In addition to kidney failure, Halo also had a tumor in her chest. At least one lymph node was enlarged and it looked like it was getting ready to spread to her bones via her sternum.

We had her euthanized last Thursday. Words cannot express how much we miss her.

One of our cats, Halo, has been diagnosed with feline chronic kidney failure. It's been a few days of vet stress and worry. Send any spare good vibes you have floating around our way.

 I really like this

Found/Stolen from bellacrow

Brezny on Libras -
I have selected a quote by Irish playwright Brendan Behan to serve as your motto in 2006. I suggest that you write it out on a piece of red paper and place it in a prominent place like your bathroom mirror or computer monitor. "If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible," ( Read more... )

How long can I play on the computer before I realize the futility of trying to avoid working on my 30 page paper that is due tomorrow? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?

Having a graduate school moment.

From Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

A novel is not an allegory, I said as the period was about to come to an end.  It is the sensual experience of another world.  If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won't be able to empathize, and empathy is ( Read more... )

You know it's bad when you read a headline on CNN that says "HP cutting 14,500 jobs" and you immediately think, "14,500 people work for Harry Potter??"