megan, my framer did something special for me when I wanted both sides to show. She floated the piece between two sheets of glass with no matt, and glued two narrow frame mouldings together back to back so the piece could be viewed from either side. Screw eyes on the top corners to hang it from. We put that piece in a wall cutout so people could stand and view from either side, but you could always hang it on a wall, and flip it when you wanted to look at the reverse.

I'm glad that CeCe is too intimidated to go explore the rest of the house, because she's a climber and very curious. We know the cellar is cat-permeable, since that one got in and out on its own (but never again, thank goodness!) so if she went explororating down there, she'd probably find it.

Decisions, decisions: Funny Cat Pictures or a TEA Party.

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So, after all of that morning-routine talk, I went to bed earlish, but still slept through my alarm until 7:20! Am now late for work.

Wow, I didn't realize the gender disparity in China had grown so great. 32.7 Million more men than women. Way to go ancient sexist belief system!

Well, you know how it is. Rural China gets left behind in China's economic growth, and it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to ancient sexist belief systems or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-Western sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

I keep seeing that 32.7 million figure but no percentage -- It doesn't give a very clear picture.

True. By my calculations using the figures presented, I make it about 1.15 boys for every girl in the under-20 bracket.

Damn, I didn't even know this was online. From Life Magazine online, a 1960 photo of JFK, Hubert Humphrey, my grandfather and my dad. Hubert H. Humphrey; John F. Kennedy

That is seriously awesome.

Meanwhile! I have just today discovered that my dad is the subject of a Wikipedia article (they omitted his jurisdiction over large swathes of Antarctica, but noted his judgment in a defamation case by two then-federal cabinet ministers called, I kid you not, Abbott and Costello), and I am two degrees of separation from Nicole Kidman. Oh, and I got laid off today. There's no Wikipedia article for that.

Damn, billytea. While the wikipedia article abotu your dad is cool, your being laid off is not. I'm so sorry.

Aw hell, billy-- that sucks (the being laid off part, obviously).

Oh, crappity, billytea! Does Australia even do Unemployment benefits? (I mean, probably, but do you lose your healthcare too, or whatever?)

Australia has universal health care!

I suspect being laid off in Australia is much less rough than being laid off in the States.