Did you know that beavers are fish?

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From the Wikipedia:

In the 17th century, based on a question raised by the Bishop of Quebec, the Roman Catholic Church ruled that the beaver was a fish (beaver flesh was a part of the indigenous peoples' diet, prior to the Europeans' arrival) for purposes of dietary law. Therefore, the general prohibition on the consumption of meat on Fridays during Lent does not apply to beaver meat.^[27][28][29] The legal basis for the decision probably rests with the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas, which bases animal classification as much on habit as anatomy.^[30]

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[Joseph rehearsals are going well.  I finally went swimming with younger son this morning.  We saw Up, and loved it, this evening, but I probably will never get around to blogging about it.  Dear husband is back home again, but very busy.  He'll have to work this weekend.  I decided not to bother with the MRI at this point.  It could either show nothing or something operable.  There's no way I could do more surgery before late fall/early winter so I'll do the MRI then if I still need to.  Daughter had a job interview today.  Older son is having trouble with college course registration.  More is going on that is not bloggable.

I'm far busier than I was this spring - except for aerobics.  The health club in Chapel Hill, where I've very happily taught aerobics for six years, is closing at the end of the month.

Sigh.]