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Tuesday night was pretty freakin' awesome.

But I hafta move on to a new subject. Peregrine falcons. I know, I know. Not what you'd expect, and me neither, but these birds are pretty freakin' awesome in their own right, and an Onion article today got me thinking about how awesome. I have the privilege of working on the 27th floor of a building, and occasionally I see a peregrine falcon zip past my field of view up here, which is (say it with me) pretty freakin' awesome.

But now I know we have more in common than I once imagined:

"For decades, the peregrine falcon faced a very real and very serious threat," U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service deputy director Rowan Gould said. "There was a time when many of us feared we would never see this majestic creature again, when we did everything in our power to ensure that this marvel of nature would be around for generations to come."

Added Gould, "If only we'd known then what cocky little pricks they'd turn out to be."

In recent months, the peregrine falcon has continued to infuriate environmentalists by reclaiming its habitat without so much as a simple thank you, frequently and loudly mating in everyone's face, and hunting prey off the coast of Maine as though it were "master of the fucking skies."