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This weekend, while I was driving about, I saw two sights, one strange, one wondrous. The strange one was also simple: while driving down to West Seattle to pick up

omahas's epilepsy medication, I saw that someone had left a large rubber dildo in the middle of the freeway. It was large, black, and (although I only got a glimpse of it as I roared by) made of that soft, spongy stuff that has no resilience whatsoever.

It reminded me of another incident a few weeks back. I was walking from the car park to my office, up an alleyway that separates two charming apartment complexs, when on top of a usually well-concealed dumpster I spotted all manner of dildos. Seven of them. They were all "flesh toned" (if you're a caucasian with a weird skin condition), all medium-sized. Some had wires to battery packs, others did not. There was a two-header in there.

Did someone have a sudden change of heart, a religious conversion? Was this some cache abandoned by a former tenant, disposed of by the landlord? I can't help but wonder why someone would leave them on top of the dumpster, rather than actually putting them deep in the green bin, never to be seen again by human eyes. And what possessed someone to throw a big, black dick out their car window?

The wondrous thing I saw this weekend began with a curious collection of three cars, all tightly arranged in a circle, by the side of the road next to the airport. Five people were there, standing about. One woman, a tall, strong-looking sort, stood there with her right arm outstretched and on that arm she had two falcons and a hawk.

I've been curious to know why she was there, with her friends, and what they were doing. The only rational explanation I can come up with is that the birds of prey were being used to scare off other birds that might otherwise get sucked into a jet engine and make for an inconvenient take off or landing. Still, they were gorgeous birds. Quite scary-looking in their own way.