On a totally different note, I have a question for wildlife nurturers.
It would seem that a pair of doves is building a nest in one of my kitchen wiindows.
I have two questons...the screen is skewed, giving them a roughly 2 and a half inch wedge of space...and the screen tends to bang around in the wind. Should I, when they are both gone, remove the screen to give them more room?
Are they smarter than me when it comes to choosing spaces?
Also, should I put food, like bread crumbs out there? Or does ordering in upset the process?
My experience as a penguin wrangler did not prepare me for unexpected nests.
My only bird knowledge extends to answering this question:
Are they smarter than me when it comes to choosing spaces?
If they're an older couple, then yes; but first-time bird parents frequently build nests in incredibly idiotic places and lose their eggs or their nestlings to the first high wind that comes by (ack, I'm getting distressed just thinking about all the tiny naked little baby birds I've seen over my 40 springs, smashed on various sidewalks because of parental stupidity).
Er, in short, don't assume they have any idea what they're doing.
The water cooler, microwave, and coffee pot are all in the same spot in the office. We do tend to chat there. We don't have any walls anymore in the office so chat happens every place. When we moved to this space we intended to put up walls. We placed our desks and stuff in the desired spots and never got around to putting the walls up because we all liked being able to ask each other questions without yelling or getting up and walking to another office. There are times when it would be nice, but if we want privacy for a phone call or something we just go outside.
I think vw has the right to call out when she's feeling uncomfortable- and this has been going on for *days*. It's not like it's just come up.
I have been pretty uncomfortable with descriptions of these books, too - to the extent of having bad dreams inspired by them. I resorted to blocking out swaths of posts when the discussion was revving high - and asking Daniel when it was safe to look again. Kinda like how we watch episodes of House. I was not intending to say anything, but vw is not the only one who is uncomfortable.
The suggestion to carry the Elsie discussion to Literary seems like a good one.
I really haven't had a sense that the discussion was about Christianity per se, but more about the highly dysfunctional relationship between Elsie and her father and about the context of the book
The dysfunction is what was getting to me.
I'm really sorry, WindSparrow. If I'd known it was causing nightmares, I would have stopped posting about it. I was mostly reading as a distraction from my shoulder hurting, and I'm really sorry that it was causing other people pain.
I am cooking again tonight. Marinated chicken breast with broccoli.
Mmmm... Delicious, if I do say so myself! Possibly a little oversalted, but only buy that last dash.
I won't mind if the Elsie talk dies but I would happily follow it to Literary.
Having it in Literary works, but I would like to see more.