Pirate Lemur

Beer...Lagunitas

2009-11-29T09:32:00.001-06:00

Another patriot

2009-07-21T14:51:00.001-05:00

At Paul Revere's grave

A Captain's Earnings

2009-07-21T09:51:00.003-05:00

Captains, Mates and Pilots of Water Vessels make an annual average salary of $67,730.
That's about 4.5 pounds of gold.

[via Bureau of Labor Statistics]

Sitting

2009-07-18T11:26:00.002-05:00

At the US Mint

2008-12-28T19:28:00.005-06:00

At the National Gallery in Washington, DC

2008-10-26T00:31:00.008-05:00

Baby Plemur

2008-10-17T15:34:00.004-05:00

Suave defined

2008-04-02T23:44:00.007-05:00

Patriot Lemur p.5

2008-03-11T10:12:00.003-05:00

Patriot Lemur p.4

2008-03-07T12:48:00.004-06:00

Reading French.

Patriot Lemur p.3

2008-03-06T19:19:00.003-06:00

Visiting Alliance Francaise in Boston

Patriot Lemur p.2

2008-03-05T20:59:00.006-06:00

Another view in Boston

Patriot Lemur

2008-03-04T08:36:00.004-06:00

My friend in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Pirate with a conscience

2008-02-05T20:56:00.003-06:00

Definition of a happy pirate

2008-01-21T15:52:00.004-06:00

There's gold in the Jersey!

A thousand cups

2007-11-07T20:37:00.002-06:00

My friends at the Duke Pirate Center...um, I mean, the Duke Primate Center...are now enjoying a supply of 1,000 paper cups. Back in August, I heard from a corporate cafe manager about a palette of paper cups that were going to be thrown in the trash, because they leaked. The cups made me think of of my prosimian mates at the center, since I had read that paper cups were on a list of "enrichment items" they could use.

So I wrote them asking if the defective cups could still be used as enrichment items. The response was a "yes." They could put non-liquid items in them and it would still be very helpful. A wonderful convergence of people, animals and things, I thought. The next step was getting approval from the company to donate the cups. (In this case, I couldn't take my usual piratical means.) But that turned out be easy. Who doesn't love a lemur?

The next part to figure out was how to get the cups shipped from the Upper Midwest to North Carolina. (My supply of gold coins was pretty low.) But I found another kind manager who arranged for the boxes to be picked up and delivered for free. And now, my dear friends in Durham are using the cups.

Kali the Aye-Aye with a messy face:

And Romeo a Diademed Sifaka peering into his cup.

Cheers, mate!

If you'd like to make you own donation of some kind, go here for options.

Seattle

2007-10-01T18:27:00.003-05:00

A clear day in Seattle reveals a view of the Space Needle.

Smoothie

2007-08-05T17:46:00.006-05:00

My summer vacation photos

2007-07-01T20:18:00.003-05:00

Click below to see my photo album of my bus trip to the East Coast and back.

East Coast Bus Trip 2007

Buckled in for a ride

2007-05-12T09:22:00.004-05:00

Seat belts are important. I always buckle up when I'm in a car.

Making choices

2007-05-12T07:54:00.005-05:00

The Duke Lemur Center photo that inspired my imitation.

Alaska Hoy!

2006-07-19T09:01:00.003-05:00

I'm still in transit, but here I am having a James Bond moment with my speedboat on Kachemak Bay in Homer, Alaska.

Damn, it's good to be a lemur!

North to Alaska

2006-07-09T19:46:00.005-05:00

On a whim, I decided to head to Alaska for a brief summer vacation. Moms was en route to Anchorage, so I packed up my red backpack to join her on the second leg of the plane ride. Before going to the airport, we checked out Minnehaha Falls, running a little low this part of the season.

Let Freedom Ring

2006-04-08T00:38:00.004-05:00

Visiting the Liberty Bell.

Where I went on my trip:
Friday: Phildadephia
Saturday: NYC including the MOMA
Sunday: Dim sum in NJ
Monday: Philadelphia - Liberty Bell and Independence Hall
Tuesday: NYC - WTC, UN, NYPL
Wednesday: Flew home

Cabo San Lucas

2006-03-23T09:14:00.003-06:00

Where is the rum on this menu?

Jamaica, mon

2006-03-14T22:21:00.004-06:00