peanut&pancake

meow, meow.

Consanguinity

Consanguinity

Refers to the property of being from the same kinship as another person. In that respect, consanguinity is the quality of being descended from the same ancestor as another person. Consanguinity is an important legal concept in that the laws of many jurisdictions consider consanguinity as a factor in deciding whether two individuals may be married or whether a given person inherits property when a deceased person has not left a will.

"Iguanas Freeze, Fall from Trees"

Due to a sharp drop in Cincinnati murder rates this year (22% !), the local news is finally able to turn its attention to the important stories.


http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/saywhat/story/Iguanas-Freeze-Fall-From-Trees/sf8g1-gHMk67VdlkLogMNA.cspx

Idempotent

Idempotent

Idempotence describes the property of operations in mathematics and computer science that means that multiple applications of the operation do not change the result.

A New Year, RIch In Murder and Mayhem

AND IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT TO COMPARE IT TO,

here's how '08 and '09 stacks up***:

1. New Orleans - 281,440 - 179 (08) - 173 (09) - Old rate per 100,000: 64 - New rate: 61

2. St. Louis - 356,204 - 167 (08) - 147 (09) - Old rate: 47 - New rate: 41

3. Detroit - 905,783 - 339 (08) - Did not provide 09 total - Old rate: 37 - New rate - ??

4. Baltimore - 634,549 - 234 (08) - 238 (09) - Old rate: 36 - New rate: 37.5

5. Birmingham - 228,314 - 82 (08) - 66 (09) - Old rate: 36 - New rate: 28.9

6. Jackson, Miss - 174,734 - 63 (08) - 40 (09) - Old rate: 36 - New rate: 22.8

7. Washington DC - 591,000 - 186 (08) - 143 (09) - Old rate: 31 - New rate: 24

8. Baton Rouge - 226,920 - 67 (08) - 63 (09) *Through October - Old rate: 30

9. Oakland, Calif. - 401,587 - 115 (08) - 107 (09) - Old rate: 29 - New rate: 26.6

10. Flint, Mich. - 113,462 - 32 (08) - 36 (09) - Old rate: 28 - New rate: 31.7

***IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER: as read on the baltimore crime blog (and if CERTAIN CO EDITORS OF THIS HERE BLOG would teach me how to hyperlink, instead of sending me off into the woods a la cult males upon maturation and/or when mother sharks leave their freshly birthed youth behind), Detriot apparently is guilty of frequent withholding of correct murder rates, so read with a grain of salt.

lions and tigers and bears, oh my

lion, tiger and bear all living together in harmony; depression predicted if separated.

i think this is a pretty obvious analogy. don't leave us!

(other news: the first thing that comes up in a googlesearch for "weird news tiger" is this. danielle, you should think about writing freelance for them if you decide to go home)

Our outrage is boundless.


The height of of hilarity: photoshopping thinker to stinker (ha!. Ha ha!). Alas, I was too enraged.

the great boston molasses disaster

i know we're all read books about this, but...

"and that's why... to this day... in some parts of downtown... you can still smell the sickly sweet scents of destruction."

ps. if you haven't read a book about this yet (who are you!), i'd recommend this one.

Missing! but Lost.

The racoon twins

are lost and all but dream animalia at this point.  The only ones who can find them are their (our) secret cats.

Good bye.

secret woman

"This gentleman couldn't figure out why food was going missing in his high-story NYC apartment. His girlfriend denied taking it. So he set up a hidden camera to see what was happening, and shortly thereafter, he saw a strange woman creep out of a deep storage crawlspace over the kitchen, let herself down onto the kitchen table and help herself to his pantry. He phoned the police (he was in the apartment), and they told him after investigating that they believed the woman had been secretly living in his apartment for weeks."

beware the antics of secret woman.

the bitter end new years

at the stroke of midnight i was ordering a drink at the bar completely oblivious to the fact that it was turning 2010. maybe i looked sad?

you two were wearing raccoon head bands and offered me one. i said no.

did this really happen?

yes, it did.

secret cat

we all have one.

(...especially if you already have a public cat.)

ween

ween

1. To suppose; to think, believe.

2.  To expect, hope, or wish.