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Notes from Zoom's Zoo

You know what I’ve noticed? The weeks fly by a lot faster when you’re unemployed than they do when you’re employed. And there still aren’t enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to do. I wish I could live forever.

This week was largely taken up with all the babies […]

Flamenco dancers, lovebird names and a BIG YARN SALE

GC and I were at the Stewart Park Music Festival in Perth yesterday, watching a flamenco dancer dance, when the second baby lovebird hatched.

My favourite thing at the music festival was a little girl in the audience who was wearing a tutu and cowboy boots and sucking her thumb. But the flamenco dancer, Ilse […]

An egg has hatched!

We think our first baby lovebird has hatched! We haven’t had a good look yet, since Billie is in the nesting box with it, but we can only see three eggs now, and GC saw something else moving. We assume it’s a baby lovebird.

I have to go out this morning for a workshop, so […]

Is it just me, or is it hot in here?

We’re all surviving the heat wave over here, despite the fact that neither house has air conditioning and both houses are crazy hot. On the bright side, I can’t tell anymore when I’m having a hot flash. And at least the car has AC, so when we’re between houses we’re blissful.

CBC Radio was asking […]

Protest, politics, and should we steal the babies?

On Wednesday GC and I attended a demonstration outside the police station, to show our support for the democratic rights of freedom of assembly and free speech. Also: to show our concern about how Harper, McGuinty and the police mishandled the protest in Toronto.

Personally, I find it utterly contemptible that Toronto’s police chief lied […]

It’s already monday again

GC and I went to the Roller Derby on Saturday night. We saw The Slaughter Daughters dessimate The Riot Squad. We bought our tickets in advance, at Westfest – otherwise we might not have gone because I had a killer headache. But you know what? It was so much fun I actually forgot about my […]

The Love Nest

Live Lovebird Webcam

The last few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about lovebird sex, because, when you really think about it, there’s a lot to think about. For example, do boy lovebirds have penises? Doesn’t the girl lovebird’s tail get in the way? Do birds enjoy sex, or is it just a biological imperative?

We’ll get […]

A steamy afternoon, and the love lives of lovebirds

It was hot and muggy yesterday. Neither GC nor I has air conditioning in our homes, and most public air-conditioned places were closed for the civic holiday. So it was the kind of day where you lie around sweating and having conversations like this:

“What do you feel like doing?”

“I don’t know, what do you feel […]