Random Thoughts, June 17th


(1) My first cat was named Wonder because I tried to think of a word to match the splendidness of this little white kitten. I stand by that choice.
(2) Do beautiful people get tired of people telling them that they are beautiful (especially on FB)?
(3) I am not committed to keeping Numbers in the canon.
(4) Spent an hour and a half googling "thrown out back" and "grief"--last time I threw out my back was seven years ago (go figure.)

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