Aka Mickey, aka Mouse, aka Moose, aka Pandabear, aka THE pony.

Sandy called me when I was in the car this afternoon to tell me Mickey died this morning in his stall.  Lil fella would've been 49 sometime this year.

Train tickets in other countries sometimes include a free shower:

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I've not been sleeping very well lately and have been pretty tired during the day.  Last night didn't help much, either.  The battery in one of the UPSs decided to fail or something and the thing was emitting a constant squeeeee that woke me up at 2am ( Read more... )

Okay, I like a bit of snow, but enough is enough.  The apartment complex already looks like Hoth and there's more on the way this afternoon ( Read more... )

I actually like snow.  I don't like shoveling it or driving in it (at least not in this area), but I still like it ( Read more... )

Another not-good day today, and the afternoon saw it take even more of a downhill turn.

Sometimes you just really need someone to talk to.  Unfortunately, one doesn't always get what one needs.

Submitted for your approval, for no real reason other than that I was looking through the pics I'd taken recently with my cellphone:

Mickey showing off this season's hot new winter attire
( Holy crap that's a big picture! )

Well that was interesting ( Read more... )

So, yeah, I gave in and now own 3 bettas.  I saw this guy when I went in for some dechlorinator on Monday and ended up getting him on Tuesday.  I tried to resist, but friends and some folks online urged me to pick him up since truly black bettas are pretty uncommon and he's a delta tail to boot ( Read more... )

When I got a female variatus platy for my aquarium a while back, I thought I was just getting a nice pretty fish. Little did I know that what I was getting was a nice pretty fish who'd done the piscene wild thing with some fella before I bought her.

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