Recently I was convinced to purchase a handful of "Bully Sticks" for my dog. Normally I shy away from bull penis in all its forms, but the aging-yet-sprightly Chinese gentleman who owned the pet shop was VERY excited about the Bully Sticks. He had a whole bunch of them in his fist and was nearly twitching with joy as he described how "first they're ( Read more... )

Our little Hammy has been doing well on chemotherapy and a set of x-rays 6 weeks ago found no regrowth of his cancer (histiocytic sarcoma) in his chest or on his remaining lung. However, a little over a week ago we noticed that his left eye was a little red. We took him to see his vet the following day and after seing her, our oncologist, and a ( Read more... )

Sweet, delicious hound dog...


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My boss just called me an anal analyst.

So I work a floor above the Chinatown Farmers Market in Oakland (which isn't actually in Chinatown, but that's another issue) -- anyhow, there's live music every week and last week it was reggae, which was a little weird. Today it's a guy singing the ENTIRE ROD STEWART SONGBOOK, apparently. I've been listening to it for an hour and 15 minutes ( Read more... )

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Has anyone ordered prints from black and white digital photos on the interweb? There's a site called Pictage.com that does fantastic quality prints, but it's not cheap -- their 4x6" prints are $4.50 apiece. I'm willing to pay good money for good quality, so please leave a comment if you're aware of other sites like this. (The first person who ( Read more... )

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I am a former Fleet Bank customer, and my "Express" checking account was transferred to Bank of America. Monthly fees for this type of account are $5-7, depending on whether you have direct deposit. However, if you switch to a "MyAccess" checking account, there is no difference in services except you pay no monthly fee with direct deposit. ( Read more... )

I keep getting emails from one of my supervisors saying, "lets talk about this tomato" or "I'll be in the office tomato" -- lots of use of the word "tomato." Is this some sort of hip new slang the kids are using, or do you think she's trying to be funny? She's not really the "funny" type.