(4:41:18 PM) J: Well at least we know he will never give up on us or let us down
(4:41:45 PM) E: which is important, in an elected official
(4:42:11 PM) J: true.....we have had too many officials running around and hurting people
(4:43:14 PM) E: sometimes, they even tell lies
(4:43:18 PM) E: or desert us
(4:43:26 PM) E: (or just send people to deserts instead)
(4:43:30 PM) J: You know we could do this forever
(4:43:41 PM) E: that's the beauty of it
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This is pretty cool! Not a surprise that animals would learn languages like humans. I wonder if there might be applications for studying how animals learn languages to help people with aphasia or other linguistic difficulties down the road.
in Baby birds babble just like human babies learning to talk (AP)

I totally want one of these now. Too bad it wouldn't work for my office, which I share with 5 other people (noise-wise). Maybe if I ever have a home office though.
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Sometimes I think dogs are cuter than cats. Only sometimes. But it's true.
in ICanHasHotDog

Where did that big baby pic come from anyway? I want to see pics of this supposedly ugly wife and kid. And then the idiot dad who can't love a kid who doesn't fit a superficial standard of perfection that he probably doesn't meet himself.
in Man sues wife for making ugly baby

Me either! Except for me, gotta get through Berkman @10 first! (All of Berkman is getting more involved in these final 2 weeks)
in BarCamp Boston

And then "deep fried" in syrup to be like a warm compote
in Deep fried turkey troubles

Hmm, this looks like it would be kind of annoying to eat - too many peeps at once! Now I wanna challenge myself to make a better one.
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We finally clued in that this was happening when we looked online to find out why there were fighter jets above Cambridge...
in "Mystery illness sweeps Boston: 35,692 people call in sick"

*skritches the Babbledog* Why, so you are! *follows*
in "Why i deleted my twitter account"