We're almost there, we've paid our fare with a hobo song

[yoshitsune]

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ
Moves on; nor all thy Piety nor thy Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
-- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward FitzGeraldUnfortunately, my problem is that my finger is not moving, or at least not for the right reasons; I'm having a ridiculous

Comments

[sergiekins]

Aw, that sounded so cute/funny!

[yoshitsune]

It was ridiculously cute; normally I kinda dislike squirrels, but I had to applaud that one's tenacity and taste!

[ahebert]

Well, I guess if I get accepted to Uni of Iowa and actually go, you will have to introduce me to it.

[yoshitsune]

Yes! The Airliner has totally awesome pizza; I have at times eaten there as often as 6-7 days a week (though not most of the time; I've weaned myself down to 3-4 times a week at the moment).

[bobthetrout]

At Ohlone there were lots of ground squirrels. How they reacted to people depended on where the squirrels lived. The ones in the areas where not many people went would run into their holed when anyone approached. The ones along the frequently used paths would watch people and didn't run unless you seriously got in their space. And the ones that lived on the central courtyard would walk up to people who were eating and wait for food.

[ahebert]

Playing with squirrels is generally a bad idea. When I was living on Fort Carson in Colorado, we were told not to mess with them because they carried Plague.

[yoshitsune]

Dunno about plague, but yeah, like most wild animals they tend to be crawling with various kinds of disease. :(

[yoshitsune]

Haha, we don't have any squirrels quite as brazen as that last group, but nevertheless the ones downtown tend not to be all that scared of people, since there are usually so many around.