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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
In Minnesota, apparently when a deer is lying dead in the highway they call people who go pick them up, butcher and eat them. Frankly, I'd rather eat boxed mac 'n' cheese, watch a Hallmark movie AND drop hot sauce into an eye. I saw a movie years ago whose name I can't remember -- in fact, all I remember was a character (maybe played by Tim Robbins?) who was such a loser his job was picking roadkill off the pavement in the South in summer, so ever since then I've considered that the worst possible job. But I guess if the animal's injuries are in the right places and it hasn't been sitting out too long it's a valid use.
Ready for another gross story? OK then! (I may have already told this.) I went to a county fair where in one of the games, the prize for winning was a live bunny. I was standing nearby and saw someone from the game rush over and tell a small crowd of children near the fence to go away. Apparently a rabbit with new babies was so nervous about the crowd she was eating them.
Good thing human mothers can't reabsorb their babies or they'd probably be arrested in Texas.
Jeff Wrangler:
People shouldn't feed these cats and then decide the cats are a problem. If they don't want the cats to become a problem, then they shouldn't feed the cats.
This is not rocket science.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 03, 2024, 12:08:05 am ---People shouldn't feed these cats and then decide the cats are a problem. If they don't want the cats to become a problem, then they shouldn't feed the cats.
--- End quote ---
I agree, however Franzen addresses this. He said there was something of a biochemical reaction when people, especially women, feed the stray cats. A nurturing instinct. Also they rationalize that the cats only need food, that being unsheltered outdoors is okay. But in truth it's not. Even for wildlife Nature can be brutal.
Jeff Wrangler:
I enjoyed Jon Lee Anderson's piece in the Jan. 15 issue. However, as I read my way through it, I couldn't help wondering if in fact he'd sold himself a couple of times just to survive. Cute blond boy that he was at 17? I doubt he would have had to look far for business.
serious crayons:
Looking forward to reading that, especially because he's exactly my age.
I forgot to mention that the "storytelling group" at work interviewed Jia Tolentino via Zoom (well, Teams equivalent) a couple of weeks ago. The group talks about how to write engaging feature stories, usually narrative style, and in most meetings we interview either magazine writers or longform newspaper writers, about particular articles someone admires and how they approached them.
This one with Jia Tolentino was on her article about Millennials' anxiety about climate change. Some in the group were really impressed by her wisdom (younger women, primarily). I wasn't particularly impressed in the interview, but I do often like her pieces. Anyway, of course what I really wanted to ask her was whether New Yorker staffers get paid by the article or receive a steady paycheck, but that seemed a bit gauche.
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