Video: Nature by Numbers. Wow! Just–wow!

Nature by Numbers from Jeff DeMeglio on Vimeo.

I’m confined to quarters, but at least I’ve got Coffee

Full coffee cup on lace behind prison bars.We’re finally getting tile installed downstairs after having lived with bare concrete since August last year. The place is finally turning into a home. The mortar needs 24 hours to set, and then the grout will need another 24 hours, and another 24 hours for the grout sealer to set.

They’ve left a single-tile wide path from the stairs to the back door so we can get out of the apartment if we need to. But, the kitchen’s off limits. I can’t even make microwave popcorn (not too much of a hardship, since I prefer “real” popcorn that you cook yourself in a pan over the stove). I did think to bring my coffee maker into my room, and coffee and filters, so there’s that, at least. And even though I really don’t like to bring food into my bedroom, I brought a couple of loaves of French bread and a bag of Funyuns up here to tide me over until I can get back into the kitchen. I’ll probably pick up some fresh fruit tomorrow morning.

Renovation is a wonderful thing. Now if we can just talk the management into some decent landscaping, and maybe a face-lift for the entire complex… It could happen…!

Image Credits
Cup of Coffee” by anya-anya
Curve Steel rods” by asifthebes

Walk Like a Man…

Many gorillas can walk, and even run, for a short distance on two legs. A bachelor Western lowland gorilla named Ambam seems to be rather more fond of bipedal locomotion than other gorillas. Ambam’s father frequently walked upright when his hands were full, and his siblings also displayed the behavior more frequently than other gorillas.

Ambam lives at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, England. I’d definitely add it it to my itinerary if I were visiting the area.

The following video of him has gone viral, with over 1 million views in two days, so it’s old news by now. I just wanted to document it here, in case any of you haven’t yet seen it. The soundtrack is a little loud, so you may want to mute it or turn down your volume before you watch the vid.