Comments on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park: It's no snail darter, but...

Uh... Thanks, Commercial Appeal, for making everyo...

2008-11-12T18:19:00.000-06:00

Uh... Thanks, Commercial Appeal, for making everyone a little dumber. SPIDERS ARE NOT INSECTS.

If you stack up enough ironies, do they cancel eac...

2008-11-11T09:29:00.000-06:00

If you stack up enough ironies, do they cancel each other out? Or do they explode?

I shudder every time I see that "web of life" text...

2008-11-11T09:20:00.000-06:00

I shudder every time I see that "web of life" text at the Zoo. It's from the famous "every part of the Earth is sacred to my people" speech attributed to Chief Seattle in 1854. That "speech" was actually from a work of fiction written in 1970, incorporated into the narration in an environmental documentary film called _Home_. The producers of the film (ironically enough, it was the media wing of

"SOME PIG" was Charlotte's original comment, right...

2008-11-11T09:11:00.000-06:00

"SOME PIG" was Charlotte's original comment, right?

So they're already up to the interpretive graphic ...

2008-11-11T08:09:00.000-06:00

So they're already up to the interpretive graphic stage?

Wow. Looks like the Zoo is going to finish the plan for its Chickasaw Bluffs exhibit without any public input. Then presumably Mr. Brady will invite the public to view the final $50,000 work product, at which point it will be too late to change anything of substance.

I wonder who's paying for this plan?

i was just coming to post about this! you beat me!...

2008-11-10T09:26:00.000-06:00

i was just coming to post about this! you beat me! i noticed a similar article in the Zoo's latest Exzooberance newsletter. They make sure to mention that the spider will be "featured as a resident of the forest in the [Chickasaw Bluff Trail's] interpretive graphics.