Bah. No lunchtime cephalopods for me. I shall have to wait until dinner....
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2006 8:51:34 am PDT #3486 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
msbelle - Apr 25, 2006 8:51:43 am PDT #3487 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jane Jacobs.
sad now. One of my heros.
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2006 8:53:35 am PDT #3488 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was unfamiliar with her name, but after reading the obit I realize her writings on suburbia have really (indirectly) influenced me.
Hayden - Apr 25, 2006 9:10:33 am PDT #3489 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm askeered this confession will now put me ON THE LIST for Corwood and bt, but I cannot tell a lie.
That's one of the best reasons I've ever read to eat squid et al. However, I, for one, welcome our new spineless, many-tentacled overlords.
Allyson - Apr 25, 2006 9:19:45 am PDT #3490 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Tomorrow is Secretary's Day.
FYI.
Just because I'm not YOUR secretary doesn't mean you don't have to send me gifts. Nothing in the rules says I have to be YOUR secretary to receive chocolates and flowers.
Spidra Webster - Apr 25, 2006 9:20:49 am PDT #3491 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I'm still waiting for my Administrative Professionals Day gifts. Never. Ever. Got. One.
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2006 9:36:41 am PDT #3492 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The New York Times Book Review offered a capsule review of a new book by TV dog trainer Cesar Millan (host of the show Dog Whisperer):
Millan likes to talk about the importance of being a pack leader and projecting what he calls "calm-assertive" energy around your dog. The thing to avoid, he writes, is being "angry-aggressive," a trait he identifies in Bill O'Reilly of Fox News. This type of person "would not make a good pack leader," Millan writes, "because the other dogs would perceive him as unstable." (Our presidents are often unable to control their dogs, Millan said in a recent lecture. He added, "We are the only species that follows unstable pack leaders.")
bt? Is this so?
Kathy A - Apr 25, 2006 9:43:56 am PDT #3493 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Cesar Millan's show is great--he does things with fractious dogs that I wouldn't believe possible in such a short period of time. His philosophy is basically not letting your dog be dominant over you and always being confidant without being pushy about it (thus "calm-aggressiveness"). Also, treat your dog like a dog, and not like a human.
Of course, I kiss and cuddle my cat, so who am I to talk?
§ ita § - Apr 25, 2006 9:46:00 am PDT #3494 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Also, treat your dog like a dog, and not like a human.
But I am a human. Oh, you mean treat the dog like it's a dog. No problem. Totally accept. No kissy face for me.
A friend mentioned that his brother broke his tooth in a dog-kissing incident. See! Don't kiss dogs! I said.
Then he pointed out that the dog in question was a Rhodesian Ridgeback.
If they ask for a kiss, you might as well give it up, and plead duress afterwards.
Scrappy - Apr 25, 2006 9:48:01 am PDT #3495 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I love Cesar. He has lots of helpful tips and is also a cutiehead. Using his methods with our pup have stopped her from reacting to neighborhood dogs who bark and lunge from behind gates. She was never agressive but did want to go towards them and pulled really hard and made little barks. Now she glances at them and walks right by, too cool for school.