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Kid You Not

10 Sunday Nov 2019

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animals, goat, nature, photography

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Leeds, New York

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Animal House

11 Friday Oct 2019

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animals, art, flowers, mural, nature, park, photography

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Shirley Chisholm State Park

Brooklyn, New York

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Wake Up Call

08 Friday Mar 2019

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animals, birds, Deshaies, Guadeloupe, photography, rooster, street life, street photography, travel

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Deshaies, Guadeloupe

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Rest Stop

05 Tuesday Mar 2019

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animals, Deshaies, Guadeloupe, photography, street photography, travel

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Deshaies, Guadeloupe

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Standing Rock

19 Tuesday Feb 2019

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animals, birds, flamingo, photography, travel

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Le Jardine Botanique

Deshaies, Guadeloupe

 

 

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Fourth World Problems

03 Sunday Feb 2019

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animals, Ben Schwartz, cartoon, comedy, polar bears, The New Yorker

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Benjamin Schwartz in The New Yorker

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The Night Visit

07 Friday Dec 2018

Posted by Jack Shalom in Life, Photography

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animals, cows, photography, sculpture, street life, street photography

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McDonald Avenue

Brooklyn, New York

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Sheepish

26 Thursday Apr 2018

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animals, barn, chicken, goat, photography, sheep

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Woodland Valley,

Phoenicia, New York

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Rapprochement

13 Tuesday Mar 2018

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animals, bear, eagle, mailboxes, photography, street photography

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Roscoe, New York

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Wonders of The Free Market

28 Wednesday Feb 2018

Posted by Jack Shalom in Comedy, Life

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animals, cartoons, cats, comedy, Mick Stevens, The New Yorker

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Mick Stevens in The New Yorker

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Strange Bedfellows

15 Tuesday Aug 2017

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animals, dog, goat, photography, street life, street photography

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Tinker Street

Woodstock, New York

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Coalition Building

19 Wednesday Oct 2016

Posted by Jack Shalom in Comedy, Life

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animals, cartoon, cats, comedy, dogs, goldfish, TB Toro, The New Yorker

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Tom Toro in The New Yorker

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Coexistence

19 Saturday Mar 2016

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animals, birds, cat, comedy, guinea pigs, nature, photography, rabbit, street life

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Lexington Avenue,

NY, NY

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Cuteness Alert!

12 Saturday Dec 2015

Posted by Jack Shalom in Comedy, Life, Magic, Performance

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animals, audience, comedy, magic, monkey, orangutan, performance, psychology

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Some time ago, I posted a video that showed dogs reacting to magic, but the orangutan in the above 30 second video has got to be the best magic audience of all time. The most delightful magic video of the year!

Thanks to YouTuber Viral Tainment

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Wrong Turn

04 Wednesday Nov 2015

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animals, cartoon, comedy, The New Yorker

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William Steig in The New Yorker

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Happy All the Time

07 Tuesday Apr 2015

Posted by Jack Shalom in Comedy, Photography

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advertising, animals, art, photography

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Montreal, Canada.

I’ve always been fascinated with the way images of live smiling animals are used to advertise the tastiness of the cooked product as if the animal itself were pleased as punch to be eaten. Here’s one example that caught my eye while traveling. Or is the sign referring to its customers…?

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