A slew of new organisms, just in time for the holidays! OK, not all of them are microbes, but at least they're small in the human-centered size paradigm:

http://www.giantmicrobes.com

Rabies isn't very interesting, IMHO. Although my favorites among the new ones are lyme disease, mange, and sea sparkle.

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On the kinkometer, my kink measures as a sine wave.

Not very thoughtful of them to exclude ED.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

cuddly little diseases. i will hug them and pet them and squeeze them and call them george.

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

Ah, such a tender heart.