Byrnes: You just randomly flipped to only being on Yahoo.
Me: Wireless. But I think it’s the encryption really. The network was free for a while, and everything was fine. Then Dad put encryption back on.
Byrnes: Well turn the damn encryption off! Seriously. Who’s gonna steal your wifi?!
Me: The deer. [...]
The Battle: Getting unhappy cat out from under the deck while it was raining.
The Outcome: Happier cat indoors and drying.
The Spoils: Freshly-washed clothes covered in mud, grass, rain, and cat hair.
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Gay unions shed light on gender in marriage. Gender roles don’t really exist. In gay relationships, there is no one who is the “woman” or the “man”. Gender roles are not biological; they are a cultural construct. (Duh.)
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Yesterday, just as I got home from work, the sky started to fall.
There was no holding back. It poured. Rain—to be utterly cliché—fell in sheets. Thunder rumbled. Lightning flashed. I had to run around the house to close all the windows.
All that lasted for fifteen minutes. Then it was [...]
This is Bai Bai. She will be staying with us while her owner is away.
Yosuke, an African grey parrot, flew out of his cage and got lost. (It was the second right after the intersection.) But he found his way back home by reciting his name and address.
Now if I could get my parakeets to recite names and addresses, I’ll have my own little live phonebooks. [...]
