squirrelly

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The paper got a little squirrelly, as intern Anna Weltner explored the world of furries-people who dress like animals and even take on animal personas, whatever that means.

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  • In the less showy roles, Kevin Bundy proves once more that he's the go-to guy for flabbergasted, playing one of Roma's suckers, while Pettle is marvellously passive-aggressive as the squirrelly Williamson. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • Two other characters appear briefly but pivotally in the play: Ian's stressed-out girlfriend (Laura Norman, unvarnished and immediate) and a rough, honest young hustler (Kevin Lowry, bringing a bracing flavor of squirrelly sweetness). —  RockyMountainNews.com
  • Modern origami has developed all sorts of cultural norms and squirrelly values in the past few decades, things you don't find out about until after you've been converted by the zealous missionaries: the square thing, the no-cuts / no glue thing, the cult of the creative genius, the antiquarian reverence for diagrams, and most of all, the hegemony of the power of 2. —  The Fitful Flog
  • In a squirrelly move that should surprise no one, Mayor Doug Wilder reversed himself, once again, and opened the door to the notion of building a new home in The Bottom for the Richmond Whatevers to play in the Who Knows? league. —  RVABlogs
  • Ray Koval (Owen), once employed by Britain's MI6, has just landed a job with Equikrom, run by Tully's squirrelly arch-enemy, Richard Garsik (Paul Giamatti). —  CBC | Top Stories News
 

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