Orlando proper--still pretty weird

Well, not the brown anoles--these are pretty much everywhere. Nothing weird about little brown lizards darting around everywhere you go.

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Orlando Science Center

Orlando Science Center is not too different from the Boston Museum of Science where I got my start in animal care. They have a lot more alligators though.

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3:00 snapshot #1743: Sunday

My brother: designated driver for the week, wearing his aloha shirt covered with little aloha shirts.


I had my first "local beer," from Tampa's Cigar City Brewery (not bad). I posted this pic on instagram and a friend expressed worry that if they call the white beer "Florida Cracker," what do they call the porter? It's called "Puppy Breath," so that's okay.


And at the end of the day: a Mediterranean house gecko on the hallway ceiling.