What better way to celebrate the holidays than by handling my Emperor Scorpion, Whip Scorpion, and several Giant Desert Hairy Scorpions!? Hell, you can handle the turtle, feed the iguana, torment the dog (I do it all the time; it's fun!), and even hold my blue-tongued skink!

Here's more info on the event:

It’s time for our semi-annual gathering, celebrating the Winter Solstice (whenever THAT is). The schedule is the same as two years ago: Humor, beer, eating, drinking, & rock ‘n roll begins at 4:00 P.M. Guests are encouraged to show up no later than 5:00 P.M.

At 6:00 P.M., we’ll be drunk and will try to find spaces on the couch and watch our favorite holiday movie, CANNIBAL: THE MUSICAL (hell, it does have snow and a snowman)! Its politically incorrect humor, and catchy songs are the perfect ingredient for a festive winter bash! Not too offsensive, and yet not wholesome kiddy stuff either!

For those of you who can join us, please don’t show up after 6:00 P.M., when the movie is in progress! Of course, guests are welcome to show up early and leave before 6:00 P.M. if you fear the movie might not be in good taste!

For more details, see this Invitation...........

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=4992373&albumID=2777594&imageID=66294943

We'll have a vender table (to display my new product line and maybe an iguana or two), but I was only allowed two free passes-- one for myself, and one for Jocelyn. Unfortunately, other members will have to buy their own admission tickets,.

But members are welcome to sit behind the table with us and hang out (it's easier than walking and standing in the crowds all day) for an hour or two. In fact, if any of you wanted to come over well in advance and learn how to handle my temperamental Iguana, let me know!

I myself need to be at the convention by 9:00 A.M. to set up my table & equipment, but the rest of you, as paying customers, may show up to hang out at any time.

http://phxreptileexpo.com/

Plenty of animal lovers also like monster movies (JAWS, ORCA, etc.), so if any of you are up for a silly zombie movie, let me know.

If any of you have any ideas for animal related events, let me know. We've been to all the zoos already.

Regardless, I was already planning on seeing the stupid ZOMBIELAND with a couple film-buffs. Then I decided, 'what the hell?' and am announcing the outing here as well, even though it has nothing to do with animals. T

Anyway, I need to be tipsy, in order to enjoy bad comedies which pass off mutant marathon-runners as "zombies" (true zombies are slow-moving Haitians). So we'll first hit the beer (and lunch) at Gordon Biersch Brewery at 12:30 P.M., across the parking lot at: 2218 East Williams Field Road #101, Gilbert, AZ., 85296......

http://www.gordonbiersch.com/restaurants/index.php?pg=location&sub=loc&location_id=39

Then we'll drunkenly stumble the ten-minute (?) walk across the lot & through the food-court to the theater for the movie's 1:50 P.M. screening.

People are welcome to meet us at our house before-hand, and go with us to San Tan Mall (Gordon Beirsch Brewery, Harkins Theater, etc.), in case you don't know your way around Gilbert.

Wasps, fish, lizards & other animals are common at SlideRock Park in Sedona. We're celebrating Jocelyn's birthday on this two-day road trip. The plan is to drive (leaving well before sunrise) to Sedona on Friday, slide in the natural waterslides and jump off cliffs into the river. Then we'll stay over night at the cheapest hotel we can find, and on Saturday we might do some innertubing. Then I guess we return home on Saturday afternoon.

Of course, not all invitees have to stay over night like us! We could follow each other's cars out to Sedona, and part ways whenever somebody else wanted to go back home.

http://azstateparks.com/Parks/SLRO/gallery.html

Fish and other aquatic animals need clean homes to live in! We return to Saguaro Lake to pick up cans while SCUBA diving. Until I did this, I didn't know environmental cleanup could be so fun. More details will be posted later on.