I keep having topics I want to post about, but when I sit down to write I can’t come up with something coherent ( Read more... )

We recently purchased two huge new bookcases to go on either side of the fireplace in our family room. Today I decided to start populating them with our DVD collection. At first, I decided roughly that one bookcase would be speculative fiction and the other everything else. I have filled the SF bookshelf and I'm not out ot discs for it. Go

Mal’s Review of “Prince Caspian”: (With mild spoiler ( Read more... )

It’s double witching, Lent and Friday. There were three kinds of fish to choose from in the café. Lucky me ( Read more... )

Beware the fat toddlers (booga booga) or not ( Read more... )

For those debating the extent to which various breeds are truly hypoallergenic, FYI, you too can own your very own genetically engineered hypoallergenic (at least based on the most common cat allergens) cat (only ~$7000) or leopard (only ~$37,000 ( Read more... )

Yeah, I know this is the wrong place. Most of you are dog people.

But, suppose you wanted to get a cat, where would you look for one? Shelter? Craig's list? What about kittens? Do shelters have kittens or only adult cats?

Are there allergen free breeds of cats?

[I'm trying to remind myself that I'm not actually hungry, just bored. There's just only so much passive stochastic calculus one can take ( Read more... )

I am interested in getting as many examples as possible of names that are used for given names of both males and females. I am especially interested in names that have been used, at least for males, for at least 50 years.

It's snowing now, as I can readily see here a few stories up. It's also cold, well below 20 F.

Although I have been skeptical, I have heard that snow can only occurr nearer to freezing. Anyone understand to what extent this is true?