Got a bunch of new live plants yesterday and re-planted my 55 gallon aquarium. Currently in that tank are: 10 gold barbs, 1 male betta, 1 bristle nose pleco, 6 otocinclus catfish, 2 spotted cory cats, and 3 african dwarf frogs. Unfortunately after having my arm in the tank and planting 12 plants, everything but the barbs and betta went into hiding ( Read more... )

I don't remember if I mentioned this before or not. But I've made 2 toolbar apps with Conduit. Did them as a "gee wonder if I can do this and if anyone would be interested in them" last year or so and they're still floating around. Kinda surprised how many downloads I've gotten! (Links are to a page that shows what the app looks like, no direct ( Read more... )

So once again I haven't posted in forever....oops, sorry! Er, I do post daily on my new-ish Twitter account though so you can always poke me that way if you so desire. My TwitterStories From Work ( Read more... )

`K, so I shouldn't be surprised as all my experiences with Planned Parenthood other than getting free birth control pills have been bad. But still! I got on the pill last year to control my cramping, and it works great. After the first 3 months on it, when I went for refills I was told that because of how little money I make (20 hours a week ( Read more... )

So it has been decided that Mike (Dad's overweight tabby cat) must think that Dad's bathroom is the Magical Food Room where if he can get inside before Dad does, he can get ANY KIND OF FOOD HE WANTS instantly! Or something like that. Half the nights when Dad goes to go to bed, and heads for the bathroom, Mike RUNS (and this cat, does not run!) for ( Read more... )

Just realized I posted on Facebook since most of you are there, but forgot to update here. The vet finished the tests, did an x-ray and all on Miles. The verdict is she does NOT have bladder stones. She DOES however have a small kidney stone. Small enough the vet said they weren't going to do anything other than watch it for now. And since they ( Read more... )

So Dad's still gone till late tomorrow. I just went to get the mail. As I'm walking down the driveway towards the mailbox, this old guy who I've never seen before (and if he's one of the neighbors unless he's from waaay far down the street somewhere), stops and starts staring at me. I'm a little creeped out, but the across the street neighbors are ( Read more... )

Still no word on what's wrong with Miles. The vet called on Tuesday and said the first test results turned up very little. There were traces of blood, but nothing else unusual. So it might be bladder stones, or it might be something else. She was supposed to call end of this week when the 2nd set of tests was done, but so far I haven't heard ( Read more... )

Miles is having one of her bouts again, and I've decided to call the vet in the morning and make an appointment for her. 4 years ago (maybe 5, can't remember if she was 2 or 3) Miles started having issues at random intervals. She would go to the litter box 4-6 times or more in an hour and try to pee. Only to have little to nothing come out. This ( Read more... )

Yeah yeah, I know. It's after 1am and I should be sleeping. But my sleep cycle seems to be all fucked up. I spent too many nights distracted by things online and stayed up till now or later (on nights I was closing shift next day so I could sleep in). And now I'm not TIRED until late even if I had to get up early for work, like today. Luckily I don ( Read more... )