The road taken

"There's always the off-chance that, from another bluff, I'll actually be able to see the place to where the road is going and that, having seen it, I'll find that nothing else needs to be said. But there's also the chance that, having seen it, I'll find something entirely new that needs to be said, something I never knew before that I could say. And then, having tried one last time, perhaps I will try once more."

—Steve Erickson, Amnesiascope

More silly pictures

So I wanted to post some pictures of my pets as so many others have done before me. Alas, I have no pets. :-( This makes me very sad. So I visited Mom. She has pets.

I have the silly pictures to prove it.

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This is Mom's pet starling, Baby. Starlings are part of the mynah family so you can teach them to talk if you hand raise them. Baby fell out of a nest when he was a little shaver, so Mom raised him. He's a wild bird, but because he's an introduced species (European) it's not illegal to keep him as a pet. Baby's favorite word is "Ouch!" Baby often mistakes wrinkles for worms. Starlings are not seed eaters.

Mom asked me why I always take pictures of her when she's talking. Real answer: She never stops talking. Hardly ever. What I said: I suck at taking pictures, I guess.

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See what I mean.

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But she's cute, Mom. A bit of a pixie.

Here's what passes for pets at my house:

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This is Guardian Baby. She's a real sweetheart. (That's an udder, not another kind of appendage.)

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And this is Claudia. She isn't the chatterbox that Mom or Baby or Guardian Baby is, but she's solid as a rock.