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conulyWhich is adorable.
And Tommy no longer bounds up to Mama Cat and swipes at her. Instead, he bounds up to her and sniffs her right in the face for several seconds until she hisses at him. Well, she hisses at her own now-grown kittens if they do the same thing.
If only we could convince Callie that Tommy is here to stay and not just a random furry interloper. It's a work in progress....
Still, just a few months ago the fur was very nearly flying, so this really *is* progress.
In other news, today Eva referred to the hero of The Hunger Games as "Hummus". You know, Hummus and her friend Pita? LOL! Pretty sure she hasn't read the book yet, I'll have to ask her tomorrow. Ana has, though.
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The Vancouver Sun reports on the increasingly popular southeast Asian lime with the shockingly racist but obscure in Canada name.
In the comments: A shockingly racist term for Brazil nuts.
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Simon Baker entered the bathroom to see if a warm shower could ease his pain. “I looked up at the shower head, and it was as if the water droplets had stopped in mid-air”, he says. “They came into hard focus rapidly, over the course of a few seconds”. Where you’d normally perceive the streams as more of a blur of movement, he could see each one hanging in front of him, distorted by the pressure of the air rushing past.
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And Tommy no longer bounds up to Mama Cat and swipes at her. Instead, he bounds up to her and sniffs her right in the face for several seconds until she hisses at him. Well, she hisses at her own now-grown kittens if they do the same thing.
If only we could convince Callie that Tommy is here to stay and not just a random furry interloper. It's a work in progress....
Still, just a few months ago the fur was very nearly flying, so this really *is* progress.
In other news, today Eva referred to the hero of The Hunger Games as "Hummus". You know, Hummus and her friend Pita? LOL! Pretty sure she hasn't read the book yet, I'll have to ask her tomorrow. Ana has, though.
Study: Drivers Less Likely to Stop for Black Pedestrians
The Vatican Finally Admits That Most Catholics Ignore Church Teaching on Sexuality
Inside the Secret Building That's Bringing Cell Service To NYC's Subway
Did You Know Kangaroos Have 5 Limbs?
The US homeland security department has said it will put into place "enhanced security measures" in certain overseas airports with direct flights to the US.
But men...!
Congress has passed just 56 public laws this year, for a total of 121 since the beginning of 2013. This virtually guarantees the current Congress will be the least productive in history, well behind the “do nothing” Congress of 1948, which passed more than 900 bills.
U.S. discloses secret Somalia military presence, up to 120 troops
Interactive: New York’s Shadow Transit System
Ageing: The girls who never grow older
Spider wasps are known (and feared) for having an intensely painful sting. Now there’s a new reason for revulsion: They build nests with the corpses of dead ants. The newfound species of spider wasp has been given an appropriately hardcore name: Deuteragenia ossarium, or “bone-house wasps,” after graveyard bone houses and ossuaries.
The Vancouver Sun reports on the increasingly popular southeast Asian lime with the shockingly racist but obscure in Canada name.
In the comments: A shockingly racist term for Brazil nuts.
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The Hobby Lobby Ruling Isn't About Religious Liberty—It's About Conservative Sexual Morality
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Simon Baker entered the bathroom to see if a warm shower could ease his pain. “I looked up at the shower head, and it was as if the water droplets had stopped in mid-air”, he says. “They came into hard focus rapidly, over the course of a few seconds”. Where you’d normally perceive the streams as more of a blur of movement, he could see each one hanging in front of him, distorted by the pressure of the air rushing past.
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