{"id":3012,"date":"2009-03-18T19:54:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T02:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2017-08-18T18:06:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T18:06:16","slug":"thoughtful-acts-with-an-appropriately-snarky-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2009\/03\/18\/thoughtful-acts-with-an-appropriately-snarky-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughtful Acts, With An Appropriately Snarky Attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imagebox\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/julianbleecker\/3364257701\/\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"Sunday March 15, 16.29.56\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3640\/3364257701_ed1468e0dc.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday March 15, 16.29.56\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\nNeighborly offerings. Fruit fresh from the tree is often found out and about in Los Angeles.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Some observations of peculiar social practices found from last Saturday&#8217;s head-clearing perambulation. There was this, first as I approached from this tree from the eastward.<br \/>\nPeople lucky enough to have fruit trees often have more than they and the resident squirrels can consume themselves. Offering some up to passersby is indeed a thoughtful act. Often, the fruit looks like fruit properly should; not the curated spheres you find in the supermarket. The wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fallenfruit.org\/\">Fallen Fruit Collective<\/a> does their urban incursions based on a proliferation of fruit trees that overhang the public\/private property borders around various cities. I understand they got their start here in Los Angeles \u2014 Silverlake is what I&#8217;m told.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"imagebox\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/julianbleecker\/3364255921\/\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"Sunday March 15, 16.29.21\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3423\/3364255921_2b35beb6fa.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday March 15, 16.29.21\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\nBags for those forgetful dog walkers, and pointed advice in the form of a veiled threat to the more reluctant who engage in the converse Thoughtless Act of not picking up their dog&#8217;s poo.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>On the verso of the same tree, a thoughtful offering of a different sort \u2014 advice and some supplies related to picking up after your dog does its business. My front yard has been bombed. A family remedy: liberal application of powdered red chili pepper in the grass. The challenge is in re-applying after the dew and sprinklers have dissolved the previous applique. It appears to work mostly through learned behavior. Dogs habitually deposit in the same spot, sniffing for the previous target. When they get a stinging whiff the first time, they remember to just avoid that locale and move along.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neighborly offerings. Fruit fresh from the tree is often found out and about in Los Angeles. Some observations of peculiar social practices found from last Saturday&#8217;s head-clearing perambulation. There was this, first as I approached from this tree from the eastward. 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