Thanks to Alex Beecroft for this link. Why it is NEVER good to ban any word or punctuation during an edit...

http://pcwrede.com/blog/misunderstanding-grammar/

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Happy Day ( Read more... )

Part of the "cute dispute" -- must be a rescued baby squirrel, who REALLY lovss that peanut butter!

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meret is trying to find a home for a cat who's been prowling her neighborhood--apparently someone just kicked her out. She's got an allergy problem but doesn't want the poor little beastie to freeze. Please help if you can, and boost the signal ( Read more... )

With apologies to Charlie Cochrane


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RWI has struck its colours... they've cancelled the contest rather than admit that discrimination is wrong ( Read more... )

My cat Spenser, who's nearly 15 and has been diabetic for about 8 years, had surgery yesterday to get a couple of teeth out--a common problem with diabetic cats--and take a suspicious lump off his right elbow ( Read more... )

Originally posted by cantarina1 at post
Originally posted by electricdruid at The fiasco continues


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When I worked in a bioscience department at a Great Big State University some years back, many of the faculty were uneasy about the way corporate research funding was creeping into education--replacing public funding via government research grants ( Read more... )