This Kinkajou at the Bronx Zoo is up early this Sunday morning. Usually nocturnal, this lil’Dude will claw yer eyes out during the day if disturbed. So, not dissimilar to your Mother without a gin martini.
Proceed with caution:
Jessica N., how do Kinkajous respond to the allegation that their schnozzles look like a sloth’s? Huh!?
please…
it’s = it is (it’s cold outside)
its = possessive (shows *ITS* unbelievable cuteness factors)
“Who disturbs my slumber?…” *plink plink*
grammarright-
Thank you, I used to get those confused. Perhaps you are grammarcorrect?
Kute Kinkajou, too. Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist?
Eats, shoots and leaves?
what’s with that stupid hotel for dogs advert now?!
why have you sold out, CO??! :’(
That goggly, startled expression actually looks more like my mother AFTER a couple of martinis.
@Katrina–with the fur streiml and the fuzz around the ears, I’m thinking kinka-Hasidic.
aw. So cute. That’s all I can say about it.
Why do people complain about ads on blogs?
It costs money to make a blog such a CO, we don’t pay to view CO, ads enable CO to keep coming to us EACH DAY!
[Let's be honest: I don't like being bombarded with ads either. Do you? Who does? But you're right, we need them, and they need us, so we work it out. And to be fair, our ads tend to be far more Relevant To My Interests than those on TV, or y'know, those that show up uninvited in my email & on my doorstep... - Ed.]
“Oh Kinkajouuu… I love youuu”
Is this one full grown?
It looks baby-ish.
I had the honor of being bitten by a kinkajou. Owie.
They’re still cute, though.
Y’know I’m rather perversely amused by the image of my Mom with a breakfast martini. I very much doubt that she would be, though. (Nor would you, trust me.)
It’s its unbelievable cuteness factor that makes this kinkajoo so adorable.
OMG the silky soft looking fur…. snorgalicious
I would risk a kinkajew bite for a snorgle of that soft, warm fur.
Then I would self-medicate with tequilla. Hold the olives.
Olive tequila… that ain’t right.
I’m with Theo and Mother with a Martini any time of the day, I dought she EVER drank one, and she’s been gone now 45 yrs. so I don’t think she’s had one recently.
And I love the Kinka’s ears, so cute.
I need a protractor and compass. I do believe those eyes are PERFECT CIRCLES.
…But they still don’t have anything on floppy asymmetrical ears!
(hmm… I wonder if anybody’s going to try for a joke that plays off the word “kinkajou”… step carefully, O pundit peeps)
He looks like a real, live furby! I choose you, Kinkajou.
Who’s a little sugar bear? Who is?! YOU ARE KINKAJOU!!!! yes you are…
I want to feed it marshmallows so it can hold them with ITS tiny tiny hands.
bananners. i bet he’d bleen for bananners.
like this dude
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/05/yes-nanas-are-m.html
and maybe this one
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/09/post.html
I want eeeeeet! Want to hold and cuddle and tell it how it will grow up big and strong.
Want kitty creature.
Von Zeppelin-you may be right about that.
Theo-what? You can have any ad you want, I’m just happy that you do as you do with them.
I have never seen a creature quite like this! Keeeee-yooooot!
Oh, by the way, those who know that I am dealing with a domestic violence issue, my ex-boyfriend was not arrested or given a citation or anything whatsoever for violating the temporary protection order because he is completely deaf, does not lipread, and writes such poor English that it makes very little sense. The police’s excuse is, “We can’t speak to him directly.” So, he was not jailed or anything, after all, for the two violations. Also, in spite of the temporary order having been served, the policeman who came to my apartment even told me it would be a good idea to email my abuser to explain to him in simple English the basics of the protection order. Not knowing that this was a very bad idea, I did what he said for me to do at the time. My court hearing for the permanent protection order is on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Also, I have notified the local prosecuting attorney general’s office of all this, and will bring the printed evidence of the violations to court with me. Please keep all this in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks.
Ears at 9 and 3! =)
I meant to type, “…prosecuting attorney’s office…”
Sorry about the typo.
Silent Meow: What happened to “Ignorance of the law is no excuse?” I’m so sorry. Hang in there.
blair — you want to ban me?
the it’s/its thing really bothered me when i was little. i almost didn’t believe my teacher when she corrected me. DIDN’T YOU TELL ME AN APOSTROPHE WAS FOR THE POSSESSIVE??? silly english language.
…and another *click* of comprehension fires in my head, re: screen name “Silent Meow”. Kinda like with “Wannadance”.
(there’s no deeper meaning behind “Theo”, btw; it’s just my name)
The real deeper meaning behind my screen name is this: A silent meow is the way that a cat’s meow sounds to someone who is deaf. I have a hearing disability and am learning American Sign Language.
Yeah, that was pretty much my “Aha”.
Kinkajoooooooos !
It’s one of the names I call my kitties.
Oh! Yeah! Good on you Meg asking the kinkajou instead of the sloth. Because you stand such a greater chance of getting an answer from the kinkajou!
‘specially after a few bananatinis…they’ll open right up!
silent meow, keep the faith. just because “he” uses the deaf defence he will be punished. Make sure the courts know that you and he will need inturpters(sorry for the spelling), even if you have to write everything down for him to understand. And keep up with your signing, I’m still learning at 27 years with a deaf son. we have our problems communicating, but we pull out the paper and pen to make things clear. My thought and prayers are with you.
The kinkajou is adorable, the ears and eyes and oh that nose, i might even risk being bitten by him just to pet him.
Keep up the good work CO, you make me smile on days that I don’t want to, depression is a b…h at best.
Buh, buh, my Fred-Kitty used to do silent meows, when she was a baby. The vet said they were really supersonic meows that only cats could hear, and eventually she would start meowing in human range. (She did.)
Sorry to hear about your troubles, Silent Meow–I’ll send good justice vibes your way.
Kinkajous! I love them. Coatimundis, too.
Kinkajous are also known as “Honey Bears.”
BTW, I recently discovered that bushbabies are also known as “Pookies.”
Katrina, that still wouldn’t settle whether he was Ashkenazi, Litvak, Galizianer or Sephardic. Where is he from, Central America?
(Lives near the Rue de la Payess)
@Silent Meow, you hang in there. We’re all cheering you on!
@David, at least the ad has subject relevance! It’s not like it’s the Shamwow guy or Billy Mays…
@Nik, where did you get that Orange Glow?
This dude looks chocolate.
Hang in there, SM. Be truthful and strong.
Love the kinkajou. That little wet nosie, the perfectly round eyes, that fur that looks so soft. One, please!
Hugs & prayers to S.M.
Good always prevails in the end.
Hang in there SM, life is bad enough, some jerk doesn’t need to make it worse.
@Theresa–Rue de la Payess? Isn’t that the street with all the Orthodox barber shops? The one with the intersection called the Corner of the Beards? (I almost got a shave there once, but stopped in time.)
Silent Meow — If it’s not too much to reveal about yourself, what state are you in?
If you’re in my state, I’d like to see if my organization could help you in your court battle. (for free).
Merv
merv
@Merv,
I am in Washington state.
Bummer, I’m on the wrong side of the country.
But here is a website that may be useful in your part of the world. (I know it is a legal aid organization, and I’m not assuming you’re poor. Many Legal Aid offices have much broader income restrictions for representing people in domestic violence cases. Additionally, legal aid offices are often the most experienced in this type of law, so check it out if you want someone to help you fight this jerk.
Merv
http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/WA/index.cfm
Link Omitted. Here it is.
@Theresa, you cracked me up. Thanks.
Silent Meow- Interpreters are the way to go, my friend! Stand your ground and demand that the attacker follow the same laws as a hearing person. There is NO excuse for this. Oh, wait, can he read? THEN there is not excuse for this. From now on, my dear, you get yourself an advocate, please? You have the right to be safe, just like everyone else and what’s more, an advocate would be a person to have for when questions pop up. Connecticut has a Victim’s Advocate Bureau and it has court system Sign Language interpreters, I hope Washington does, too. I hope I can be this blunt, having ambulation issues myself. Let the professionals do the contacting- and contact a Domestic Violence person, too. A man in the Disabled Community around here has used the “I didn’t know” defense and it drives me up a wall. No excuses. You don’t attack people. Period.
End of sermon.
Theresa- ok, twice I read Rue de la Payless (a discount shoe store chain around here).
Von Zeppelin-Sweeney Todd, no, he wasn’t Jewish, why do you ask?
Just what I suspected: Wrong side of the country.
The only free legal aid center in this area has been no help at all. An attorney there said that there is no legal way (as in a lawsuit) to force or compel the police to enforce a protection order.
I will just have to wait to see what happens on Tues. when I go to court, and then what happens when I speak with the prosecuting attorney.
Silent Meow- Have you tried these people?
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/hrsa/odhh/
Love, K.
@Katrina,
I have advocates galore, and two legal advocates said that they will be at my court hearing on Tues.
I have been beating down the door A LOT, per se, of the local domestic-violence center and the DV shelter.
I have no idea if my attacker can read, but his writing in English is very difficult to understand. Based on how poorly he writes English (that is, if you want to call it English), it is dubious how well he can read English. He spells the word “hello” with one L, for example.
He could very well just be playing dumb, however. But, deaf DOES NOT equal intellectually impaired.
But, still, regardless, there is no excuse for sexually assaulting a woman!
I will most definitely demand that he follow the same laws as a hearing person. There ought not to be a difference in the application of laws as it relates to hearing people and deaf people. Sexual assault is still sexual assault, regardless of whether the person is hearing or deaf.
The professionals here have thus far NOT been doing the contacting, as far as an interpreter is concerned, although I kept being vocal about desperately needing one in this case. No interpreter has, thus far, ever been given me for interpreting his nonsensical email and text messages into real English, or for interpreting anything else for that matter. I don’t know if this might be an ADA-violation issue. I heard that it might depend on whether or not my attacker requested an interpreter. Knowing him, I seriously doubt if he did. He is more likely blowing this off, and likely thought that sending me a nonsensical (an English-ized version of ASL) text message (in violation of his temporary protection order) telling me to leave him alone would suffice.
Anyway, I am sure that all of this will be discussed in court.
It makes me really sick, how some people with disabilities use that as an excuse to break the law and get away with it, and how some of the police just go right along with it.
And, it goes without saying, all this makes it all that much harder for me to continue to learn sign language, but I need to learn it for my own disability reasons as it gives me one more communication option besides speaking and writing fluent English, lipreading, and relying on my undependable hearing to fill in the blanks.
And, it feels as if the local police are protecting my attacker for some unknown reason like he’s “special.”
Thank goody-ness for CO. It’s a big part of what’s keeping me sane in all this. And, a big thanks to all of you for your prayers, encouragement, and support. It’s been hard—VERY hard.
I have already tried the Office Of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. They don’t work in the case I have mentioned. All they have for me is a loaner TTY which I have.
@Silent Meow: I’m sorry you are going through all this!! I’m glad you’re sticking with it. My own experience with bad times is that good things come out of them!!! Keeping you in my thoughts……
dear anner,
i would never wish a ban on you
unless it was for oversnorgling the kinkajou
please leave some for the rest of us
thank you,
blair
p.s. i am not Teho, we just have the same font
[snicker] I think we all do, Blair.
He looks poised to jump into a lap.
Back in the ’50′s, when I was a kid living in Culver City, Ca. we had a neighbor who had a kinkajou as a pet. Lovely, soft and sweet. Don’t know the means by which she obtained this little creature, but I was allowed to pet her when she brought her outside. Thanks C.O.for some good memories.
Hang in there, Silent Meow, we are all pulling for you.
The eyes! What a cutie! [beeps nose]
Hugs and good luck to you, Silent Meow.
Kinkajou, you bring us together to share our cares
and concerns for each other. You bring us the smiles and comments that
help us enjoy time together so that we can keep going…We need you,
kinkajou.
SM–I was very disturbed to hear that Washington state won’t force police officers to enforce a protection order. Being from WA this is even more upsetting. Keep trying and keeping talking and calling and complaining. Maybe this can be changed if enough people get indignant about it. Remember-the sqeaky wheel gets the grease. Hang in there!
Hang in there, SM. You definitely don’t deserve the crap you’re going through now. My thoughts and wishes are with you.
blair — never! kinkajou is all mine!
Silent Meow — My brother lives in Seattle. He is a big, strong, 6’4″ athlete who once beat the crap out of a guy for assaulting a girl at a party. I am just saying.
Seriously, though, it’s so good to hear that you are sticking up for yourself. It sounds like you are doing all the right things. You deserve better, and I hope things start going well for you soon.
BEF! *scrutinizes with a magnifying glass* I think the angle of the eyeliner matches the angle of the ears.
@ Silent Meow – Wishing you justice and peace.
@anner:
I am exercising really hard to get into wicked physical condition so that I will eventually be able to do the same thing that your brother did…to the next guy who tries to do something like that to me. I’d love to call your brother to come and physically set my attacker straight so that he NEVER does this to another woman again. LOL! I’m not in Seattle, but I AM within driving distance of it. Oh, I can’t wait to get really good at Tae Kwon-do someday!
SM – best of luck to you! I will be thinking of you tomorrow. Keep on keeping on and justice will be served. Karma’s a bitch, as they say.
Cute Kinkajooooo!
The contempt powers of the court should force him to answer for violating the protective order, if the police won’t do anything. ‘Round here we would at least file a contempt/show cause motion to make him answer for violation of the order. It isn’t instant like calling the police and getting him arrested, but it gets the message across that one cannot violate a protective order and not answer it.
Merv
@Merv,
I was wondering if this might be a case for contempt of court, at least as far as my attacker is concerned.
I wonder, might the police also be found in contempt of court for not enforcing the protection order that the judge issued? They have obviously gone against the judge’s ruling by not enforcing it and by telling me it would be a good idea for me to email my attacker (which is not to be done for ANY reason, including a language barrier).
This makes me wonder if I should move out of the biochemistry and medical fields, and go into law instead. It’s a toss up.
[required warning that: this is information is intended for general legal education and not for purposes of legal advice or representation]
It is unlikely that you could hold the police in contempt. It gets tricky when you are trying to bring an action against a government actor in their official capacity.
However, while I am not familiar with WA state law on protective orders, there *should* be a form to fill out (like the form you filled out for your protective order) for contempt for violating the protective order.
If you have a lawyer or DV advocate currently, you should ask her/him about holding him in contempt. If you have an advocate and not an attorney, the advocate might at least tell you what forms you need to fill out.
Just my 2 cents.
Merv
PS:
I recommend law as a career if you are really really dedicate to the idea of spending at least 3 years of your life in a library and doing nothing else, and then pulling 60 hour weeks. It is worth it, you just really really have to want to do it and have no particular attachment to free time.
Silent Meow:
PS: save and photograph any text messages or other communications he has made to you. It is best if you can photograph them and keep them in your phone.
@Merv,
Thanks! That is really good to know! I will definitely ask about any forms for holding him in contempt of court.
I am just curious. What kinds of penalties might there be for this contempt? I realize that state laws might differ on this issue.
I realize that you are just giving general legal educational info, but curiousity is killing this cat. lol
I don’t have an attorney as I have not yet been able to get one on this case, but I will most definitely ask the DV advocates.
Again, thanks!
)
S M:
Penalties for contempt (generally):
1. Fines
2. Jail time
3. Gettin’a tongue lashing by the judge. But in serious cases such as yours, usually the first 2.
Also, there may or may not be forms for contempt. Here we have them, but the state I practiced in previously didn’t. But I think that most states do.
Here’s some links that may be helpful:
http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/index.cfm?fa=forms.contribute&formID=16
http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/index.cfm?fa=forms.static&staticID=14
The second link, if you “control f” and search for contempt, item 24 in the “for use in domestic cases” may prove helpful if the advocates can’t provide a form for you. This form provides an option for “violation of a restraining order.”
Merv
@Merv,
Got it. Thanks. I don’t have Word, and I don’t have a printer, but I will most definitely show it to the local DV center if they don’t have a contempt form for me. I might be able to download and print it from their office, or else be informed as to where in the courthouse I can pick up one of those forms. I deeply appreciate all of the information.
Silent Meow,
Good luck tomorrow!
So, Silent Meow-how did it go?
Thinkin’strong and healthy thoughts your way-I even opened the pod bay doors first!
@Katrina,
Thank you for the good thoughts and for opening the pod bay doors.
The hearing got postponed until February 5 because my abuser’s mother (who, by the way, is not state-certified) tried to act as the ASL interpreter.
Oh, and by the way, I came to the bench with a stack of paperwork in hand and a legal advocate, and my temporary-protection-order papers were opened to the victim’s statement. My abuser and his mother came to the bench with apparently no paperwork at all.
Guess who was better prepared? LOL!
@Katrina
Go figure. Instead of requesting a state-certified interpreter, my abuser had his mother be the interpreter. Unfortunately, this seems to not be all that uncommon. And, it appears that, thus far, she has been a LOUSY interpreter because he has clearly not understood the protection order even one bit. Also, during the court hearing, she said that he has a hard time understanding people. This leaves me to wonder about his mental faculties. Even my legal advocate told me, after the hearing, that he has issues. But, then again, they might be using the “deaf defense” and the “dumb defense” here. I have a hunch that he is smarter than he and his mother are pretending to make him out to be, and that they were simply stalling.
SM — Where I’m from “has issues” means “came to court on a variety of prescription painkillers.”
Just Kidding — Sort of.
But you or someone you know should call the court clerk and inform them that an ASL interpreter is needed for your February 5th court date! Courts should never allow a family member or friend interpret in court!
(Quietly steps off of soap box)
Sorry. It makes me angry when attorneys/friends/family members act as interpreters in an official situation. It JUST ISN’T Right!
Good luck in February! Sounds like you’ll be better prepared than he will be.
Merv
Merv
@Merv,
Yeah. Apparently, my abuser and his mother never even bothered to request a state-certified ASL interpreter. I don’t think that the commissioner even knew about this until she started to sign. It’s just as well that the commissioner postponed the hearing, however. It gives me even more time to prepare for the next one. And, it makes him and his mom look like the village idiot, in a way. I’ll be making plenty of phone calls and visits about all this before Feb 5.
Hi Silent Meow,
This can only be good for you in the end. Be sure to document everything that happened today and be sure to have a written request for the ASL interpreter too. I’ll be thinking about you!