On my way home today, I passed a couple of people who were walking a duck down the street. It was an adult male mallard, who waddled along on a leash in front of the two people as calm as anything. I had no idea that ducks could be domesticated like that!

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A beautifully done animated short film:

Wild Life

I ran 5 miles today with ariadne_3. It was quite windy, but not as bad as I thought it was going to be.

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Saw two articles today that paint bleak pictures in parts of the world.

First:
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New Year's celebration photos from around the world

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Big-bang-themed tree. Because it fits the depictions of the big bang quite well, and there can never be enough geekery in the universe.

Roommates and I made lots of gingerbread and sugar cookies, which they subsequently decorated.

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