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I didn't know that my university has a Pastafarian group. They probably weren't around in my time at the uni. But yay! for them.
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I may have found a solution to Zorro's jumping and biting. I was skeptical after seeing it demonstrated on a dog-training video, but it actually seems to work. Drop a few pennies into an empty soda can, and tape closed the opening. Then shake it at the dog, when the dog is doing something you don't want it to do. It makes a loud clattery noise, and Zorro jumps away from it, startled. And then she actually behaves well for a while!! So I haven't even been needing to shake it at her very much. Then can doesn't fit well in my pockets though, and it is inconvenient having to hold it in my hand all the time. So I've found 2 other smaller metal containers which do fit in my pocket, and I shall try them out tomorrow.
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Despite all my working extra long hours, I've been getting a fair amount of sleep lately. When I work late in the afternoon/evenings, it seems quite reasonable to me to start work late the next morning, to partially make up for it. So instead of feeling like I have to get up at 6:30am regardless of what time I make it to bed, I've been setting the alarm clock for 7 to 8 hours sleep, based on whatever time I go to bed. Working from home a lot, and not having to spend time driving to/from work helps too.
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I liked last week's episode of Boston Legal. The characters are such a curious mixture of conservatism and liberalism.
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WikiLeaks releases video of U.S. military incident wherein 2 reporters (among others) were killed and 2 children wounded. Watching the video is somewhat fascinating, relieving, and disturbing. It was relieving to me in that it didn't appear to be a blatant massacre - the soldiers did appear to believe the people they attacked and killed were armed and dangerous. I saw at least one person with a rifle, and after scrutinizing the video based on the comments on this page, I finally saw what the soldiers were referring to as the RPG (rocket-propelled grenade). It's disturbing to me in that even the soldiers shooting at people trying to rescue the one survivor of the initial attack didn't seem too incomprehensible to me... it merely reminds me of seeing videos and reports of Israeli troops firing on Palestinian ambulances, and of the U.S. military bombing Al Jazeera news offices. If it's acceptable for the military to knowingly target ambulances and members of the press, why should anything else seem surprising?
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I may have found a solution to Zorro's jumping and biting. I was skeptical after seeing it demonstrated on a dog-training video, but it actually seems to work. Drop a few pennies into an empty soda can, and tape closed the opening. Then shake it at the dog, when the dog is doing something you don't want it to do. It makes a loud clattery noise, and Zorro jumps away from it, startled. And then she actually behaves well for a while!! So I haven't even been needing to shake it at her very much. Then can doesn't fit well in my pockets though, and it is inconvenient having to hold it in my hand all the time. So I've found 2 other smaller metal containers which do fit in my pocket, and I shall try them out tomorrow.
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Despite all my working extra long hours, I've been getting a fair amount of sleep lately. When I work late in the afternoon/evenings, it seems quite reasonable to me to start work late the next morning, to partially make up for it. So instead of feeling like I have to get up at 6:30am regardless of what time I make it to bed, I've been setting the alarm clock for 7 to 8 hours sleep, based on whatever time I go to bed. Working from home a lot, and not having to spend time driving to/from work helps too.
.
I liked last week's episode of Boston Legal. The characters are such a curious mixture of conservatism and liberalism.
.
WikiLeaks releases video of U.S. military incident wherein 2 reporters (among others) were killed and 2 children wounded. Watching the video is somewhat fascinating, relieving, and disturbing. It was relieving to me in that it didn't appear to be a blatant massacre - the soldiers did appear to believe the people they attacked and killed were armed and dangerous. I saw at least one person with a rifle, and after scrutinizing the video based on the comments on this page, I finally saw what the soldiers were referring to as the RPG (rocket-propelled grenade). It's disturbing to me in that even the soldiers shooting at people trying to rescue the one survivor of the initial attack didn't seem too incomprehensible to me... it merely reminds me of seeing videos and reports of Israeli troops firing on Palestinian ambulances, and of the U.S. military bombing Al Jazeera news offices. If it's acceptable for the military to knowingly target ambulances and members of the press, why should anything else seem surprising?