Oh American darlings …

[blamebrampton]

I do feel for you. I have met so many smart, serious and intellectually curious citizens of the United States, and yet your political climate is so filled with people just like this one:

Suddenly the abject lunacy that surrounds health and science debates in your country has a whole new layer of horror attached. And thanks to Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content for the URL.

I'm off to see whether having a sore knee is a good enough excuse for wagging work now that hideous deadline has passed. A few laps of the hall ought to settle my conscience one way or the other.

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[romaine24.livejournal.com]

Someday when we meet and have a drink or four I'll tell you about my first experience with fireflies when I was 22 and had moved from California to New Hampshire.

Thanks for sharing!!!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I think it's always fine to be a bit boggled by fauna. My response to the platypus may or may not have involved a little squeal, and my two friends decided on the Great Western Beachside Squirrel before someone told them they had in fact seen a chipmunk.