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chlorophyll safely

Feb 12, 2007
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Now that spring is approaching, please remember to chlorophyll safely. I received an email with a subject line to this effect in my university account. It's reassuring to know that this important message was not blocked by our state of the art spam filters.

My begonia (rescued from irresponsible college students, and currently in the care of Mama Miao) knows how to chlorophyll safely while soaking up the rays of Rumi's devotional poetry.

Begonia and Poetry

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By contrast, Prince Tantra does not know how to chlorophyll safely. Chlorophylling is unsafe when it involves an inability to photosynthesize combined with an excessive exposure to sunlight. Unsafe chlorophylling commonly gives rise to the delusion that one is a houseplant and therefore must remain immobile and listen to classical music all day.

Prince Tantra imitates a houseplant