The agony of the rat or the slaughter of a calf remains present in thought not through pity but as the zone of exchange between man and animal in which something of one passes into the other. - Deleuze and Guattari, What Is Philosophy?
It's my birthday. It'll be a happy one. (I'm 28 if any of you care). I'll see you all on the other end of this long weekend. I hope it is a happy my birthday to all of you as well.