Turtle by Kay Ryan Who would be a

Turtle; by Kay Ryan Who would be a turtle who could help it? A barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet, She can ill afford the chances she must take In rowing toward the grasses that she eats. Her track is graceless, like dragging A packing-case places, and almost any slope Defeats her modest hopes. Even being practical, She’s often stuck up to the axle on her way To something edible. With everything optimal, She skirts the ditch which would convert Her shell into a serving dish. She lives Below luck-level, never imagining some lottery Will change her load of pottery to wings. Her only levity is patience, The sport of truly chastened things.

Owl Gets Stuck Behind Woman’s SUV Grille On The Florida Turnpike PLANTATION, FL -- A free ride around South Florida wasn't much of a hoot for a woman's unlucky passenger. Sonji Coney Williams says she was driving about 60 mph on the Florida Turnpike near Yeehaw Junction Thursday when she struck a bird that didn't move off the road. "I felt so bad, but it was very dark, we didn't pull over, " she told WSVN. But the next day, while running errands in Plantation, an even more startling thing happened: two giant yellow eyes blinked back at Williams from inside the grille of her SUV. "There was a family that pulled in front of my parking space and flagged me down and said, 'Don't move, don't move, you have something in the grille of your truck, '. . . and they said, 'It's an owl!'" she said, adding, "I'm about to faint. " WHOOOOOO would get the bird out? Florida Fish and Wildlife officers, of course, who responded to William's call and popped the hood to extricate the Great Horned Owl from his accidental car cage. Fortunately for owl's distraught chauffeur, officials told WSVN the bird appears to have suffered no injuries and is in good health.

My Future Plans • I am currently deciding whether I should take a career in genetics, advanced robotics/programing, or paleontology • Also, I often wonder about an unlikely career in “xenobiology” (potential study of alien life), and whether the intelligent alien life could be organic (like us), or sentient and/or autonomous machines that can think and feel as we do (think The Transformers)