Doddering Old Aunt Jessie

Thought this was funny and wanted to share. Lifted it from OCHLOCRATIC OSCULATION.

Then again, unseasonable weather shouldn't always be chalked up to climate change. Maybe it was just an unusually warm November; after all, when you blame every quirk of weather on carbon emissions, the argument loses is punch over time. Scientists get pissed when people hysterically shout "Katrina! Katrina! Global warming!", and then don't do a damn thing.

Still. It's a lot like having an aging relative who may or may not be entering a state of dementia. When your doddering old Aunt Jessie forgets to pick up the pickle loaf at the store, maybe it just slipped her mind. Maybe it's just her eccentric personality (it was always eccentric, remember?). But, it's hard not to interpret every previously innocuous quirk of behavior -- every too-temperate fall day -- as ominous signs of imminent Alzheimer's.

Now imagine that once dementia DOES kick in for Aunt Jessie, she's going to trigger regional wars, cause massive famines, and permanently destroy entire ecosystems. Easy there, Aunt Jessie!

Also, go read this: Crazy Aunt Purl. Her tag line is, "The true-life diary of a thirty-something, newly divorced, displaced Southern obsessive-compulsive knitter who has four cats. (Because nothing is sexier than a divorced woman with four cats)." Å published author too!