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Animals in Love
For those attracted here by the prurient possibilities suggested by this headline, settle down. Unless something goes completely off the rails, we will not be discussing, reviewing, or analyzing some raucous Thursday night orgy organized and participated in by the neighborhood cauldron of bats, romp of otters, or prickle of porcupines, although I suppose if it’s an orgy you have in mind, you could do [...]
Hello in there…among other New Year resolutions
Ah, the New Year. New beginnings. New resolutions. New ads on television replacing the mind-numbing political rants which had blessedly been replaced by fake snow, jingle bells, and well-dressed couples with darling “central casting” children celebrating the arrival of their new bow-festooned Christmas automobiles. Now we’re down to a devastating cycle of ads for pills, potions, and injectables that will do everything from restoring our [...]
Slumgullion
Photo above courtesy of istockphoto.com contributor Nadya Ustyuzhantseva. “I said who put all those things in your head” “She Said She Said” – The Beatles “Cosmic activity in the career loathsome activities area of your chart will bring challenges and opportunities in equal measure today. You may be overwhelmed with choices,” speculated my horoscope this morning. Couldn’t have said it better myself. The top two [...]
Full Circle
The oncoming car was cruising along in its own lane, likely doing something close to the speed limit and generally abiding by accepted rules of the road. What caught our attention was not the way it was being driven, but what was hanging on its grille – a holiday wreath, complete with a red bow that was blowing merrily in the wind and, if [...]