One of the preschoolers in the wife’s class requested I draw his cat, sight unseen. So he gets a pirate.
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. … Time to die.”
“Well, it’s an interesting combination of elements, making him a tough little son-of-a-bitch.”
“Tell me, what is love? … Love is first widening my eyes a little bit and quickening my breathing a little and warming my skin and touching … And so on, exactly so. Thank you, Sheila.”
FACTS ABOUT GIRAFFES:
- They have an 18 inch black tongue.
- Giraffes sleep for approximately 20 minutes per day.
- They consume about 75 pounds of food and 10 gallons of water every day, spending 16-20 hours of the day feeding.
- Giraffes can hiss, moo, whistle, and roar.
- Their tail is 8 feet long, the longest of any land mammal.
- Giraffes are strong enough to kill a lion.
- They can gallop 31-37 miles per hour.
- A newborn baby giraffe begins walking within the first hour of it’s birth. It also drops about 6 feet before hitting the ground when it is born.
- The heart of a giraffe is 2 feet long and weighs 25 pounds. Their blood pressure is twice that of a human.
- So basically, giraffes are the fucking most awesome animal known to man. That’s all.