It feels like I only post when it's cookie time. But it is cookie time again! If you're in Eastern Massachusetts and want some cookies, why not buy them from my troop? Credit for any boxes I sell gets distributed among the 18 girls in the troop.

The cookies and all nutritional information can be found at The ABC Smart Cookie website. The cookies ( Read more... )

We had Zelda spayed on Tuesday. She's just now getting some amount of energy back. She has to wear her clear cone-of-shame for another week and a half. She hates it so much! But it does keep her from chewing on, well, everything, so it's kind of nice. She also refuses to pee while it's on ... which is also kind of nice because that means she'll ( Read more... )

Zahnnie came over on Saturday after we got Caryatid moved into her new apartment. She wanted to snuggle Zelda. Unfortunately, Zelda had vomited up a peach pit (wtf? We haven't even had peaches in forever) and rolled around in it that morning. So Zelda smelled like puke. It was awful. We were trying to cuddle her and hold our noses at the same time ( Read more... )

So we tried to fly back with Zelda, but failed. They wouldn't let her on the plane as a carry-on because she was too big for her crate. That was on Tuesday. Today she was shipped out by Delta Cargo and arrived in Boston this afternoon. It was a little tight--they won't ship live animals if the temperatures are over 85 degrees, which today was ( Read more... )

http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/03/25/the-most-badass-alphabet-ever/

I kind of want to print it out and bind it into a book for when I have kids.

PS: PinkC, J is for you. ;)

Pride & Prejudice: simplified and awesome. (thanks, pretzelcoatl).

Man distracted by bird drives Bugatti into marsh

I predict that Top Gear will have a field day with this. Or possibly a funeral. That poor car...

This is for chadius, but you should all read this because it is awesome.


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The Authoritarians.

I'm spreading the love for this link (gotten from brynndragon) because it is a good read. It made me feel better about my decision to not have conversations with brick walls anymore. Or dining room tables, either.

So I am making Skittles Vodka. Double batch. What they fail to mention is that, even with just one coffee filter, it takes for-fucking-ever for the vodka to filter through. I'm glad I have two funnels so I can double my throughput, but damn ( Read more... )