Our cat Maverick had one of those moments that made me wish I had a camera in reach last night.

I was sitting at our laptop in the living room, typing in some handwritten pages for Shadow of Her Sins, when he comes marching down the hallway, a giraffe plushie about two-thirds his size gripped between his jaws. He proceeded to hop onto the couch, ( Read more... )

For ankeWehner: “What pets does the Groupmind allow on the Ring?”

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“You. Did. What?” the breeder shouted.

“Chemically neutered all of your poodles, sir,” the Groupmind repeated.

“'Neutered...' Those dogs were worth a hundred grand!”

“Sir, the same was done for all the other canine pets brought to the Ring.”

“But why? We've been domesticating them ( Read more... )

Saturday morning moonshadowed woke up relatively early at 7:30am. Since I was still playing catch-up with my sleep after my usual work week sleep deficit, I headed back upstairs to nap for a bit while she uncovered our English Budgie, Pistol ( Read more... )