My cats have had a tendency to vomiting on things for much of their indoor lives.  I recently switched over to the (expensive) "Science Diet" catfood and saw some improvement.. and then..coinciding with a period of using (for the first time) plain clay litter  the whole thing pretty much stopped ( Read more... )

 An Epic wrong .. or Where the Future REALLY turns dark ( Read more... )

Remember that part of firefly.. 'out of gas' .. Mal and Zoey in the flashback wandering the derelict in the junkyard? sort of like that feeling but not nearly  as bad ( Read more... )

Ok.. think about it.. the seemingly never ending treadmill with that ridiculous carrot tied on front called an "A". and when you get THAT you go on to the next year and start ALL OVER as if that hadnt mattered and they dangle the same dang carrot in front of you with vague hints about how it may help you in the future or such.  The standard normal ( Read more... )

I didnt give them any information, and all they had to start with was my phone number and name BUT they did a very convincing job of sounding like a phone company billing department calling to help straighten out an account issue... they dodged and weaved like a well trained boxer when it came to getting them to give BACK any info.. like an account ( Read more... )

apparently its illegal to take pictures of , film or in any way record  on duty police officers.. and the courts are rolling with this so fare

THE THEORY IS THAT IT BREAKS WIRETAPPING LAWS

which has to be the most ironic and egregious way that police departments could possibly show contempt for the communities they police...their belief that they ( Read more... )

Once upon a time..there was a pirate moviegasm ... full of pirate themed movies... and the last of the evening was... a rather entertainingly comic movie.. from the porn industry.. but with location shooting on tall ships and an attempt at costuming and it was endearingly cute in its own way....  and now.. theres this.

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Or these really .. its seem ( Read more... )

 My son has had the safety and other courses and will be getting his permit for a 250cc scooter that he'll be getting next weekend.  He'll need someone who has had a motorcycle endorsement for a year riding along for a  while so he can get some street experience before going for his license ( Read more... )

We have become the most *terrorized* society in the history of the world ...and we've done it to ourselves.

FULL ARTICLE HERE but in essence.. a kid had a bb gun in his lap  when his car pulled onto campus...  no gun was seen on campus, no threats made, no indication of trouble except someone thought  he saw a gun in a car in the school parking lot ( Read more... )

I called my brother to wish him a happy birthday... he turned 49 just recently and when I asked him how 50 was looking... he called it a low blow, which is not how I'd meant it (well, maybe a little ( Read more... )