A Secret History

• 09:25 Honey cake with apples for breakfast. It turned out nicely. #
• 12:09 Sleeeeeepy. #

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• 07:32 Happy birthday to @dicedork! #
• 11:26 Vintage poison labels: www.spookshows.com/poison/poison.htm #
• 11:43 21st century Vegans, 19th century Style: tinyurl.com/46hq2z #
• 11:51 Neat video of octopus egg hatching and an octopus learning to open a jar: tinyurl.com/3n58bn #
• 16:12 The Depravity Scale standardizes "heinous, depraved, atrocious and cruel" crime vocab. Participate: depravityscale.org/depscale/ #
• 16:30 Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories: Making the World a Better Place, One Evil Mad Scientist at a Time www.evilmadscientist.com/ #
• 16:33 Origami Octopi: www.flickr.com/photos/josephwuorigami/sets/72157606621857291/ #
• 16:53 Grublove. Then dinner tonight with @shoutingboy and his Team in Training folk. #
• 22:18 L'shanah tovah! #

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• 03:29 Just gave the Bengal her 4A dose of Valium (a little early). She's quite distressed, and I'm simply beside myself. #
• 05:34 How can such a small creature be on that much Valium and still not be able to rest? Like me, she has a strong little constitution. #
• 06:24 At 6A, I paged Madi's vet and he said to double her Phenobarb and discontinue the Valium. #
• 10:10 Not a wink. But succor is in sight: @soof and @tutordennis are bringing pumpkin spice lattes. #
• 10:29 Aaaaand vaguely creepy Flickr comment of the day goes to this kind gentleman: www.flickr.com/photos/nullalux/455068115/ #
• 16:16 Thank goodness. I was able to reschedule my dentist appt, and we all took a very timely nap. #
• 23:28 And then I got a @shoutingboy, and there was much rejoicing. And snuggles. #

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• 15:34 Did you know that mock turtle soup is usually made from veal? #
• 19:02 I am against allegorizing The Hunting of the Snark. Then again, I may be a Boojum. #
• 20:52 Delish pinakbet (Filipino stew) over rice for dinner. Mmm, bitter melon. #
• 21:10 Retweet of @elgecko: Just saw someone use twiteó as a Sanish verb. #
• 21:23 @abditus: I'm horrified to hear that Leeloo got out. Please please keep us posted. #
• 22:51 I don't know that my nerdiness is hardcore, really, but ah well: www.hardcorenerdity.com/profile/Emily65 #
• 23:06 "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." #
• 00:16 List of unusual deaths throughout history: tinyurl.com/8t7oc #
• 00:54 Retweet of @laughingsquid: I'm as of right now I'm announcing that I am suspending being awake in order to solve my sleep crisis. #

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• 09:21 At the vet with Madeleine. #
• 11:15 Home with the Bengal. She's on Valium, which should keep seizures in check while we wait for blood test results. #
• 16:05 The Bengal is finally sleeping, poor mite. Blood tests normal; still waiting on Phenobarb level. #
• 19:04 Mads, heavily-sedated, unwisely tries to walk about and climb on things. If I leave her side for a moment, she becomes totally disoriented. #

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• 12:56 Found a splendid gas mask at yard sale that's just begging for a steampunk mod. Now walking for coffee and lunch. #
• 13:48 Amused by Wondermark: An Illustrated Jocularity. Check out 'In which a Tree gets the Talk' here: wondermark.com/d/426.html #
• 14:39 Macabre pics from Lara Museum in Rhonda, Spain (monster sculptures, taxidermy hybrids, Inquisition devices): tinyurl.com/laramuseum #
• 15:57 @juverna: Agreed; I find that brown rice and veggies cures most ills. In my family, "have some rice" was always an appropriate thing to say. #
• 18:58 Shopping w/ Rabbit, now off to a festive birthday shindig. #
• 22:17 Lovesacs are reeaally comfy. #
• 23:08 Pretty things on fire! #
• 00:49 @abditus: Now let me get this straight...you put lime in the coconut? #
• 00:53 You know it's a good party when you have to choose between watching the naked girl spinning poi and the hot boys cuddling each other. #

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Lest I forget my obligations, here are my lists for this round of the Letter Meme.

~Post a comment and I'll randomly assign you a letter (A-Z in the English alphabet).
~Then you have to respond by listing ten things you LOVE that begin with that letter.
~Afterward, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.

Sublime owlacrobat gave me S:
• Sappho (Although they are only breath, words which I command are immortal.)
• subjunctive mood
• Sweeney Todd (What happened then, well that's the play, and he wouldn't want us to give it away.)
• Stoicism (Where is the good? In the will. Where is the evil? In the will. Where is neither of them? In those things which are independent of the will.)
• Spencer (This weekend, I dreamt he got out and was hit by a car...when I awoke I hugged him until he meeped in surprise.)
• squares
• stories ('Are you sure of what your Mummy told you?' said Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog. 'Are you quite sure? Perhaps she said that when you uncoil a Tortoise you must shell him out of the water with a scoop, and when you paw a Hedgehog you must drop him on the shell.')
• shark tonic/hypnosis
• second base
• science, mad
• stockings

Wicked eriktdahl gave me W:
• wordplay
• wang
• Watership Down (Why don't you get washed, Hawkbit?)
• wheat beer (preferably unfiltered)
• wasabi
• Wonderland (For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.)
• my workshop (I stay home, reading books that are beneath me, and working on my work, which no one understands. I am a sensitive artist.)
• whistling in the dark
• worms in love (Well, most worm-like critters actually creep me right out. But I suppose I find their wormitude fascinating. In a creeped-out way.)
• Wednesday Addams

The lists, of course, are in no particular order.

• 17:08 It's an ill-wind that gathers no moss. #
• 19:03 Eating toast. Reading. Pining. Fixing my new bat lamp. Basking in the dusk. Wandering. Etymologizing. #
• 19:15 Light strikes a deal with each coming night. #
• 20:18 Drinking a beer and baking cream cheese croissants. Snoissants? #
• 20:32 Mortui vivos docent: www.deathonline.net/index.cfm #
• 23:06 Bats can squeak 30 times per second. #

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• 09:58 Crafting with the Grub. #
• 15:00 @jong: I like my beats funky; I'm spunky. I like my oatmeal lumpy. #
• 15:01 @teawiththecheat: *tea and gentle hugs* #
• 15:50 Captivated by crime scene/coroner photos. We must listen closely to the tales the bodies tell: tinyurl.com/crimescenes #
• 18:12 Prepping teaching portfolio for tomorrow's meetings. #
• 20:06 Whole-wheat penne with sun-dried tomato and olive marinara. Hm. Something is lacking...aha! A nice amber ale. #
• 21:20 Honestly, what must I do to convince the Bengal that pawing at my dresser until she can slink behind one of the drawers is Not Acceptable? #
• 00:29 I can find my Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Spanish, and ASL dictionaries, but nary an English edition. I know we have at least one... #
• 00:30 Ah well. Late to bed, early to rise...wait, what? #

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• 09:30 Up early on a Caturday, alas. Yesterday's Tdap vaccine is making me achy and sore and feverish. #
• 12:14 Amazing massage. Now my endorphins and I need some coffee. #
• 20:09 Ran errands after massage and stopped at cafe for lunch. Found earwig in food. Displeased. #
• 22:59 Watching a Wes Anderson flick. You know, the one with characters that have familial issues. #

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