I have a backpack that looks like this frog and people are curious about my obsession with it. Let me explain.
This is Ceratophrys AKA Horned toad AKA the Pac Man toad.
My love for it comes from It comes from an old story about death.
"Once upon a time, (or more specifically at the dawn of time), god—lower case "g"—was getting busy with creation, as the kids these days are saying. He gave Toad a clay jar and said, "Be careful with this. It's got death inside."
Pleased as punch and oblivious to the fact that he was about to become god's fall guy on the whole death issue, Toad promised to guard the jar. Then one day Toad met Frog. "Let me hold the jar of death, or whatever you call it," Frog begged. With a nod to Nancy Reagan's pearls of wisdom, Toad just said 'no'. But Frog was determined, and after much whining, Toad finally gave in.
"You can hold it, but only for a second," he said. In his excitement, Frog began to hop around and juggle the death jar from one foot to the other.
Frog... was an asshole."
Needless to say Frog dropped the jar and that is why anything that lives, dies.
But now you know why Yellow is my favorite color! These little guys are so cute and covered in it!
