{"id":696,"date":"2012-02-28T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T10:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=696"},"modified":"2012-02-28T10:36:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T10:36:02","slug":"366-unusual-things-days-54-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=696","title":{"rendered":"366 unusual things: days 54-58"},"content":{"rendered":"

23rd Feb – Driving in blazing sunlight, I entered a short tunnel and my eyes didn’t adjust.\u00a0 Everything went dark and I had to trust my knowledge of the road for a few seconds.<\/p>\n

24th Feb – Discovered that Google makes finding a Justice of the Peace easy.\u00a0 I gave it a suburb and it listed the local JPs in order of distance in metres from my house, though I hadn’t given an exact address.\u00a0 I like the knowledge Google has but I hate it knowing where I am.<\/p>\n

25th Feb – This afternoon I read about Shepheard’s Hotel for two hours so I could write a factual paragraph for the Indulge challenge.\u00a0 I began the weekly photo challenges with just pictures in mind;\u00a0 now the writing matters.<\/p>\n

26th Feb – A black crow picked up a white cockatoo feather, flew up onto a fence, held the feather under its claw and tore it to shreds, the white scraps catching in the breeze and blowing away.<\/p>\n

27th Feb – When I asked a woman in a quilting shop to tell me the difference between cotton and polyester thread, she said, ‘Well, this one’s cotton because it’s cotton.\u00a0 It’s made from cotton.’<\/p>\n

Several weeks ago we found a possum in the tool cupboard (see post of 16th Jan).\u00a0 Now there are two.<\/p>\n

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23rd Feb – Driving in blazing sunlight, I entered a short tunnel and my eyes didn’t adjust.\u00a0 Everything went dark and I had to trust my knowledge of the road for a few seconds. 24th Feb – Discovered that Google makes finding a Justice of the Peace easy.\u00a0 I gave it a suburb and it … <\/p>\n

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