Although I will not be busting my Miley Cyrus outfit, or wearing Sexy Kitty ears, there’s one member of the Rudder household who still believes in dressing up for Halloween.

Should Archie go as the king of beasts?

Wear natty dreads?

Be a demon witch?

Leave your suggestions for Archie in comments. And tell me, how will you be dressed this Saturday?

lion, rasta, witch

I’m deep in entrails of the IT technology beast, listening to the autistic yawps of engineers, but my mind’s on another menagerie entirely. Only two days to go and I’ll be back in my own bed, with my own dogs, and my own little lioncub within easy reach.

I plan to eat him right up.

Happy week’s beginning. More soon, when I’m back to working in my pajamas and I can leave my browser window open all day long.

The residents at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo are enjoying their first snowfall of the year way more than I’ve been enjoying my tenth.

Even the flamingos can hang, thanks to their heated wading pool (it’s just like hot-tubbing in the mountains!):

Everyone’s having fun except for this fellow:

Red Panda, come sit by me. We can bitch about winter while those cheerful sorts frolic.

Fantastic shots by Mehgan Murphy of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. See more here. And oh dear lord, they have a BABY GORILLA!

Africa’s been on my mind lately. It’s where I’d go if I could go anywhere, just to blow out the pipes and figure out what’s next.

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