Last night, some people passed by our apartment door, talking quietly. Kitty did what many dogs do when strangers pass by the front door: she started barking.

This was the first time we'd ever heard Kitty bark. She was loud.

It was the middle of the night.

She sleeps directly below us, about ten feet away.

Needless to say, it freaked us the ( Read more... )

In the 1960s and early 1970s, when abortions were illegal in many places and expensive to get, an organization called Jane stepped up to the plate in the Chicago area. Jane initially hired an abortion doctor, but later they did the abortions themselves. They lost only one patient in 13,000 -- a lower death rate than that of giving live birth. The ( Read more... )

A really strange short film. I'm struck by the fact that CGI faces are often so much more expressive than actual actors' faces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=hna0EMhBqa0