The Pterodactyls are now scheduled for their surgeries. Penny and Piper are up to 2 pounds, Posy and Peanut are each 1 lb, 13 oz. They'll go in on Sep 8, which gives the two smaller girls time to gain those last few ounces. I'm really hoping I have a home for two of them lined up (though which two is currently undecided.) The other two will ( Read more... )

Efforts continue apace to convince Neville that I'm not going to eat him. He's still unconvinced ( Read more... )

The Pterodactyls continue to put on weight. I'm thinking another week or two, at most, and they'll be ready to go up for adoption. I'm gonna miss those kids ( Read more... )

Roger Ebert, being far more eloquent than I could ever be, talks about morality and universal healthcare. It's worth reading.

I don't care who you are. I don't care what your politics are. I don't care how many issues on which you may agree with Justice Antonin Scalia. His statements in his dissenting opinion in Davis v. Georgia should cause the blood of any rational, thinking citizen to run cold:

“This court has never held,” Justice Scalia wrote, “that the ( Read more... )

Things are chugging right along here in foster land. Last weekend, we rearranged our den to allow us to fit a third kitten cage in, since Anya's family is now big enough to move downstairs. We both really like the new arrangement - it makes the den feel bigger, and allows us to open one of the French doors, giving a lot more airflow!

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Vienna Teng's "The Tower". I love this song so very, very much. There's been a lot of my life I've identified with this pretty strongly. I love Vienna Teng so very, very much. Next time she's in Ann Arbor, I AM NOT MISSING the concert, dammit!

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In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic by Peter Berger and Anton Zijderveld ( Read more... )

A link worth reading, with a response to Sarah "Why-Won't-She-Just-Shut-Up-and-GO-AWAY" Palin's fearmongering about "death panels"The thing is, these panels already exist. They meet in corporate boardrooms at health insurance companies, and ration care by denying claims and vetoing treatment. Ultimately, the decision is made, not based on what's ( Read more... )

Miss Lucy would like you all to know that it's REALLY HARD living in a house with two people that obviously don't like cats. Because what else can explain the fact that she's SO NEGLECTED that she must seek love by headbutting me awake repeatedly at 6:30am? Clearly, she's angling to go live with her Auntie Shirl in Tulsa! Or maybe she can go keep ( Read more... )