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A Video Test For My Blog

I got a new camera that takes way better movies. So here is a video of our cat acting all riled up.

Hello Cruel World

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Don't be scared away by the hoary aspect of the title of this post. It's just been too long since I posted anything. The other day I posted a quote from the movie Harold and Maude on the Fishfry (by my hip and sweet stepdaughter Daphne Duke {Daisy's long lost cousin?}). Anyway, I stayed away from the actual snippet I originally wanted to post because it's kind of gross. If you've seen the film you may recall that it's got sort of haphazard editing, that is, it jumps from scene to scene with a fair amount of discontinuity. That filmic gizmo seems right at home with the inherent shock value so important to the plot. In my favorite scene you're suddenly in a claustrophobic room with Harold and some kind of priest. The scene is short and it's obvious that Harold has just related the extent of his love interest in Maude to the padre. Here it is in full: Priest : I would be remiss in my duty if I did not tell you that the idea of intercourse - the act of your