At a convention center in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, a sparrow
flew in through an open window and knocked over 23,000
dominoes. The sparrow cowered in a corner until it was
shot and killed. Scientists found the gene that regulates
fear in mice and created mice that are not afraid. In
Chhattisgarh, India, a three-day-old baby died from an
infection when her parents were unable to afford...
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so i'm sick of this place and i think i'm going to save up some money and disappear for a while.

i like the idea of just up and moving to another city/country. new york or london. probably london because i'm sick of wanting to go down to my local and having to walk more than two blocks and give an arm for a beer....
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it's nearing that time again: birthday.

i want this.

but my roommate has multiplying rodents. i actually heard myself say "but maybe with one eye, it won't try to kill the chinchillas."

needless to say, he didn't buy it.

could my roommate's chinchillas PLEASE stop humping?



i mean really! in less than a week we went from 3 to 6.

double or fucking nothing. i was going to continue being and a little until i realized.

shit. the little fuckers are cute. really cute.

damned and cursed maternal instincts.

ok but seriously. stop the humping. stop it now. because rodents should not hump more...
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i suppose i could care.

generally speaking, i have two rules:

i do not chase.

i do not wait.

i am a chronic observer, however; which actually applies to both one and two stated above.

lately i feel like mrs. robinson and i like it. so sue me, the lecherous fool that i am. what can i say? he's younger, he's got more energy, and i can do that fabulous...
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I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to
the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and
strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white
cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my...
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so yeah....
never thought i'd say this (ok so maybe i thought i might say this, but still):
ahem.
melissa etheridge had it right.

come to my window? hot song. i've been waiting for, oh, ever for someone to tap on my window at sometime between too late and too early; you know, just right? like joey does for dawson in dawson's creek? yeah. but...
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