stories.starmind.org/sea-nettle-2/ This sea nettle suggests that you pick one place in you house and label it "safe place", so when you remember putting something in a safe place, there is only one place it can be.Okay, it's not the sea nettle saying this. ...

stories.starmind.org/bactrian-camel… This camel has opinions that initially seem like reasonable statements on economic priorities, but that upon review place the personal property of his friends above the lives of those he doesn't personally know.He calls this view ...

stories.starmind.org/butterfly-24/ Butterfly patiently waiting for the vaccine rollout to include the 1-30 day age range.

stories.starmind.org/chacoan-peccar… That feeling when your pandemic restrictions are loosening up but you're not sure if you actually want to hang out with anyone anymore.

stories.starmind.org/bighorn-sheep/ This sheep is aware that the 1980's are as far away from today as WWII is from the 1980's, but it doesn't bother him because he likes being a time traveler.

stories.starmind.org/cougar-2/ Cougar realizing that CAPTCHAs prove non-artificiality by identifying traffic lights and crosswalks … the very thing that self driving cars are supposed to do.

stories.starmind.org/penguin-5/ intersect((z=-x^(2)-y^(2)+5),(x+y=2))

stories.starmind.org/whooping-crane/ This crane had a witty, relatable, and terse observation on human nature, but has decided to keep it to itself in the interest of retaining friendships.

stories.starmind.org/rockhopper-pen… This penguin understands that everyone makes mistakes, but observes that some sure do seem to make a lot more of them than others.

stories.starmind.org/butterfly-25/ This butterfly's hobby is telling business people that not everything that matters can be measured, waiting through their rants, and then asking them to quantify exactly how angry they are.

"I'd like an appointment for noon." / "We have an opening for 11:00, would that work?" is the "We don't have Coke, is Pepsi okay?" of the business world.

My brain: "We have a lot to do this morning, so let's focus and knock some of things off our list!" Also my brain: "What would the lyrics be if the song were written by the anti-penultimate member of Barrett's privateers?"

stories.starmind.org/whooping-crane… Whooping cranes like to tell jokes: A fully vaccinated person and a non-vaccinated person walk into a bar. Six weeks later, the non-vaccinated person's grandparents die. Whooping crane jokes aren't all that funny.

If you like animals enough to buy things that reference them, but not so much that you want to make risky fake money by killing them, there's now a meta-cryptocoin so you can emit enough carbon to kill several species at once. investorplace.com/2021/05/we-bou…

Just ordered my first NFT. Specifically, I tossed some money at Greetham's "Nice Friendly Tulips" - because I like it when artists combat stupidity and greed with creativity and humor. kickstarter.com/projects/jabba…

Just learned that Meatloaf was both anti-vax and anti-mask. Guess that makes at least three things he wouldn't do for love.

I can't believe we've invented multiple global surveillance networks under the guise of "assistive technology" and smoke detectors still alert on low battery by playing Marco Polo at 4am.

I don't understand. I mean, he knew what he was doing when he chose to go out to eat. He dressed for it. He planned for it. He got to the restaurant and literally asked for it. Isn't he morally obligated to live with the consequences of his actions and complete the meal?

As the weather turns from summer to fall, from hot humid days to cool days of rain and wind, my mind shifts toward the holidays. I think of the classic holiday shows of my youth - Rudolph, the Nutcracker, Charlie Brown specials, and [checks email] Les Misérables.

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