While you can click just about anywhere on the web for some richly informative bleakness, today I just want to make you smile.To begin I simply must plug a piece on Australia and Papua New Guinea's bowerbirds (http://.ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/07/bowerbirds/laman-photography). The males construct ground-based nests, some of which stretch to considerable heights, depending on the courtier's industriousness. Some even mash plants with their beaks and paint the bower's interior with the pigment. If the towering domicile, doorstep offerings (anything from flower petals to discards), and male's fervent calls all pass muster, a nearby female may declare it a love connection. The Planet Earth series has captured the ornate mating dances of the male birds in this region, but these nesting images must be seen to be believed... and snickered at, so enjoy the photo gallery.
And for those of you coming down from a long day, there's the movie Office Space--I do have "flair" in the post's title, after all. If you've labored for a not-so-great boss, endured a bit of career immobility, and seen the film (under five times), the mere mention might elicit something approaching amusement.
So hopefully I've provided some comedic contrast to life as we know it. And if not, oh well; I tried... and with flair, no less!
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