Margaret Atwood, yakking with Evan Solomon on CBC Newsworld’s "Hot Type":
"If you can muster a bit of forgiveness you’ll have a less bile-filled day."
Bent World Department
CBC Radio news is reporting on the strange case of the rare “fainting goat”. This is a type of goat that is thought to have originated in Nova Scotia (although most folklore about it centers around Tennesee for some reason). They are a weird genetic mutation with one odd trait–if they are startled or get excited, their legs freeze up and they tip over. They do not lose consciousness, they just fall down!
Klunk!
Talk about a counter-adaptive mutation! When farmer Bob comes out with the gun, do they run away? No, they just bleat once and fall over, waiting for the axe.
There’s a woman in Nova Scotia who is breeding them, to “bring back” the population which has declined over the years. She describes how in the morning she comes out with the feed bucket and they all get excited and fall over like bowling pins.
BTW…
… don’t bother trying the links at the top yet. This main page is the only one I’ve got going so far.
With great fanfare…
…I announce that I finally figured out my problem with this blog, and the problem is not blogger. I shamefully confess it has to do with my ftp login. I made a silly mistake–too silly for me to even give details.
So here, dear readers, marks the beginning of this blog!
(Now if only I had something interesting to say…)