In December 2008, I sent my friend korpun a mouse named Ivan who claimed to be a long lost relative of a mouse who had taken up residence in korpun's island cottage. Long story ( Read more... )

It snowed so freaking hard yesterday that we had whiteout conditions almost all day. I shoveled out the five car driveway and by the time I finished I had to shovel off the porch, the two walkways and the back deck a second time ( Read more... )

This year, the mall has a carousel for the kids to ride while waiting to tell Santa Claus that they want the iPhone5 and a 120 gig iPod Touch that hasn't been released yet. Or cash. They will also accept cash ( Read more... )

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I could definitely be besties with the person who drew this noise:


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It's been a while since I've regaled you with stuff that doesn't matter, so here's some accumulated stuff that doesn't matter in no particular order of unimportance:

I just can't freaking wait for this American election to be over already and even though my exposure has been very limited, it's still been painful and I feel exactly like this kid:

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We were able to save Durango, he's made it long past the critical deadline, and now, instead of feeling relieved, I am waiting to hear from a veterinarian who specializes in disease, whether Durango and his mother have to be euthanized. The irony ( Read more... )

The little black kitten we named Wolfgang died in my arms a few minutes ago - he didn't go peacefully. He crashed fast and he suffered about ten or fifteen minutes that felt like an hour before I realized that I could overdose him with Ativan. I crushed a pill and got the powder into his mouth and washed it down with water through a syringe and ( Read more... )

After a 1:30 am force feeding and hydration, during the wee hours of the morning, two of the kittens died. Robert got to them before I did and saved me from having to lay eyes on and handle two lifeless little furry bodies, and for that I am grateful. They were wrapped and put in a box for burial under a tree in my back yard, and I know this ( Read more... )