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I see that my pals at the Whole Foods Market have shunned the whole plastic shopping bag deal in favor of the canvas ones. It's about time. Last night, I picked up three more at the local Shop Rite, and damned if the kid cashier didn't try to put my stuff in one of those plastic things. I suppose it's some sort of "learned" response, but I'm thinking that the higher-up's at our local supermarkets need to start training the cashiers in the beauty of the re-usable bag.

It's a minor struggle to take them into the market. First, they want to know if they're mine or if I'm buying them. What's the point of selling them in the store if it's only going to make the employees think you're stealing them? Second, it's another minor struggle to get the groceries on the conveyor and throw the canvas bags at the bagger at the end of the line before they can start with the crinkly plastic. "No-no, here use these! I paid for them - really!"

On my way to work today, I got behind three different vehicles who insisted on stopping short. They don't make their way to the stop line at the traffic light. They leave a car-length between themselves and the big white line. I suppose at some point they were clipped by a left-turner and got spooked. Later, the highway was mobbed with the slow-mergers. The people who stagger down the on-ramp and merge in at 50, while the rest of the world is doing 65. I'm thinking I should introduce them to the grocery baggers and have some sort of memory-erasing intervention.

I'm starting to get the hang of this new digital Nikon camera I bought last week. Immediately after I bought it, the weather turned un-Godly cold, which made me appreciate the new mattress I bought, so it ain't a total loss. I'm planning to get out in public with it this weekend, and at this stage, I'm working up a name for the blog on which I'll publish the photos. Meanwhile, here's a cyanotype of the cat to calm your nerves. He's a beautiful boy.