Happy Birthday Vortex!

...and I'm off to nap and such.

But saying I went to a krav maga class just floored every single person who heard it. That's how much of a wimp I am. And still.

Plei, if you can possibly stand it another few weeks, you might want to wait on the color. Your hormones are still settling. I know because you're nursing, they're going to be different anyhow, but they'll be constant, I think, as long as you nurse. But Lily is just over a month, right? I'd wait until after my six week check up, if it was my hair, and see what's up with you then.

Oh shoot. I have to get the boys to school.

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That Michelle said Jack did everything right (when she was talking to Tony about Jack/Audrey imploding), was, for me, the proof that either she or Tony was a goner. When Tony wanted to walk away from it all, with her, I said, "Bye Tony."

Meep. Darn boot.

Researchers in Singapore develop a system for remotely petting chickens over the internet.

You walk into your office, where a hollow, chicken-shaped doll sits on a mechanical positioning table close to your computer.

The doll whirs to life as soon as you switch on the system, duplicating the motion of a real chicken in the backyard whose movements are being captured by a webcam.

Fondling the doll translates into touching the real fowl.

Touch sensors attached to the doll convey tactile information to a nearby PC through radio signals. The data is sent over the internet to a remote computer near the chicken; the remote computer triggers tiny vibration motors in a lightweight haptic jacket worn by the fowl.

The chicken feels your touch in the exact same place where the replica was stroked.

"This is the first human-poultry interaction system ever developed," said professor Adrian David Cheok, the leader of the team, who has been developing the technology for nearly two years.

No, not from The Onion.

You know, if I were to pet an animal, it would not be a chicken.

I guess the cats organized a rebellion against the very idea of little cat-jackets. Also, I can't imagine it would be fun to be in your office and suddenly have a small hollow model of a cat suddenly jump onto your head.

Don't knock chicken therapy.

Last night, cows in tutus. This afternoon, chicken therapy. What animal and in what strange situation will appear in Natter next?

I guess the cats organized a rebellion against the very idea of little cat-jackets.

I suspect you'd quickly be bitten by the fauxcat.

Last night, cows in tutus. This afternoon, chicken therapy. What animal and in what strange situation will appear in Natter next?

You called?

Researchers in Singapore develop a system for remotely petting chickens over the internet.

Singapore = weird.

billytea! I was hoping the animals-in-strange-situations will bring you out, since it's been forever since I posted with you, and I have no idea how you're doing. So, how are you?