershire, has been awarded a Dickin Medal for her work in Afghanistan in November 2005.

Now, I'd heard of the Dickin Medal before, having watched the animated movie Valiant (what an educational tool!) and remembered that one of the current 62 awards was given to a cat.

A cat?

Yes, a cat. and I was like 'what? no self respecting cat would do anything in a war....they might defend their territory, if agressive enough like this little guy...but a war? come on! Someones yanking our chain.

So I went an looked it up.

1949: Simon - the ship's cat on HMS Amethyst during the Yangtze Incident, noted for surviving injuries from a cannon shell, raising morale and killing off a rat infestation during the incident. Rank raised to Able Seaman and awarded campaign medal

all cat lovers should read the links.

Every time I see this guys face, I get the creeps.
As a friend of mine would say: He probably just wants to sell you boy scout cookies.
Except he admits to killing his whole family.

Creepy guy.