July 26
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Haiku for Deletion:

where there were once words
now there is gentle haiku
too much sharing: bad
 
 
 

Rabbits:

Heh, heh.  Well, I had a question answered for me a few days ago.  I was standing in the kitchen, talking to Nick, when I heard a familiar sound coming from the rabbit cage.  I looked over, and you know it, there's bunny love going down.  I swooped over and said "Pervert! Get off! You're babies!" and decided that it was time to really figure out the gender of my new pets. (Heh, that's when Nick said "YOU DIDN'T FIND OUT WHETHER THEY WERE MALE OR FEMALE AT THE STORE????") I mean, humping doesn't mean they're male, because if you'll recall, my female rabbits did the humpy dance all the time.  Constantly!  Eat,  sleep, chase around the cage, hump.  That was their day.  I mean, they're RABBITS, what else were they going to do?  I was suprised, a little, to see the new rabbits doing it (heh, heh, I said "doing it".  I'm pretty funny.)  because, as I just said, they're BABIES.  I mean, no shit, they can't be more than 4 months old.  That seems a little early for sex, doesn't it?

I've never sexed rabbits before, having only ever gotten adults whose sex was already known (except for Sophie, who had babies all over my bedroom floor, and then ignored them.) but I'd read about it and seen photos (god bless the web, you can truly find anything), so I figured that I'd be able to at least give it an educated guess.  At the very least, I'd feel and see whether they were different or the same, and knowing that, I'd be able have a better idea of what to expect in the future.

Anyone want a baby rabbit when the blessed day comes?  (this is providing she doesn't eat them, of course.)
 
 

Lastly:

Last year, I wrote an entry about September being Lice Prevention Month.  I thought it was a hoot.  I think I'm the ONLY one who thought it was a hoot, but you all don't have any kind of sense of humor, and I accept that.  In fact, I went back and read it just now?  Still funny to me.  [an aside: my head is getting itchy!]  Well, IMAGINE MY SURPRISE when I got this in the mail:
 
 

YOUR HELP IS CRITICAL

The NPA needs your help.  Rather than asking you to run a marathon, buy a raffle ticket or make a donation, we are asking you to purchase a LiceMeister® Head Lice and Nit Removal Kit for $29.95 for your family or as a donation to your childÇs school, local health care agency or child care facility.  To show our appreciation, we will include 50 FREE Critter Cards· (a $15 value) to distribute in a classroom, child care center, etc.

The Kit is the non-chemical alternative to potentially harmful pesticides and provides everything you need to screen and remove head lice and nits even before you know you have them.  The Critter Card·, our most effective educational tool, provides an easy reference to help distinguish lice and nits from hair debris.

Like so many other charities, the NPA is more dependent on your support now than ever before.  Help us continue our work to protect the children.

ACT NOW!

Heh, HEH.  FIFTY FREE CRITTER CARDS?? Hot DAMN!!  What LUCK!!  I lost the one I'd gotten all the way back in September and I've had this THING in my hair for a few months, and I just haven't been able to figure out what it is, without the card!!  I ask friends "Hey! Would you take a look at the underside of my hair?  There's something there! What is it?"  and they're all like "ooh, that looks like a bit of jellyfish!"  or "jellyfish, hell!  that's a caterpiller or I'm smoking crack!"  "You're BOTH wrong!  It's clearly a sucked lifesaver!"  All of the differing answers I get are downright confusing to me.  The Critter Card will help me sort through the confusion between common hair detritus and actual lice and nits.  Thanks, CRITTER CARD.  With 50, I'll be set!
 
 

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