Ebenezer, my sister's cat, just died. He was 17 years old. He was fine all day, then tonight he crawled in my sister's lap and started having a seizure of some kind. We rushed him to the emergency vet, but he died before we even got out of the car. The vet tried to revive him, but he didn't respond at all. The vet thinks that his thyroid ( Read more... )

This is fucking disgusting.

How is it that animals like this are allowed to wear a badge? 22-year-old Oscar Grant was shot in cold blood by a police officer while being handcuffed. The young man was unarmed and restrained at the time; videos captured by onlookers at the train platform (many are available on YouTube; Feministing.com and ( Read more... )

Gary Gygax died today. A few of us went out to CiCi's in some kind of bizarre tribute; pizza and soft drinks, the only food gamers need, became a sort of funeral feast in his honor. We said the gamer's prayer, Hans gave a speech in Gary's honor, and we all toasted his name.

The Dungeon Master will now truely watch over us all.