it is quiet here again... the girls talked Rasputin into driving them to the mall... too much pie and Pepsi to stay inside... as for me, I ordered food... I contempleted going out with them, but I realized that I'd rather order in food I love than take pot luck eating whatever place they might stop at... not in mall or fast food mood... so it's Italian from my current new favorite Italian restaurant, which replaced Micheals when Micheals closed early this year...

I still mourn when I pass, but I am letting go...

I am excited about food, but even more I found myself really happy to find Alhena who turned me on to this which is a pet peeve (pun not intentional) of mine... I mean, I am all for taking care of humanity and standing up for human rights and dignity... I am also seriously agitated by how humans abuse what we arrogantly call "lower forms of life"...

I love the quote:

"The question is not, can they reason?
Nor, can they talk?
But, can they suffer?

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

I wish I had the money to sponsor everyone as much as I would like, but I've given up living most extravegance and luxury for a life of existential poverty in recent years and I'm loving most every minute of it... except when I want to drop a hundred on some homeless person or some good cause... the irony of the goes around comes around deal was lost on me if you look at it from the normal perspective, since I had a lot and gave away most of it and found myself on the street with no one dropping dimes, no less hundreds on me... but I survived on my own and pulled myself back to a relatively comfortable life and more often than not, I prefer it without the responsibilities and obligations that making lots of money and maintaining it required... anyway, I digress because this is one of those moments when I would like to have the pocket money I used to have...

maybe you do, so send some to the animals who have no pocket money or support groups to save them from abuse, except for us...

and if you're into photoshop (hey dave, hear about the quilt?... Alhena is doing a virtual quilt and asking for patches from anyone who cares to contribute to it... check it out...

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