MONKEY!

a fellow master's student and co-worker pointed at a sticker on his lap top and said, "See, I put this on here for you."

it was a sticker of one of the chimp characters from the upcoming movie Space Chimps that he had pulled from off a banana.

"i've got a nephew who looks just like that," i said.

my co-worker calmly reflected, "Oh, the one who was at the baby blessing?"

sorry Daxon, the secret's out.

(Limb, put down the hands from behind your ears.)

MONKEY!

it was a wednesday. the day before was february 8th, 2005; the last day of the year of the monkey. we were in the first day of the year of the rooster; the furthest point in the next twelve years from the next day in the year of the monkey. i've never been so depressed.

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interestingly enough, many primate species establish or maintain the social order among the extended family or the larger troop through social grooming. while we see on the outside one monkey de-lousing another this is not a mere instance of cleanliness, but the monkey nit-picking is confirming their social status in relation to the monkey being groomed.

what may be even more interesting is how the primate species Homo sapiens cannot seem to resist a little minor social grooming. ¿who hasn't picked a hair or two off the back of the person sitting in the row in front of them?