Hi Trudy!

Technically, the word 'quadriplegic' refers to a person who has paralysis of all four limbs. The more correct term for someone who has weakness and reduced function in all four limbs but still retains some voluntary control is 'quadriparetic'. But that's almost never used outside a health care setting; in common usage, 'quadriplegic' often refers to both.

So I've been checking out a couple more dating profiles. There's one from a Japanese woman now living in Canada, which is all fine, and she sounds like a nice person. But then under 'Appearance' she's written:

I'm 158 cm tall with beautiful teeth and smile. Also, mines are big enough to hold your Jonasan.

I am completely baffled as to what this might mean, and I'm not sure I want to know. And I suspect my Jonasan is managing fine wherever it's currently located.

Contra dancing? Does this involve Nicaragua and the Sandinistas?

Connie speaks for me. (And yay for good surgery!)

Wow. That's a very, unique, specific description, billytea.

(Incidentally, re your tag - have you heard Sisquo's popular hit Thong Song?)

Kitty cat advise - any notion what it might signify for a kitty cat to have several random bald patches appear around his throat? Thumb print sized? I thought with the first one, which appeared a couple of weeks ago, that he must have got into a fight. But I'm thinking not, now. He's been full of cold and I've been feeding him antibiotics for a week, as per the vet's instructions, but he's still Sneezy McSneeze, and has been sick quite a lot. He is not a well bunny. Going to take him back to the vet's this weekend and see what's the what.

(Incidentally, re your tag - have you heard Sisquo's popular hit Thong Song?)

I have indeed, and in retrospect it may not have been the right move to give an impromptu performance at the speed dating tonight.

Fay, if his throat hurts/itches, he may be clawing at it. Either that, or it's mange.

I urge everyone today to solicit local opinions on hot spong.

I will!

Yay for good surgery, connie!

Thong spong!

And I suspect my Jonasan is managing fine wherever it's currently located

That sounds wise, billytea.

I keep thinking of that (former?) Bishop Shelby Spong, and gagging. Maybe that's just me.

I have my plane ticket to Boston - arriving 8:30 Thursday the 4th, leaving 11:30 Tuesday the 9th. I am available anytime that's not Saturday for lunches, dinners, house and apartment-warmings, Jen-coddling, Toto-walking, cat-petting, helping Somervillains cram for tests, or just about exactly whatever.

should we discuss in F2F? Maybe we could do a Friday night thing in Cambridge/Somerville? JZ, did you ever get my email I sent to your gmail, oh, zonks ago?

cereal to add:

Or a Sunday afternoon thing would work too.