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Whenever I see someone sleeping, I watch for a few moments to make sure they're breathing, that they didn't die in their sleep. 

I've been realizing lately that I am (and always have been) obsessed with death--not in the Goth sense but in a "being very aware of mortality" sense. Since I was a little girl I've thought often about how old each of my grandparents was when s/he died, and it surprised me recently to find out that my mother doesn't carry those figures around at the top of her head to pull down for quick reference.

I think I'm gradually breaking out of the whole "life is a ticking time bomb counting down to the moments that I'll be unable to do the things I want to do" mentality.  It's been neither an inspiring nor motiving modus operandi, perhaps surprisingly. 

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I think I'm going to start collecting Phil Ressner books.  There are only six, one of which (Dudley Pippin) I already own, and they're all less than $5 on ebay/amazon marketplace. 

I was thinking it would be cool to interview him since there's not much biographical info about him online, but it turns out he passed away in December of 2005.  I wonder if his other books are as cool as Dudley Pippin.  I guess we'll find out when they arrive in the mail. 

Recalled pet food

from multiple sources.  Note that it's *not* just store brands.  I think it's only wet food, but I'm not sure. 

See more info & links here.

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I wish I didn't have plans to be out of the country in May.