Zoo family portait

Zoo family portait
Originally uploaded by hjoew

Back at the Cincinnati Zoo, I got a photo taken with some of the family.

Hummers are back! (Bet you’re happy.)

Hummers are back at the Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve in Groesbeck (Colerain Township, near Cincinnati).
This sign is proof why it is always a good idea to run anything written publicly by the sickest, most twisted, perverted minds before releasing it. Otherwise you might get people buying those $5 annual park passes for exactly the wrong reason. [...]

Crisis communication comedy

I joined a class this morning on crisis communication for non-profits. There were some good tidbits from the lecture. I was able to get glean some useful information from the talk, and even got the slides from the presentation afterward.
Here it is:

I mostly like what was said, aside from the “never talk off the record” [...]

This is the kind of crime I can really get into…

I know they say this is a crime and everything and that people’s lives could have been in danger because signs do such an important public service and all… but this is hilarious:
Austin drivers making their morning commute were in for a surprise when two road signs on a busy stretch of road were taken [...]