Hitchcock was on to something with "The Birds"

Dear Julie,

I'm sitting here watching basketball and I was thinking about birds. Or more specifically, house birds. I have an unnatural aversion to birds as pets. They are dirty and loud and they make a huge mess. And after watching Bobby Simone fall prey to some terrible aviary disease on NYPD Blue back in the day....I'm dead-set against pet birds. The Avian Bird Flu (just waiting to call it a pandemic) has certainly done nothing to change my position on house birds.

I saw a dead bird on Green Street last week. It was bright blue and incredibly creepy looking. I gave him a very wide berth and used hand sanitizer upon returning to my office.

May the bluebird of happiness never fly in your open window.

Love,
Karen