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Boobquake!

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Apr 252010

Just wanted to remind you all that Boobquake is tomorrow.

In case you’re saying, “bwuh?”: a senior Iranian cleric has declared that women dressing immodestly causes earthquakes.

“Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes.” – Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi

Well, that’s quite an intriguing theory, isn’t it? And you know what we do with theories—we test them out! Jen McCreight has proposed an experiment: Monday, April 26, participating women will dress scantily, immodestly, and/or provocatively (for whatever their own definitions may be). We’ll see if our licentious behavior causes an increase in earthquakes that day.

Won’t you join us? It’s for SCIENCE!

Tree Chopping

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Apr 242010

One of my blog buddies recently posted about the decorative trees around her apartment being cut down. It makes the apartments look really stark and ugly.

It reminds me of a tree I used to climb as a kid. We rented a house that had a big old tree in the front yard, with several large, low-hanging branches that made it perfect for climbing.

Seems one year the landlord got it into his head to have the tree trimmed, and had someone come around and cut off all the lovely low-hanging branches. After that I couldn’t climb my tree any more. It made me sad to see my poor tree disfigured, and I sometimes fancied it missed having kids climb it.

I’ve never understood this desire to make trees resemble a child’s drawing. I’m especially irked by a recent trend in my area of planting magnolias as decorative border trees, and then trimming their lower branches so they look more like spruces or birch. Magnolias tend to have a lot of low-hanging branches, usually right down to the ground. They just don’t look right to me with all their lower branches hacked off.

I Has A Kitteh

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Apr 222010

This morning I sat on the couch, checking my e-mail. Every now and then I would reach over and stroke the warm, furry little being purring next to me.

Later, as I was eating lunch, I heard strange scratching, rattling, and thumping sounds coming from the kitchen. After a few minutes I exclaimed, “CAT! What are you doing?!” The noises stopped, and she wandered over to me, looking innocent.

It’s so nice to have a cat again.

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