Body Worlds 3 in Portland is slightly different than Body Worlds 3 in Phoenix (I went there in May to check it out for one of those 'special reports' I'm always talking about). For one, the OMSI space is much larger. And, then there's the camel.

The exhibit's creator, Dr. Gunther von Hagens told everyone at the press conference today about finding the camel in Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan-- anyway: it died of a broken leg and he had one heckuva time getting it back into Germany when the Polish government stopped the convoy carrying the deceased animal at the border and refused to allow passage. They eventually worked things out and the camel was on its way to get plastinized. Because of the extra space, etc.. the Body Worlds folks brought the camel to OMSI.

We did a short little story at noon, and a little longer one for our 5pm webcast tonite (Wednesday). It was interesting to meet the creator and his wife who works on determining how to pose the bodies.

The presser was very well attended:

I wonder what they say to each other at night about all the reporter questions they get. I can't imagine any of us ask anything unique, so it must get tedious to face essentially the same 10 questions everywhere they go.

Okay, onto some more photos! In the land of "things that are cute" this photo rules!

My friends Kris and Dan have the most adorable munchkins.

Hey- the hair is gone!! The gal who styles my hair is also a personal friend. Her name is Randi and she works at this place called Wacks (clever name, eh?) here in Portland.. so, I called and texted her yesterday and was like, "Hey, can I come in.. oh.. say like three hours and have you cut off all my hair?"

Who knows, maybe she hid the electic razor wondering if I'd gone and pulled a Britney. But when I showed up we went to hacking.

Sadly, because my hair is bleached I can't donate it to Locks of Love (http://www.locksoflove.org/) which is a crying shame considering the pile I left behind:

But in the end, I was beyond happy with it.. THANKS RANDI!!

And how it looks on air (I snagged this from the noon show):

Hey, look! I got mentioned in someone else's blog!
http://www.lovinggodfellowship.org/greg_johnson_blog/view/3174

That's pretty cool. Thanks!!! :-)

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