libkitty, I read that article too. They must make interesting pets. Beautiful creatures! I am, however, very wary of any sort of deliberate cat breeding, mainly because there are already so many shelter kitties (I tried volunteering at the shelter. I'm a little annoyed with myself that I couldn't take it. So I resort to $$.) Also, the whole wild crossbreeding bit. It's a philosophical thingie.

That said, servals and other such small wild cats I've seen at various zoos and the AZ Sonora Museum... kiiiitttttiiiiesssss! Lemme rub your earses! Ow, give me back my arm!

Those are really beautiful cats, but I wonder about their dispositions. Dog-wolf crossbreeds can be chancy if the breeder and owner aren't sensible about it.

Ok, I agree, victim doesn't mean slave. I'm not so sure how much choice you have if that sounds like a good idea...

Gah! I am so totally coming off as the bad guy. The Borscht Ladies were escaping an awful economic situation. Their deliverance, unbeknownst to them, was into the arms of capitialism-as-is.

Timelies all!

Looks like my new niece-or-nephew will be making his/her appearance sometime in the next week or so, according to my mom.

Bush is being asked to explain the recently leaked Downing Street Memo, but not explaination yet:

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Just more evidence that the intelligence was fixed.

Ah, waiting for my computers to finish doing their thing so I can fix problems.

Gus: Noted. Wire ladies=victims of their own and others' greed. Real world women abducted or lied to with no choice of escape=could be called slaves, IMO.

I think we pretty much agree.

t parses Gud's link

t Bush? Bad. British PM? Follower.

We knew this.

NPR says Chapelle is in a mental institution in South Africa.

dcp, I would think your landlord is obligated to pay for an exterminator, given evidence of a spider that can KILL PEOPLE. If it were just a random Charlotte spider (are you finding webs in the corner with messages spelled out?), that might not be grounds for landlord-funded extermination but -- brown recluse!

Also, from your picture, I am IN LOVE with tufty wren! That picture is National Geographic cover-worthy.

We knew this.

Yes, but this is harder evidence.