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Generate a Barack Obama Quote!


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First, the bad news is we have not been feeding Aggie and Procne enough. They should each be eating a full can per day. Aggie (and Procne) should be able to reach their ideal weight on the full can of food every day. Not having enough to eat has not harmed either of them in any significant way and they have probably lost weight a bit more quickly ( Read more... )

I'm waiting to see if Aggie responds to the honey she licked off my fingers 25 minutes ago. She's been acting funny the last three days so last night before her shot I tested her blood which was at 125. This is lower than normal for her before her shot, but within parameters, so I went ahead and gave her the usual 2.5 units. This morning she woke ( Read more... )

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Capricorn (December 22-January 20)

Nobody likes to change under pressure, but how often do we change any other way? I would say, either not very often, or extremely slowly. For as messed up as the human race can be and appears to be, one of our great enduring strengths is the ability to adapt to necessity. This strength is so strong, in fact, that ( Read more... )

Paula Gunn Allen

Born Oct. 24, 1939, Albuquerque, N.M.,
Died last night in Fort Bragg, CA at 10:40 PM after a struggle with lung cancer.

Fly free.


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This is an actual sentence a student used in her final paper. Can't decide if she's brilliant with language or completely unclear about when not to use the passive voice:

Buffy was given the creeps by the library.

unabashedly gacked


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