05/25/04’s illustrious band:

Bunnysuckle

Brought to you by Frere Rabbit, the Backyard Bunny.

As I’ve mentioned before, a family of rabbits lives under the shed in the backyard of Sensational Acres, my sprawling country estate. Yesterday Mother Media observed one of the adults taking his breakfast in a most amusing fashion. He chose, among the zillions of gone-to-seed dandelions in the front yard, the one with the most succulent stem. He bit it off at ground level and then smoothly nibble-slurped up the entire stalk, just like a person slucking spaghetti. Look, Ma, no hands! He sneezed away the poofy seeds and moved on to the next dandelion delicacy.

And all this time I thought I was cool because I could whistle.

Today around the world: May 25 is Organization of African Unity Day in Africa and National Missing Children’s Day in the U.S.

It’s also Towel Day here in America in tribute to Douglas Adams, author of the sci-fi/humor classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He believed, and rightly so, that “A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.” Thumbs up, Doug!

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