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On vetly advice I brought home a raw chicken wing each for the cats. They immediately fell upon and seized the hapless limbs, divvying up the kitchen between them, and growling like mad: "This is mine!!!" The effect of growling while eating vigorously, in Frank's case, is that he is actually saying RRRRRRRRRRR NOM NOM NOM.

Banned Books Week

I can't work out what I think about Banned Books Week. You think it'd be a no-brainer. Part of the problem is that most of the books the fuss is about have been challenged, not banned. One worried parent's letter to the local library is all it takes to make a challenged book, and the difference between challenged and banned is not always apparent when the media and the blogosphere talk about the issue.

Moreover: if a Sioux mother would rather not have Little House on the Prairie on her daughter's curriculum, I personally don't have a problem with it. There's a world of difference between that and this, or even this.

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I'm mindful that I still owe the rest of one charity fanfic, and all of another! I'm working on them, I promise. :)