It's a terrific piece. Every bit as good as your .sig, but somewhat longer.

:)

Since -- and there's nothing wrong with that -- most of the folks in the community are conservative (and, for some values, that includes me -- if you can consider somebody in favor requiring states to recognize same-sex and multi-party marriages to be conservative), I think it's important, from time to time, to point out that self-defense is something that folks of all political stripes (except, maybe, ardent pacifists) can and so, from time to time, get behind.

if you can consider somebody in favor requiring states to recognize same-sex and multi-party marriages to be conservative ...

TOKYO - When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.
Police rescued the African grey parrot two weeks ago from a neighbor's roof in the city of Nagareyama, near Tokyo. After spending a night at the station, he was transferred to a nearby veterinary hospital while police searched for clues, local policeman Shinjiro Uemura said.
He kept mum with the cops, but began chatting after a few days with the vet.
"I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura," the bird told the veterinarian, according to Uemura. The parrot also provided his full home address, down to the street number, and even entertained the hospital staff by singing songs.
"We checked the address, and what do you know, a Nakamura family really lived there. So we told them we've found Yosuke," Uemura said.
The Nakamura family told police they had been teaching the bird its name and address for about two years.
But Yosuke apparently wasn't keen on opening up to police officials.
"I tried to be friendly and talked to him, but he completely ignored me," Uemura said.

My thoughts exactly!!!
We will be watching this while eating lunch in our future classes.

Great Find bkrafft

Natural instinct?