The Order Of Thing

[dania]

A couple of weeks ago, there were a few baby bunnies running around the garden where I work.  I think their mom had abandoned them, and I kept trying to catch this one that liked to sleep in the deadnettles.  Every time I would approach the little thing, it would run away in fear.  I continued to visit it until it got used to me coming up to it.  Slowly, I built up a comfort zone between bunny and me, until finally I touched it!  It was only a few seconds, but they were magical.  Oh little bunny friend, I wish I could've taken you home!
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Making friends with baby bunnies.  So sweet!

[Sarah]

All I can think of is how doomed they are.  Sorry.

[emma]

All I can think of is how doomed they are.  Sorry.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Making friends with doomed baby bunnies.  So sweet!  It's like a twisted version of "Dead Man Walking."

While we are on this topic of the order of things: Samir, I understood your skepticism on your call last night, but the people watching camping movies while camping had no excuse. It was sunny out. They were running a generator in order to power the television, which gave out an unholy noise.  It was awful.  I taught my daughter to backwoods camp when she was about six, and I can't wait to teach my son. The sooner we get away from parking-lot-style campgrounds, the better.

[Wes]

I continue to be spiritually troubled by the black jeans vs. blue jeans debate.

[erika]

Blue jeans win. I love Liz as a caller, she always cracks me up and sounds like an awesome person, but she's off-base with that one.

Blue over black.

[Martin]

Regular pants over jeans 

[samir]

While we are on this topic of the order of things: Samir, I understood your skepticism on your call last night, but the people watching camping movies while camping had no excuse. It was sunny out. They were running a generator in order to power the television, which gave out an unholy noise.  It was awful.  I taught my daughter to backwoods camp when she was about six, and I can't wait to teach my son. The sooner we get away from parking-lot-style campgrounds, the better.

Fair enough.

Being a law student has led me to always look for exceptions, and require everything be incredibly narrowly defined. It's a problem.

I did get a chuckle out of your call, though! I was just glad they weren't watching 'Without a Paddle'.

[gravy boat]

 I was just glad they weren't watching 'Without a Paddle'.

It was the John Candy movie, The Great Outdoors.  That's what we were watching.


Sorry to ruin your vacation, Jon. Thanks for not mentioning the air conditioner.

[kimota]

While we are on this topic of the order of things: Samir, I understood your skepticism on your call last night, but the people watching camping movies while camping had no excuse. It was sunny out. They were running a generator in order to power the television, which gave out an unholy noise.  It was awful.  I taught my daughter to backwoods camp when she was about six, and I can't wait to teach my son. The sooner we get away from parking-lot-style campgrounds, the better.

Your call reminded me of my neighbors whom roll out a mobile firepit every night and park it in the middle of their driveway, in front of their garage.  They build a fire and sit around it in lawn chairs, watching the tv in their garage cranked at full volume.  Then they shout over it to talk to each other.  I almost called it in but it sounded too similar to your call.  What I called in went way south but was still related to those neighbors.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Sorry to ruin your vacation, Jon. Thanks for not mentioning the air conditioner.

No worries. I also didn't mention the Wii or the sushi chef.

Your neighbors sound delightful, totep.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

in no specific order, the good things:

finding money on the ground
the first track on a good album
perfect weather (relative)
a successful first date
when my cat is as smart as a dog
making it to the gas station on E

the bad things:

cancelled nonstop flights turning into 3 layovers on eagerly anticipated weekend vacations
good trailers, bad movies
people cutting in line
clothes that are only halfway dry when you're running late/on your way out the door getting dressed
smoking with the windows rolled up

*as for people who take their shoes off, ive been complaining about this for the last THREE days.  people are sick of me.

[perry]

once again, i wound up too scared to call in. shame too, this would have been an easy one.

good thing:  when it's freezing cold outside (but still sunny) and the windchill is low, and you walk a long way to your car, but then when you get in the car, it's perfectly warm and you can't help but stretch in your driver's seat for like 2 minutes before you even start the car.

bad thing:  those t-shirts that have a mesh sleeve coming out the bottom of the regular sleeve to make it look like you have tattoos.

[erika]

While we are on this topic of the order of things: Samir, I understood your skepticism on your call last night, but the people watching camping movies while camping had no excuse. It was sunny out. They were running a generator in order to power the television, which gave out an unholy noise.  It was awful.  I taught my daughter to backwoods camp when she was about six, and I can't wait to teach my son. The sooner we get away from parking-lot-style campgrounds, the better.

Your call reminded me of my neighbors whom roll out a mobile firepit every night and park it in the middle of their driveway, in front of their garage.  They build a fire and sit around it in lawn chairs, watching the tv in their garage cranked at full volume.  Then they shout over it to talk to each other.  I almost called it in but it sounded too similar to your call.  What I called in went way south but was still related to those neighbors.

Do you live in MA? My brother has neighbors who light a fire pit in their driveway and sing along to their "boom box" at top volume.

He said the other night one guy came outside, lit the pit, sang one terrible song on the boom box, and then went inside, leaving the fire burning and the radio blaring.

[kimota]

Do you live in MA? My brother has neighbors who light a fire pit in their driveway and sing along to their "boom box" at top volume.

He said the other night one guy came outside, lit the pit, sang one terrible song on the boom box, and then went inside, leaving the fire burning and the radio blaring.

Yikes!  No, I live in WI but perhaps my neighbors and your brother's neighbors are related.  It sounds like he's got it worse than I do though.   If my neighbors break out a boom box, the neighorhood revolt in reaction to that would be very bloody.