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Many thanks to Ester for the brilliant idea of cephalopod sledding, which was inspired by this coconut octopus video.

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Try making coffee/tea when you're half asleep and you don't have opposable thumbs. No wonder the crows in our neighborhood are so cranky every morning.

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Watching films by Charlie Kaufman (and Michel Gondry) always makes me a bit dizzy. The latest vertigo inducing viewing was Synecdoche, New York. Most of the characters were infuriating, but the layers in the story required some serious mental chewing.

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If you've been to London (or elsewhere in the Commonwealth) in early November, I'm sure you've seen the paper poppies that a lot of people wear. It's still novel to me but I have to admit I'm fond of the custom. The symbolism seems less jingoistic and more sentimental than flags (which is what I'm used to when it comes to anything military), and I think they're more effective. Seeing the poppies randomly throughout the days leading up to the 11th kept making me pause and think.

So here are more poppies for remembrance, along with the wishful hope that there will come a day when we don't need them anymore.

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Change the species and this was the type of puppetry done in the show last week. We wore all black, including black screens over our faces. The puppet bodies were strapped to our torsos, and we manipulated the arms and head. Generally my puppet's left arm was fastened in place so I could concentrate on moving the head and right hand.

There were a few other puppets (including the crane from Monday and one other human puppet that required three handlers), but this was the main type.