I wish we had likes. In any event, Rick's post is great.

But I come here to make sure that advice column aficionados (Jesse) are reading Ask Polly in The Awl. The sexually transmitted crazy mouth in yesterday's column was amazeballs.

Go Eigenvalues! Choose Eigenvalues!

Much peace and strength to you, 'suela

Thanks, Maria. It would be easier if my folks didn't keep calling me--my dad calls me, says "Your mother would like to talk to you," and then hands over the phone so she can rage at me to her heart's content about being locked into a prison and why has everyone betrayed her, she never did anything wrong, she's not a bad person, etc etc etc. And then eventually I have to hang up on her because I cannot redirect the conversation and she just keeps getting worked up.

This is not helpful to my zen, I have to admit.

Well, there are animals we call lions that are not leo

I'm assuming you don't mean mountain lions, so what do you mean?

Today is the work craft fair. I have had a table the prior two years and sold maybe 5 ornaments total. I didn't participate this year and I got an e-mail from someone saying they missed my table and had been hoping to buy some ornaments. Sigh.

'suela, can you lose your phone?

EVERY machine in the world that puts print on page(okay, just my world) is broken.

I have finals next week. I don't have a final printed for my 9th grade nor for 5 of my other 6 classes.

Filled with hate for the printers and copies.

Now, when you mix birds of the same "species" but from different flyways, they don't have much reproductive success. But it is not because of anatomical differences or genetic differences. There is nothing biological keeping them apart.

It is because the female birds judge quality of the males by their singing. When they encounter a male from a different flyway, he doesn't sound "right" and is rejected as defective. They can't tell the difference between a biological defect and cultural variation in musical taste.

That's amazing.

The sexually transmitted crazy mouth in yesterday's column was amazeballs.

Seriously.

I didn't participate this year and I got an e-mail from someone saying they missed my table and had been hoping to buy some ornaments. Sigh.

Can you make a side deal with that person?

Our work craft fair was today, too!

Emeline is awesome. What a great thing to do.

Consuela, can you cut your mom off at the pass, and simply hang up sooner? Or tell her, "I can't listen if you're screaming," and then hang up? I know it's cruel in its own way, and not likely to change her behavior, but it doesn't mean you should have to listen to it endlessly. Or maybe only take calls from the facility itself, and not your dad for a little while?

I'm so sorry about your job, too. So shitty.

It is because the female birds judge quality of the males by their singing. When they encounter a male from a different flyway, he doesn't sound "right" and is rejected as defective. They can't tell the difference between a biological defect and cultural variation in musical taste.

In other words, RACIST BIRDS.