Friday, December 12, 2008

Tail of the Lizard

Cats found Lizard last night in the kitchen. Actually the cats found him, but Cow was quick enough to remove the interesting new cat toy and relocate him safely outside before he received injury.

Mississippi is going through Weather... it was 29 degrees F last night...unusually cold...for the American South.

Imagine Cow's dismay when this morning, lizard was still there, outside, not moving. And no longer green, but dark brown.

Topiary brought Lizard, still on the wall of his Tupperwear home, inside onto a heating pad. With the lid on top, but not sealed, for protection from roaming cat predators. After about an hour he started moving around and turned green again. Lizard has now been re-located to a bushy, leafy area with lots of tree cover. Cow will check on him tonight.

Cow thinks more people and things should have a deus ex machina.

Cow's been watching "Secret Millionaire" where rich people live in the poor part of town, find a worthy cause and donate $100,000. The good thing about the show is there are a lot of truly motivated people actually trying to make a difference in this world. The lines of people waiting just to have a meal, were eye-opening.

The sad thing is, these do-gooders toil in obscurity for the most part, with little help unless the Secret Millionaire happens to find them, while our politicians give billions of dollars to private companies run by heartless, corrupt old men.

Moo!

9 Comments:

Blogger Supermom said...

Well done with the lizard!

And well said on the other! (I like that show)

1:12 PM  
Blogger The Topiary Cow said...

Supermom: Thanks!

Cow just discovered "The Secret Millionaire" and is stunned with 2 aspects:

-how much money these self-made millionaires have made from such seemingly idiotish ideas (sell a magazine about rich athletes and their cars!?; sell a company that sells ads for the internet? For $300 million?!? Whaaaa?)

-how insulated these millionaires are. It is obvious from their reactions that they've never talked to anyone hard-up before.

Cow is slavering for a follow-up show. Did the pious Franciscan monk use the $35,000 to feed the homeless, or blow it on a car? Did the single-mom use it to get an education/place to live/start in the world, or blow it on clothes and partying?

Also, Cow has a sneaking suspicion that "G" has a secret crush on the Puerto Rican girl from the number of times he hugged her, and wants to know if he ever saw her again, or whether she is the new Mrs "G" ?

Moooo!

1:28 PM  
Blogger watercolordaisy said...

I had a lizard sitting on the heating vent in my bathroom the last cold snap. Lucky for him I found him before the dogs did, lol.

2:46 PM  
Blogger Gorilla Bananas said...

That lizard looks like a newt.

4:11 PM  
Blogger Sandi said...

Sounds like a good show ... thanks for the review

9:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have a terrible feeling that Single Mom used the loot to get breast implants.

6:00 PM  
Blogger linda said...

Glad the lizard was revived.

People are rather interesting when it comes to money. It brings out fascinating aspects of the personality of an individual. We have a guy at work who complains about the cost of living but still spends $350 to $400 a week on drinking and smoking (both sorts of ciggies...). Which explains why some people have money and others don't.

11:10 PM  
Blogger From the Doghouse said...

How do we go from snow to not needing jackets in just a couple of days?

6:36 AM  
Blogger The Topiary Cow said...

Hee!

Topiary has found others who secretly watch Secret Millionaire....which Cow now finds was ripped off from a British show...which probably means it will be coming to Australia soon...

Watch out, Linda!

As for Linda's co-worker, these are the same people who smoke and then complain about the smog.

Dog: Cow wonders this too, and hopes the animals adjust better than she does!

Moo!

3:46 PM  

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