Rogue Taxidermist Loses Eyes, Tries Payday Loans

A story from a payday-loan using friend…

I’ll step aside for an April Fool’s moment and let my friend Randy give you his payday loan testimonial. Enjoy!

“I am a rogue taxidermist…”

That’s right, a rogue taxidermist. Call me Randy. Sometimes, I’m also an anthropomorphic taxidermist. But maybe I’m getting ahead of myself.

Do you know what taxidermy is? OK, here goes. The term is derived from Greek, for “moving skin.” According to Wikipedia, taxidermy is “the art of mounting or reproducing animals for display or for other sources of study.” It’s popular with hunters and natural history museums, but tanners and upholsterers have also played a role in the craft’s evolution.

Me, I love recreating natural-looking scenes. A dog looking with eternal love upon its master. A great bear, crackling with potential energy, suspended just moments before the strike. A wild manticore, tail bristling, wings ready to loft it skyward, gaping lion’s jaw opened in blasting roar.

Playing dress-up

Wait. A manticore? That’s where my specialty comes in - rogue taxidermy. Because fantasy creatures deserve a place in the den as much as lions, tigers and bears. That’s what rogue taxidermists do. Makes the house look like a mythological circus, like the traveling sideshow from “The Last Unicorn” or Dr. Seuss’s story “If I Ran the Zoo.” Sometimes I combine my rogue side with a more anthropomorphic impulse, dressing dragons in tux and tails or a kraken in Dockers Casuals. I love this stuff! ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Rogue Taxidermist Loses Eyes, Tries Payday Loans"