RIP, Woolly Bear.


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Came back home tonight from necama and Kathryn's wedding (which was lovely) to an unpleasant surprise: What could literally be described as a bloodbath in our f33shtank. Corpses everywhere. The entire school of neon tetras dead, several guppies, and two of our five clown loaches ( Read more... )

Just registered SizzlingKeys to the tune of $7 for a "family pack" (five-computer license). Highly recommended for all Mac OS X users. And virtually all of its functionality is available in the freeware version ( Read more... )

Hilarious short cartoon that will make every cat owner out there nod in recognition:

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(Via Kevin Drum.)

This is probably also a good place to mention Cat News, if you haven't yet gotten your daily dose of fuzzy goodness. (Youtube: episodes 1 2 3)

After work tonight, I came home with an organic zucchini to feed Boing for the next three days. It cost me $1.45, which emptied my wallet* and got me to thinking.


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Tasks I Never Thought I'd Find Myself Attempting, Let Alone Successfully Completing:

Catching cat vomit in my bare hand to keep from having to clean an expensive floor rug.

Part 1 in a continuing series.

I'm not good with needles. Never have been ( Read more... )

One of these seems to have taken residence in the tree outside our house:
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dogemperor has done an excellent job of keeping on top of the growing issues surrounding the major pet food recall announced a week or so ago.

If you have any pets*, go read the post. In short, the potential danger appears to have spread far beyond the initial announcement. Virtually any household pet food (not just moist) made with wheat products within ( Read more... )

I'll kick this short entry off with a relevant AMAQ question --

aknitwit asks, "Why do you spell 'fish' that way (f15h)? It looks like a password..."

( Short answer: L33tspeak. )