Cute! I think all cats like boxes and brown paper bags. My last cat loved paper bags, and I liked picking up paper bags with cats in them. It just never got old.

aw, cutie Bastet!

Tom and I are trying to pre-cook for the week; we've got a pot of chili on the stove and 2 lasagnas in the oven. I like cooking on a Sunday afternoon (as opposed to doing it while exhausted after work.)

Jealous of DCJ's washing machine.

I need another day in my weekend. I'm so tired. I oversocialized yesterday. It was a lovely day, it included a tea overlooking Boston Harbor, and delicious food, and fun with friends. It also included talking with a friend about the dissolving of his marriage. I am aggravated that his wife refuses to go into marriage counseling. I mean, lady, this is your MARRIAGE. You try to work it out. You don't change the locks and serve divorce papers in a fit of fucking pique.

Kitty in the Paper Bag is a lot of fun...if you have friends that are kitties, mind you. They all like it, my black cool one did, and the sweetnatured but kind of nutty Beastie.

You've heard of Spanglish, How about Dunglish? [link]

Great site!

I found out what my niece is addicted to--an amphetamine called Adderall. Not a drug of choice in my youth so I don't know much about it, except that it is prescribed for ADD like Ritalin. From what I have read, it seems to be less addictive than Meth, which is what they thought she was taking, so that's good.

vw, you can't beat me for silly unless you are wearing an ivy crown that matches my ivy belt.

my fingers hurt too much to type.

Robin how is she doing? How about the rest of your family?

Was the Adderall prescribed for her, or was she getting it from someone? I'm asking, in part, because I think this is the medication my niece is on for ADD.

ADD medications are interesting in that, in children, they have the effect that you assume they'd have: they help the child with ADD to sort of "slow down" mentall, and to focus.

In adults, they have the opposite effect, and act like a stimulant.

So, Cindy -- how old is your niece? I imagine (though I honestly don't know) that late teens/early 20s is the fuzzy area where the effect switches.

Meaning, your niece may have nothing to worry about.

She was not prescribed it. She bought it off friends, so she was using it entirely recreationally.

The family is okay. It's worry-making, but at least the months of trying to figure out what the hell was wrong are over.

Eric McCormak pointed at my baby!!!