where I often park odd bits of things, thoughts, notes ( Read more... )

Partial list of animals I have seen in the park by my house (this is- just barely- in Manhattan) in the last 2 years, many in the last 2 months:

Bat (largish ( Read more... )

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency is an old news service, sort of like AP only smaller and more Jewish. For reasons related to my job, I was given a sample of their bulletins from 1945, about both Europe and Palestine. I found this in the latter ( Read more... )

Poll Great Rodents of the Silver Screen: The Poll

Sometimes I like to go through the old LJ and find stuff. Years ago, someone linked an article about how all humans are basically life-long babies, and I adapted a quotation from it as follows ( Read more... )

Fans of television and enemies of the Bush admin: anyone notice that tonight at 9, while the networks are airing the State of the Union address, PBS plans to show "Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State ( Read more... )

Mars. I can't believe I'm back on Mars. Three times before this place almost killed me. I swore I'd never give it another chance. Humans got no business living here--no business at all.
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laurelwood mentioned yesterday that she saw someone at a museum who looked so much like me that she thought, "why didn't she tell me she was in California?" and then ( Read more... )

So while I'm eating my luncheon (or "nuncheon" as I hear they say in Gondor--pretentious bastards. Damn Minas Tirith "albino rats only" -- pfft) I want to do a better job of wishing laughingrat an extra happy birthday. She is a wit and a mensch and full of curiosity and stuck in Columbus without enough company. She is the person who invited me to LJ! She ( Read more... )

Only those who expect constant Ratcontact, unless they are given a damn good explanation, will have noticed my dramatic 24 hour absence. So, what happened ( Read more... )