Animal Cruelty

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The mutilation and killing of felines in San Antonio has reached an unprecedented level, officials say, with 11 incidents reported over the past three weeks.

. . . "Someone is displaying them," Animal Control Director Jeff Hale said of the felines, adding that the department is investigating Wednesday's killing as the latest in a string that might have been committed by the same person or group.

-- Colin McDonald for The San Antonio Express-News

Of course, now we would be suffering a wave of these animal cruelty crimes, when I have taken a heartfelt interest in our cats. Just play with my heart, why don't you?

At least we're armed.

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Animal Cruelty

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The mutilation and killing of felines in San Antonio has reached an unprecedented level, officials say, with 11 incidents reported over the past three weeks.

. . . "Someone is displaying them," Animal Control Director Jeff Hale said of the felines, adding that the department is investigating Wednesday's killing as the latest in a string that might have been committed by the same person or group.

-- Colin McDonald for The San Antonio Express-News

Of course, now we would be suffering a wave of these animal cruelty crimes, when I have taken a heartfelt interest in our cats. Just play with my heart, why don't you?

At least we're armed.

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Library Trip

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I'm back! This was a much better trip. And I'm not just talking about the chicken fried rice, though that was definitely food for my soul; if anything, they put too much chicken in it! Not that I'd complain.

Maybe I was just more in the mood for books, because many more of them were looking so good to me that I was regretting again having only one lifetime to read.

For my fiction, I went with the intention of getting Thomas Harris's "Red Dragon", which is the predecessor to "Silence of the Lambs". I thought it would be a good bet to get deeper into that story, but I came across John le Carre and I was feeling guilty for not reading more of him, since I enjoyed his "Perfect Spy" and "A Little Town in Germany" and knew he was a quality novelist. So, I browsed his books, and I decided to pick up "The Little Drummer Girl" and enjoy a fictional dip back into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. And this will probably be my last novel for this library season, just as Fox's "Classical World" will be my last non-fiction book. We'll call it a good season.

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Library Trip

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I'm back! This was a much better trip. And I'm not just talking about the chicken fried rice, though that was definitely food for my soul; if anything, they put too much chicken in it! Not that I'd complain.

Maybe I was just more in the mood for books, because many more of them were looking so good to me that I was regretting again having only one lifetime to read.

For my fiction, I went with the intention of getting Thomas Harris's "Red Dragon", which is the predecessor to "Silence of the Lambs". I thought it would be a good bet to get deeper into that story, but I came across John le Carre and I was feeling guilty for not reading more of him, since I enjoyed his "Perfect Spy" and "A Little Town in Germany" and knew he was a quality novelist. So, I browsed his books, and I decided to pick up "The Little Drummer Girl" and enjoy a fictional dip back into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. And this will probably be my last novel for this library season, just as Fox's "Classical World" will be my last non-fiction book. We'll call it a good season.

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The Atheist Bat Signal

This is the new official symbol for atheists as selected by the Atheist Alliance International Convention. I never really thought of atheism as a club, but why not? People are considering it impressive, and I think it's pretty cool, myself. I don't think I'll be wearing it. I'm just not much of a joiner, which perhaps also accounts for my own atheistic tendencies in the first place, heh.


(Source: FriendlyAtheist.com)

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The Atheist Bat Signal

This is the new official symbol for atheists as selected by the Atheist Alliance International Convention. I never really thought of atheism as a club, but why not? People are considering it impressive, and I think it's pretty cool, myself. I don't think I'll be wearing it. I'm just not much of a joiner, which perhaps also accounts for my own atheistic tendencies in the first place, heh.


(Source: FriendlyAtheist.com)

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