hillkat's cat Pollux died tonight. He threw a blood clot. Poor kitty. Poor Hillary. Poor Xander, left without his playmate ( Read more... )

I was over at Janice and Gideon's yesterday for a birthday party for their daughter, but it also involved being able to see and pet and say goodbye to their cat Tiger, who had kidney failure two weeks ago and was very weak and not expected to last much longer. He died that night. He was 21 years old, the oldest cat I've known to date, and until ( Read more... )

I got a call from Kelli (ex-housemate and friend) about an hour ago: she's had a job fall in her lap that's exactly what she wants. It gets her back in her own field, a step up from the job she had before (more pay), and she's happy as all get out. She'll start in 2-3 weeks. Yay, it's about time ( Read more... )