Lily is out of x-rays and waking up. :) Super groggy and apparently walking like a drunk dog, but walking, so that's good. The vet said that there's no sign of a recent cruciate tear... and some other things, but I was too busy going, "ohthankgod she woke up." Not that I had any reason to think otherwise, but the last time I put an animal under for ( Read more... )

1. The African Grey update ( Read more... )

No, seriously ( Read more... )

So! Lily has a skin tag on her knee. It's growing. When I asked the vet about removing it, the estimate they put together was in the $900 ballpark. Ouch ( Read more... )

You know what's hilarious? A stoned dog ( Read more... )

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I saw this extremely cool article on the SEAL dogs and all their gear, and I was tickled pink. I was really struck by how the government is trying to keep its (admittedly, extremely expensive) dogs alive and well, and that makes me happy. :D

But this line in the article kind of made me headdesk:

As for the ethics of sending dogs to war, that’s ( Read more... )

First, before I forget - Does anyone know what an 'Army prisoner' is? That's what wiki lists Alex Summers as in the movie. I thought he was a normal prisoner, but apparently not. Google says there is no such thing, and links me to a prisoner of war -- same thing ( Read more... )

( The dog stuff is wearing me out. )

I did it.

I walked into a comic book store for the first time in something like 7 years.

It was glorious. There were so many comics! I kept myself to just buying up all the X-Factors I could (OMG, Jamie's all tattooed from the future! And someone tell me when Ric and Raine slept together?! But loved her reaction to him being all gayified. So ( Read more... )