tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84394942011-08-20T04:00:23.600-07:00Because Monkeys Are Funny...and They Do Stuff!MysticSavagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284180287621441159noreply@blogger.comBlogger871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8439494.post-569631734367411822010-03-11T15:26:00.001-08:002010-03-11T15:26:19.127-08:00

The kind of grief I feelis ancient; there is no road,no tributary, no stream or pathfor it to take.  There is noappropriate expression.I could cut my hair,but shaved heads don't mean muchanymore -- mourning happens somewhere else in the body.I could rend my clothes,but clothes cost money,and I'd still have to get dressedint he morning.  I could weep and wail,but I did all the weepingin the weeks

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If you can be happy on a Monday, you can be happy anytime. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Penny's watching a movie on the downstairs computer; Jack's watching a movie on a DVD player; I'm up here monitoring my twitter feed.  Yup.  It's family night. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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http://www.pugcleaner.com/ Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Bed is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to tuck you in. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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A very slight timeline.  Interesting though.  Found here. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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OZ: The monkey's the only cookie animal that gets to wear clothes, you know that? You have the sweetest smile I've ever seen. So, I'm wondering, do the other cookie animals feel sorta ripped? Like, is the hippo going, 'Hey, man, where are *my* pants? I have my hippo dignity!' And you know the monkey's just, (with a French accent) 'I mock you with my monkey pants!' And there's a big coup in the

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Discovering the poetry of Marty McConell. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Like there's not enough humiliation in the world.  Sometimes I just want to find specific people and hurt them.  Bad. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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http://www.visiondirect.com/la/product/default.asp?pid=172308&catid=10898&trx=PLST-0-CAT&trxp1=10898&trxp2=172308&trxp3=1&trxp4=0&btrx=BUY-PLST-0-CAT Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Wow. I had forgotten I even had this blog. Must have set it up at some point last year as a recipient of posterous stuff. Ah, more weblitter.You're welcome to poke around here. I have a couple of LiveJournals as well.mystic_savage.livejournal.com is my general one,kmdahl.livejournal.com is the erotic one.

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http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Gay_Marriage_Responsible_for_Global_WarmingFrom C. Scott Davis, who also discovered and mapped the homosphere. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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This is one of the most brilliant and enjoyable stories I've read in a long time, written by my very good special friend Allen.  Go.  Read.  Enjoy!http://doctorturvy.livejournal.com/6711.html Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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The lemon cucumbers looked especially good today.  She reached a gnarled hand slowly toward the display and cradled one round, spiny vegetable in her palm, drawing it into her cart.  It had been a long time since she'd had a cucumber sandwich, and longer still since she'd had one with a touch of the spicy cranberry jelly that he'd introduced to her.  Holding on to the handle of the cart, she

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I found ten minutes on the street yesterday--a shiny, bright, new chunk of time just there under the new metal bench a thte bus stop at 4th & Pike.  I found a brand new ten minutes and I didn't know what to do with it. It was not enough time to work out--change into yoga pants, get on the treadmill, go, go, go for only what?  a minute?  and then to have to shower and come back out to rejoin my

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Wow.  This sure brings new meaning to the words "May the Force Be With You".  (NSFW). Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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I was riding the bus this morning up Capitol Hill and looked out the window to see a slant of sunshine highlighting a leafy tree against a beautiful old brick building.  My first thought was "Wow!  The graphics are awesome!"  ...That can't be a good sign. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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I've been playing with perceptions of heat in the last couple of days, and trying to feel the sensations without adding all the usual judgments I put on them.  Can I feel the weight of the heat on my face, for example, without thinking "oppressive"?  Can I enjoy -- or not even enjoy, but just experience the back of an un -air-conditioned bus and not think "horrible" "sweltering" and "gonna die"?

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The last two days have been the busiest since I've started working here, and now:  JulNaWriMo.  Am not going to be able to do much tonight, but will try to get a little puttering start...enough to build on over the long weekend. In the meantime:  ACK!  Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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"As cool as it might sound, being a special snowflake in a sea of semi-conscious dirt clods is a hard place to find yourself, no matter who you are." Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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I'm getting ready for JulNaWriMo with the intent of writing 50,000 words in July.  Unlike NaNoWriMo (which you all know is in November) I am not necessarily working on a new work, and not necessarily on a novel.  My sole aim in July will be to produce 50,000 words.  They will be a combination of new short stories, new work on old novels, and new work on novels that I've started and abandoned. 

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Computer model of spread of virus with various interventions possible:http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/flu.computer.modeling/#cnnSTCVideo (Dr. Longini works for the VIDI, which is a division of the Hutch here in Seattle). Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Identity-concealing mask:  $39.95Swashbuckling superhero costume, adult: $57.99  Keeping the city safe from evil-doers:  Priceless. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Here's an excellent commentary on the NPR website, titled "In Mexico City, the real infection is fear".  I would argue that the real infection is actually infection, but the point stands -- fear makes it worse.  Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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...but can't take my mind off of swine flu (not in the least because I have bronchitis and every time I cough someone asks me if I've traveled to Mexico lately).  Alternating between nervous and fatalistic.  Feels a bit like mid-afternoon Sept 11th--so many questions, no answers, the feeling that something huge is happening. The world went spinning on then and it will now.  Feel a bit

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Saw this on the University of Washington Employment page today: ARRA Jobs @ UW The UW eagerly anticipates funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). We expect to open recruitment for a significant number of research-related staff positions in early May. Check back then for information about open positions and the job application process. This is good news for

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Just read the wikipedia entry on "existential crisis".  Wouldn't you know there'd be a wiki?It says:  See also: NihilismExistentialismMeaning of life Dark Night of the SoulMystical psychosis In a not-so-unrelated note, the paging operator just came on to announce a meeting in the cafeteria to discuss the results of the employee satisfaction survey.  Posted via email from

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In 1995, I accessed the web via LYNX and could see only HTML.  I had this acquaintance, Ben, who had an internship in the Capitol building in Olympia. Ben used to send long, hilarious missives via email.  Ben had his own literary magazine for awhile.  Ben's website is here. In 1995, my friend Stephanie used to send me these pieces of art in the mail.  They were letters, inked on construction

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There's a Program Assistant job in Pathology & it's posted on the UW website.  It's actually a receptionist-plus-office-assistant position, extremely busy.  On the plus side, the days go quickly and the benefits are great.  Once you're in, Pathology hires from within.  The person who was holding that position (since August) is now moving up to work with the accessioners.  And you'd be working

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This morning is good -- almost no pain at all & am having a productive day at work.  Looking forward to an evening to myself tonight & more sleeping.  I didn't sleep that long last night & there isn't any reason that I can spot why today is good, but I'll take it! Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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the lighting seems flat today.  I can hear the buzzing.  ceiling feels closer to me than usual.  everything i can see looks shorter and wider than usual. colors are too bright, edges too defined, but everything seems tainted somehow with fluorescence.  can taste something metallic along the side of my tongue.  don't know if it's mood that affects perception or perception that affects mood, but

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Yesterday, the UW laid off 34 people in development and alumni relations, eliminated a similar number of vacant positions, and downsized the jobs of 16 people from full time to part time.  That saves them about $6 million a year.  (The governor's budget eliminates $211 million from the operating budget that the UW).  Folks in the know say that we can anticipate 600-800 layoffs across campus this

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I had horrible dreams last night.  In the last one, my car had fallen backward off of an unfinished bridge into a muddy river, and the mud was seeping into the car and would eventually smother us.  Penny and Sar were trapped in their car seats, we were under water already, and my cell phone was working.  I knew we had 43 minutes to live and that death was inevitable, and I was trying to call my

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Just talked to Penny on the phone, who told me she lost her purse at school.  A lot of responses occurred to me very quickly (see?  I told you you were too young to have a purse at school?  or  oh, sweetie -- did you have any money in it?  here, let me make it up to you).  I used a technique I used yesterday in the parenting workshop:  "What's your plan for finding it?" She told me in detail her

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Attended a workshop today over my lunch hour -- Intentional Parenting During Stressful Times.  It was fabulous, focusing mostly on mindfulness, problem-solving, and communication.  I have three pages of notes.  The take-homes for me (after an assessment of what's already working in my family) -- a new awareness of the distinction between intentional and convenient parenting, some techniques for

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Seen last Thursday, at lunch, just outside the walkway to the South Campus Center:  a trio of yellow crocuses, open, in a beam of sunshine.  Seen last night, on 16th, parked outside the community college:  a Ford Escort, with the word "Porshe" (sic) painted on the back in white paint pen. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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In a dream I had last night, I was aware that our time line was fine, but our time stream wasn't.  The distinction between time line and time stream was very important.As I was chased through the woods, trying to save Sar, and things were dropping down from trees, I saw that in some time lines I saved him, but in some I didn't.  Our time line was a thin strand of energy along with dozens of other

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Ladies and Gentlemen,I recommend never using yahoo for web hosting.  The contract is sticky, the price is exorbitant, the automatic charges come in every three months, and canceling is complicated and takes several steps.  I'm fairly web savvy, and tried to cancel my webhosting plan with them three months ago (the last time one of their charges hit my bank account at the wrong time and made a big

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I'm amazed:  Penny and Sar have been playing "let's pretend" peacefully for about an hour and a half now without fighting.  This is maybe a record.  As I've walked through I've heard that they're in an orphanage doing a gymnastics show, that (15 minutes later) they're on a spaceship and later still, are in a castle.  One amusing note:  overhearing Penny say "And let's pretend everyone calls me

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A fan letter to the Doctor. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Here's a nifty not-just-you perspective on layoffs-- Vault's Layoff Tracker, updated as pronouncements are made from corporate boardrooms all over the -- ok, not all over the world, mostly in the US, although occasionally we hear about layoffs around the continent and across the seas.  Yesterday, ten companies announced layoffs, including Ford, Talbot, Estee-Lauder and GlaxoSmithKline. Posted

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This morning on the bus:I was sitting next to Dwight-the-fabulously-dressed-guy-who-works-at-Amazon.com and we were talking about all the people we knew on the bus:there was Lorraine, who has two jobs and spends her one day off taking care of her 5 month old grand-daughter, Jim, the tax collector, who just lost his father to lung cancer in December, Linda, who bikes to work part of the way and

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Last night, Sar asked me if the earth ate people when they died and then gave them new bodies.  This led to a discussion about decomposition, atoms, matter, energy, and reincarnation (not necessarily in that order) and degenerated into an argument about whether people were more "earth stuff" or "star stuff". Today, Penny and I were mock-arguing at coffee and I said "I'm watching you" and did

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I'd have imploded by now, I think, if I hadn't had the kids to look after this week.  It's been very rocky since Friday.  Elements of real life interference into my little dream of a Virginia-controlled world include:  gastroenteritis at Dragonhouse, kids' father out of town & me & kids staying at his place, the anniversary of our acutual wedding, logistic challenges that make disappointing

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Don't tell me you have nothing to be thankful for, Aries. Your parents could have named you "Hooligan" or "Lightsaber" or "Flu," and they didn't. There are no photos floating around the Internet that show you riding a pig in the nude. No one has ever broken up with you via text message. Now please keep going in the direction I've pointed you. Count your blessings up to at least 101. Create

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Hey all--Come read Fanning the Spark, an almost-a-web-comic I've been working on for the last couple of days.First entry is here:  http://fanningthespark.livejournal.com/964.html and it continues through January.  Just keep hitting "next" at the bottom of the page. With appreciation for Charles Dawson aka iguanahey, who inspired the series.Virginia Posted via email from mysticsavage's

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The show was great last night, due in no small part to the wonderful audience.  And Paul and Storm.  And Molly.  Oh yes -- and Jonathan Coulton.  The highlight of the show for me though was a song that Paul and Storm wrote and performed in the style of JoCo called "Live".  Awesome.   The around-the-show-cultural highlight were all the terrific people in the audience -- friends & acquaintances

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Hey Seattleites:I hope to go see this exhibit sometime in the next month or two.  Review here:  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ae/397243_coffee24.html Email me at mysticsavage@gmail.com if you'd be interested in going with!Virginia Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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I just had to scan a slide of a malignant melanoma between the 3rd and 4th toes (the toes were excised from the body).  I may never recover. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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The current issue of Time magazine has a feature on BPD and on the women who pioneered the study that saved my life.The article is available here:  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1870491-1,00.html For context, I was diagnosed with BPD for the first time when I was 21, and suffered several years of unskillfully handled unbearable pain*, over a dozen therapists, and almost two

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Boredom is always temporary, and especially temporary for people who are easily bored. On the other side of the chasm lies inspiration. You don't even have to try... just stay bored long enough, and inspiration will hunt you down and lure you into its realm like a will o' the wisp.--Allen Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Am going to the Seattle Scrabble Club tonight with Tabitha and find myself very nervous.  Timed games, serious rules -- it's a whole different little culture there.  Am reminded too that I'm going to Ben's Bar Mitzvah on Saturday.  Another different place with different behavioral expectations.  Hope I can be all grown up and subdued and appropriate.  Appropriate is hard. Posted via email from

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Another generous out-of-nowhere gift from my generous friends in Texas.  A light therapy box I've been lusting after on Amazon.com for months, debating about buying and never quite being able to come up with the money to do so...and it came to my doorstep tonight, courtesy of my friends who, though they left Seattle something like ten years ago, have managed to stay in touch.  I feel so blessed.

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I'm finding myself drawn to volunteer work lately.  On the strength of the Northwest Harvest Food Drive we did in our office, I've gone on to consider opportunities for volunteering on MLK Day, volunteered to watch Sam & Tera and give Karen and James time to go out last night, and have signed up to give blood at 10:00 today.  (I regret that last, but I already have an appointment, so I'm stuck. 

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http://www.do-not-zzz.com/index2.html Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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One of the most common things I heard while Metro had half of its fleet out of service was that "articulated buses aren't safe in these conditions" from Metro brass, and, from riders waiting on Delridge or downtown for long periods of time, "why don't they just keep enough chains for all their buses?  how expensive could it be?" Plenty, as it turns out.  Because Metro's new nifty buses, the ones

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I've noticed that the same tools I use to manage my negative moods and perceptions can be mis-used to reinforce my negative moods and perceptions.  A gratitude list, for example, can be a way of turning around self-pity or it can be used to beat myself up for not being grateful enough, thus deepening that host of factors that lead to self-pity.  Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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My gratitude list from today: Maple scones Good coffee Prompt repair service for copier I don't have to worry about my car getting stuck Chuck & Laurie Andrew Allen Having a job I like Where people like me And the work is not too difficult or demanding And the environment is professional and emotionally safe And there is usually some kind of treat on offer in

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I'm feeling pretty sorry for myself this morning, so I think it's time for a gratitude list.  It doesn't feel authentic at the moment, so I'm phrasing it in an "Even though my life sucks" syntax. Even though I had to hike down to Delridge to catch the bus this morning, the gully was beautiful, all snowy and forested and quiet.Even though I had to wait on Delridge for 45 minutes to catch a bus, I

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December's voice beats against my window demands my attention this insistent voice shouts and strains in the winter darkness: something about wonder that flutters into my ice-shuttered world something about hope that asks me to perceive a glow beyond the gloom something about light

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Today's must-read:  doctorturvy's post here:  http://doctorturvy.livejournal.com/822.html Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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I just read the very serious and mythic solstice story that I'd written several years ago ("The Birth of the Sun").  It's all about the Great Mother and the new Sun and I read it to Penny and Sar in my most sober, religious voice.  The last bit of the story was "And at that moment, she bore forth a new Sun, a young and baby Sun, to continue the cycle of giving life to the Earth, and the Animals,

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We just made maple syrup candy a la Little House on the Prairie...something I've always wanted to do, but never had.And on the way to discovering the perfect syrup temperature/snow pack combination for maple syrup candy, we found the ideal recipe for maple snow ice cream... Snow is at 5" in the back yard by the ruler...pretty unusual for us.V. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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One of the benefits of working at the University of Washington that nobody tells you about:  we have our very own holidays video.http://www.washington.edu/president/holiday/ Looks like higher education is still safe from anything resembling reality... Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Yup, I'm going in.  And the morning commute shouldn't be too bad.  It's the afternoon/evening commute I'm concerned about.  Feel like I should take my teddy bear and my blankie with me on the bus, along with a thermos of hot soup.  And would--if I had a teddy bear, a blankie or hot soup.  Oh well.  Better go put in my 8 hours today so if things get more sticky I'll be able to stay home tomorrow.

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I started a posterous.com account tonight.  I can now update my LJ, my facebook page, Blogspot and twitter with a single email.  That's pretty cool. Posted via email from mysticsavage's posterous

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Oh hey -- I think it might be time to update this. Monkeys. Monkeys, monkeys, monkeys.

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Finally, a police department that recognizes its intellectual superior, the capuchin monkey.

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Black Eyed Peas (in this journalist's opinion, one of the most creative music groups currently in existence) are taking their new album, Monkey Business, on the road. Details at article above.

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The 13 Commandments of the Monkey Religion, including: 1. THOU SHALL ACT LIKE A STUPID MORON WHENEVER THOU FEELS THE NEED. and 9. ON JANUARY 23RD, ALL FOLLOWERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ACT LIKE A MONKEY FOR 1 HOUR OR THEY MUST EAT CHICKEN BRAINS INSTEAD. Followed by 5 Reasons to Consider Monkeys as Gods.

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Helping Hands is an organization that trains Capuchin monkeys to assist quadriplegics with simple every-day tasks. The total cost of breeding, training, and placing a monkey helper, with a life span of 30-40 years, is $25,000. (In comparison, the cost of preparing a Seeing Eye dog with a 10-year life span is $21,000.) The organization relies on the donations of individuals to do that.

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Pirate monkey Mad Libs and other interactive fun. What is a pirate monkey? From the site's FAQ, " A pirate monkey is a monkey who is also a pirate or, if you prefer, a pirate who is also a monkey." Not the sexiest combo, but who am I to judge?

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Residents of the Monkeyverse just got a new place to stay--the Edinborough Zoo, which will host a primate research facility that will double as an exhibit.

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Flash animation with audio. Very very dark humor and some crudity. Not for the true monkey lover. But if you lean toward the bizarre you might enjoy this.

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Monkeys in India are protesting the US Election results by biting, scratching and otherwise attacking schoolchildren.

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From monkeys in space to the gorilla who rescued a baby who had fallen into a zoo exhibit, these primates put many humans to shame.

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Excerpt from this interview by Beth Macy of the Roanoke Times. Ms. Macy: Curious George: friend or rival? Mr. Monkey: A little bit of both. I love George like a brother, but his curiosity gets on my nerves sometimes. The man in the yellow hat has taken us to Krispy Kreme a few times, which is great fun. But George always ends up riding the conveyor belt and I end up really, really embarrassed

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This is good news for people with spinal cord injuries, as the next quantuum leap in prosthetics could be just around the corner. No word yet on pigs flying.

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Dear Reader, Things are going well. I got voted off a couple of weeks into the competition (something about my breath) but decided to stay on the other side of the island and play practical jokes on my previous competitors. Nothing ugly: no snakes in their beds or anything like that (well--none that weren't there in the first place). But it keeps me entertained, and in the meantime there are

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Inside the Monkeysphere is a wonderful essay by David Wong extrapolating a theory of human compassion from a study of primate brains. Funny, but insightful too--and a great thing to bring up next time you're stuck for a conversation topic.

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By Chip Kidd

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Top Ten Ways to Incorporate the Word "Monkey" into Your Conversation

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Dear Doctor MonkeyLove, written by Shannon Doyle

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I'm pretty sure this is about Man's Eternal Struggle to Achieve Enlightenment Against Insurmountable Odds...but it might just be about plantains. Animation with music.

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Ta da! Becauze monkeys are always funny! And verb-heavy writing is always good writing! So for good, funny writing: Monkeyverb!

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