The post I didn't make last Friday

[pyesetz]

In the "American style" for writing dates, last Friday was 10/23.  Some of the people who celebrate "Pi Day" on 3/14 also celebrate "mole day" on 10/23.  Did you know that there are the same number of molecules in 2 grams of hydrogen gas, 12 grams of soot, and 64.458 kg of hemoglobin?  Yes!  There are roughly 6.02214179 × 10²³ molecules in each of these things.

So what does this have to do with the star-nosed mole pictured at right?  (* Waves paws wildly *) I've been having shrew problems again.  Recently there was a shrew who got into my basement and apparently couldn't find his way back out again.  Eventually there was a little squeak as he found the extrance to the "weeping drain" which leads out from the basement.  Now shrews aren't moles (moles eat earthworms, while shrews eat centipedes, which I dislike more than them), but both moles and shrews are small black-furred mammals that make tunnels under the snow, so I'm calling them "close enough".

Speaking of dates, I wish the Canadians would just pick a system and go with it.  If you go to the grocery store and a canned food says its expiration date is "09/11/09", did it expire last month or will it expire next month?  Even the "Canadian standard" dates are ambiguous: does "09 JL 10" expire last July 10th or next July 9th?  Would it kill them to add a little extra ink to show the century at one end or the other?

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[stuffedwithfluf.livejournal.com]

Ewwww!

How can I remain blissfully ignorant of our basement dwellers if you are going to post pictures?

Ugh!