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do cats count coup?

Fluffie (age 12 years) continues to snub Pillow (age 5 months). Last evening Pillow sneaked up behind where Fluffie was sitting, reached out and tapped her on the head. Fluffie merely got up and walked away.

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the case of the missing keyword

The referral log usually has a few surprises. This week, my mathematical doodles were found three times by searches for words that do not appear on the page: intimate crystal candy best girl friend thanks to a previous post.

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one lobe of the brain is dedicated to old advertising

Watching Pillow on patrol, guarding the hearth against MLO (mouse-like objects), stirs a tickle in my mind: About thirty years ago was there a long-running ad campaign, for some luxury good, that featured a black panther? Or have I imagined … Continue reading

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the definite article

You don’t need me to tell you that the case of Maher Arar (cited by Charlie Stross) has gloomy implications. So instead I’ll remark that I’m pleased to see in the article the phrase “a Qaeda member.” If any American … Continue reading

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twin beacons

There’s something comically cartoonish about a black kitten in dim light: a silhouette in which the only visible features are the roundly staring eyes.

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QotD

There’s a myth that if we legalise a substance it would somehow take the illegality out of it. Keith Hellawell, UK drug czar (quoted in the .sig of Todd Larason)

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they could call it S.C.O.R.E.

We might all be spared a bit of embarrassment if sex-ed courses included a segment on protocol.

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