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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Ominous Portents

I'm not a superstitious person. Black cats crossing my path...."Here kitty kitty". Breaking a mirror...."Damn, now I have to buy another one". Friday the 13th...."Whatever"

However, in the last 3 days some very weird things have happened.

First. The huge juniper tree that is next to our house has been full of turkey buzzards. I don't mean one or two, but more like 10 to 20. They have never roosted in this tree. They just sit there staring, and when they see us, lazilly fly off and circle around and around over the river below. Creepy.

Next. Yesterday when I came into my office, the floor was full of tiny frogs, some in a state of dessication and others hoping around. Ewwww. I swept up the dead guys and took the live ones outside into the bushes. Today. The same thing. FROGS!

Should I be worried? Anyone have a Gideon's Bible handy?

8 comments:

  1. Do you have any acquaintance named Moses?

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  2. Ha ha... very funny.

    The vultures are actually becoming a problem because they poop and vomit all over the place.

    Since they are a 'protected' species, I can't shoot them (legally). So the next step is to try to scare them away with noise.

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  3. Except that it's the High Holy Days (upcoming), not Passover.

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  4. I liked your response over on the Althouse thread, but I can understand why you'd want to delete it.

    Sometimes I think you have to make the most important decisions quickly, lest you think yourself into a mistake.

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  5. Sometimes I think you have to make the most important decisions quickly, lest you think yourself into a mistake.

    This is true and I know it is a fault of mine. I take too long sometimes to make a decision. Sometimes over the smallest things, like should I buy a new printer and what kind.

    However, once the decision is made, I never second guess myself. Live with it even if I did buy the crappy printer.

    :-D

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  6. What? You don't anguish and wallow in regret?

    Huh.

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  7. The frogs are a nice touch.

    I hate the French.

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