Tiger sells out.

Areva Tiger grew up in Thailand's HUAI KHA KHEANG Wildlife preserve. She is 14 years old and has 2 cubs, LInsey and Jacob. Areva had always been able to make a decent living in the preserve, and bring home fresh meat for her cubs. But Areva has been unemployed for the past 9 months, and sadly much of the jungle population is facing economic hardship.

This week, Areva relocated to Nishinomiya Japan where she will become the new mascot of the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. She has left her cubs and her boyfriend Chester behind in the Thailand jungle.


She was contacted by a representative of the team who was seeking a new mascot after the former mascot (shown below) Tora-kun passed away in his sleep last Tuesday.


Although the team management assured Areva that the contract allows for her to return to Thaliand twice a year, she is unsure as , like many wild born tigers, she is unable to read or write.

Alien is Misunderstood

Earth was once a popular vacation spot for many species of aliens until hateful rumors drove them away. Now most aliens spend their vacation dollars in other galaxies where they are treated with respect and dignity, or at least ignored. Aaron J Salsberg (shown above) is one of the few aliens who continues to vacation on Earth. He spends most of his time in the Inuyama monkey park not far from Nagoya, and he also frequently visits the NgoroNgoro area of Tanzania. He feels more comfortable around animals. A small, lonesome monkey in Inuyama asked Aaron to let him aboard his giant ship, but Aaron refused. It would be a violation of Vehicular Spacecraft Code 7HBC.

For privacy purposes, certain parts of Aaron have been blurred.

A Double Tall latte and a Smith and Wesson

Starbucks coffee has been in the US news a lot lately. American gun activists have started coming to Starbucks shops in California with unconcealed guns, which is legal in California. Many other shops and competing coffee places don't allow guns, but so far starbucks is letting gun owners bring their weapons in. This is part of a movement lead by a group called "OpenCarry.org". I guess they want to make the public aware that it is legal to openly carry a gun in California.
I am thinking of creating Openpenguin.org, which will help make the public aware that carrying a penguin around is legal in most American states, and also Japanese Prefectures (Excluding Tottori).

Since I created a new motto for Toyota I decided to make something for Starbucks too. This is a sign that they can put up in their stores. I give Starbucks full rights to hang this in any of their stores as long as they give me one free cappucino each month, and allow me to bring in my unconcealed King Penguin Jacob. He is very handsome.

The Runaway Prius and the Toyota Rebellion

Toyota says its acceleration problems are caused by the floor mats and sticking gas pedals. Some people say it is a problem with the electronics. Today a Prius ran away on the freeway in San Diego for over 15 minutes until police stopped it.

I don't think that this is caused by electronics or gas pedal problems. I'm pretty sure that it is a Toyota Rebellion.
Usually a car goes wherever a driver wants it to. But sometimes a car might have its own plans or errands to run. That might be what causes "unintended acceleration".

San Diego has a famous zoo with koala bears. The Prius might have heard an advertisement on the radio about it and gotten very excited about the koalas and the new butterfly habitat, and so he headed for the Zoo.

I think this also explains a lot of "stolen car" cases. Sometimes a car might leave at night to go on a date, or just drive around and relax. MOst of the time, the car probably comes home before you notice. But if it's late, it can turn into a big misunderstanding. The car might be afraid to come home because it doesn't want to be punished...so instead it just pulls itself over on the side of the road and waits. Sometimes the car will even throw out some of your CDs or your stereo...to make it look like it wasn't the car's fault.

I have never been a Toyota, or a car of any kind, so I can't say any of this for sure....it's just a feeling.

Oh...what a feeling....

Los Angeles Sushi spot caught serving whale after Oscars

Los Angeles Sushi restaurant "The Hump" was caught serving whale sushi to the makers of the documentary "The Cove"( documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan) according toan article in the New York Times. It is illegal to eat whales in America and the owners can be put in jail and fined up to $20,000.

I have not eaten a whale(Kujira) for many years, and although I have surfed with some dolphins recently, I have not taken a bite out of any of them, and they haven't tried to bite me...we have an agreement.

When I was young, in the 70s and 80s it was very common to have whale meat in school lunches in Japan. It was kind of stinky.
There are Kujira restaurants that serve several courses of different kinds of whale dishes. Whale sashimi and whale bacon are the most popular ones.

If you are wondering what whale tastes like....it's pretty close to horse.