In "When did Australia become a police state?"

Some of you have down played the effects of methamphetimins, but as some one who has lived in the same house with an addict for the last few years (long story, don't ask) I can tell you that someone who suffers from meth psychosis is not someone who should be driving. And, even if he just got caught up in a check point, if they'd put him in jail based on a drug test, I'd cheer.

In "They've caught the BTK serial killer in Kansas."

"it was a tip from the killer's daughter that led to his capture." Hmm. Do you know where your parents are?

In "The Lemming Poetry Club"

One of my daughter's friends jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday. She did "plunge like a plummet down, far into the angry tides". And she died. She left behind a husband, who was younger than she, and parents who are blaming him for her death. I don't think they're right, but the fall out is that everyone is hurting even more than her death might have if she had succombed to some disease or other. I suspect many of us have contemplated suicide at least once in our lives. The one time I did, seriously, I backed off because I couldn't bear to have my family have to clean up after I'd done it. I've heard others say that they didn't consider the feelings of the survivors when thinking about offing themselves because they felt that their lives were worthless and no one would care. So, what is suicide? Is it protest, or drama, or just taking care of business? These may be stupid questions, but...

In "Curious, Nostril"

Ah, prismatic7, I think it was "stop that gibbon." It wasn't dead, just running away. (Ok, fear of being uncool rings in, so if there was a joke there I didn't get (stuff vs. stop)please tell me in gruesome detail how way too dim I am to get it. I'll thank you in the morning.)

In "Curious George: Where Are My Socks?"

Make that "bees-less." Poetry is hard.

The lion moves, yawns and stretches, His mane is ruffled by the wind. Royal cat, taking back his reign, While apes, monkeys and all we wretches Dance in celebration, and find That bees-ness was an awful pain. Pax.

In "Curious George: Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome..."

My cat, a manx, suffers from spina abifida, and sometimes reacts the same way to petting. You might want to have her checked out, though I don't think there's anything the can do for SA,if that's her problem.

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