Late night ice cream has been canceled. The truck will not start. Of course this happens right when most everything will be closed. I have a gadget I can use to charge up the battery enough to start and get somewhere to have the alternator/battery tested and replaced/repaired/whatever. The trick will be finding somewhere open. Provided it's not ( Read more... )

Doesn't Del Rey have an editorial staff? Spell-check with character names added into it?

Kyp Durron's name misspelled once, I can understand as an accident that did not get caught. However, I am on page 206 of FotJ: Allies and "Durron" has been spelled as "Durran" each time he has appeared!

Quick and dirty userpic. :)

I think with all the flooding, both water and oil, we need a moment of joy and levity before we go back to being concerned and worried.

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My siamese cat, Baby, passed into the Force this morning. She was born in July, 1997. I adopted her in early April 1998, a month after a break-up. She was a very good kitty and a faithful companion when I needed one most. Qui-Gon Jinn had better hold onto his hair-ties, because the Mighty Scrunchie Huntress has arrived ( Read more... )

My cat is officially spoiled. I just spent the past 8 hours roasting, deboning, and simmering chicken to make stock to add to her water ( Read more... )

OMG! I saw this on FARK.com in the comments section and I just about died laughing. The only thing lacking is that the form doesn't tell you where to file it.


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So... after freaking me the hell out, the blood work turned up NOTHING. Baby's kidneys, liver, etc are functioning just fine. Her teeth look just fine ( Read more... )

Later today I will be up at the crack of dawn to take my Siamese, Baby, to the vet for a blood test. The vet suspects kidney failure from the office visit she had on Saturday. Baby will be 14 years old this July, which is a good ripe old age for a cat ( Read more... )

I don't like confrontation. So I was less than pleased when the owner of a white, unmarked cargo van confronted me about taking a picture of his license plate. Well, excuse me, Mister, but there have been three home invasions/burglaries, vandalism, and multiple police call-outs in the neighborhood in the past two months. Your van looked suspicious ( Read more... )