Friday's Quirky Newsy Bits

Close to home we have mad squirrels! Since we can't give ASBO tickets they're trapping them and testing for rabies.

Real speedy for a one-legged guy.

kinky cuffs used in Sex-shop robbery.

The Beijing Penis Emporium; not for the faint culinary enthusiast or vegetarians, it seems.


This is twice now...are we seeing a plague of good ol-boys in underwear breaking and entering?

Okay, this article gets an award or a ticket for use of every euphemism on the planet in describing the recent sex survey done in Australia.

Quote of the day:
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
- Jerome K. Jerome

I may be the only person in my generation who has read JKJ.

So Long Indian Summer!

The high forecast for Bezerkeley tomorrow? 60 degrees! We're back to our little ice age! I have turned up the heater in the front room and tucked my fluffy down comforter in around my bed once again.

Yesterday morning I went to walk the dog and spent several minutes marveling at the eddies and whirls of thick fog. We returned to the apartment very damp just from the mist. If you didn't know San Francisco, you would have thought it was raining, but no, just thick, blankety mist. It gave everything a thin sheen of water: cars, windows, concrete, grass, dog, shoes, hair, face...

I want my mild long fall back...I don't want to admit that Sunday is the 1st of October. I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna!