Pull Up A Chair…
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My daffodils are starting to pop up along the walkway, and the robins have returned to bedevil the worms in our front yard. Our neighbor’s ornamental pear tree has started to bud, as have some of our flowering shrubs, and you can almost feel the leaves wanting to burst forth after a long, icky winter’s nap. The local squirrel has unfurled from his perch inside the oak tree across the street and has taken to taunting our cat, hanging off the bird feeder outside the sunroom window and waving to her as he stuffs peanuts and sunflower seeds in his mouth.
Cheeky little bastard.
Funniest story I saw all week was this blip from TMZ about anti-choice protesters infiltrating the Hollywood premiere of Horton Hears a Who to chant anti-abortions slogans at stars and their children as the credits rolled. (H/T Feministe) Never mind, of course, that the real Dr. Seuss told them to knock it off the last time the anti-choice folks tried to twist his words to their own agenda — or that the book was written as:
…a quiet statement against political isolationism and, in the McCarthy era in which it was written, it seemed to be a plea for political tolerance. (Geisel cried foul, however, when the anti-abortion movement appropriated and politicized the central phrase from "Horton" — "A person’s a person no matter how small.")
Guess the wishes of the author and his tiny fans don’t matter. Or, in the alternative, that making a public spectacle of yourself in front of a crowd of non-comprehending children and the author’s widow can apparently become an addictive yet weird pastime. (Although I do wonder if the anti-choice folks dragged their own children along to the premiere as "kid props" to gain entry, don’t you?)
In any case, we are hoping to take The Peanut to see the film later on today. She loves to see movies in theaters, and the Horton books are some of her favorite Seuss of all time — she loves the Whos and the elephant who works so hard to protect them — so it should be a fun time for the Smiths today.
What has made you laugh this week? Anything silly or amusing or just plain bizarre? Doing anything fun this weekend — watching a good movie, reading a great book, buy yourself a great new album or toy or what-have-you? Let’s talk diversions this morning, because it’s been a long week and we have all earned a break after yesterday’s FISA vote in the House. Pull up a chair…
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