Which reminds me: Dana, we should confab about Yuletide!

The OED abandons some hyphens.

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Scientists Find Conclusive Evidence Velociraptor Had Feathers

Scientists say they have evidence that a ferocious dinosaur made famous by the movie Jurassic Park definitely had feathers. Experts say the dinosaur, called Velociraptor, had a wing structure just like modern birds. VOA's Jessica Berman reports.

A new study by American researcher Alan Turner and his colleagues provides the first conclusive evidence that Velociraptor, a sprinting, vicious dinosaur that lived some 80 million years ago, had feathers.

The Velociraptor in the current study is estimated to have been one meter tall, 1.5 meters long and weighed just over 13 kilograms.

Turner, a graduate student at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and lead author of the study, says Velociraptor appears to have been a smaller creature than in Jurassic Park, but just as nasty.

"It's sort of as if you scaled up a chicken and then gave it really nasty teeth and big claws on its feet," he said.

Bud would it still taste like chicken?

What are people doing this weekend?

Getting cupcakes for DH's birthday, which is tomorrow. Kicking myself for letting said birthday sneak up on me. It's not that I'm not fully aware that his birthday is 9/22, just that I was in denial that we were more than halfway through September. Summer shouldn't be over yet! I'm not ready for clouds and painfully short days! So I'll be looking for someone to babysit Annabel NEXT weekend so we can have a proper birthday dinner at a restaurant with no kid's menu.

Which reminds me: Dana, we should confab about Yuletide!

Yes, I was just thinking that I have very little idea what to nominate. And not much free time to decide.

I keep the chain on the door when I'm going to be showering or asleep or something.

One thing I love about being a homeowner is nobody can ever walk into my apartment unannounced. Nobody else has the right or the keys.

YES. (having been a victim of many pop-ins in my renting days also)

Guess what! I'm in Dallas and my flight out of here is delayed. For those keeping score that a 100% delay rats that I've had at this airport over the past three months. I have yet to arrive on time on an American flight through Dallas. I also feel truly screwed since I about two flights away from Elite status and I don't want to start my miles over on another airline.

Call or write American a scathing letter (or have me do it since I am in the mood) letting them know that you will be travelling quite a bit and they they need to bump you up to Elite Status NOW or ENDURE THE WRATH OF AIMEE NOISEDESIGN!!

What are people doing this weekend?

Tomorrow I'm getting a hair cut/color and entertaining my parents while DH observes Yom Kippur. Sunday we all tromp through the house with the inspector to see if he tells us about boilers or plumbing about to go boom!