I remember when my brother's first Malamute was about that age--he was big, too (and had the cutest big paws to go with his size!!). I first saw the two he has now when they were about six-seven weeks old and still able to fit under the bottom shelf in the basement, where they loved to sleep. Big balls of fluff!

Of course, now, their "fluff" is shedding like mad and is coming off in clumps--Chase, especially, has the tendency to drop all of his undercoat at once. Dakota's comes off over the course of a month of so, so it isn't so messy to pet him.

Completely random punctuation question:

When using phrases like "I wonder..." etc., should the sentence end with a question mark?

Like, say, "I wonder what happened to my wombat?" There is a question there, but it is a question the writer is asking himself, not the reader. (eta: the writer is making a statement that he is wondering about something.) But then leaving the question mark off seems strange to me. OK, after thinking about it, they both seem strange to me. A quick Google seems to show both usages....

What is the rule? (I wonder.)

Ok, so... there's a Da Vinci Diet? I don't have a link, my friend texted me to tell me it's destroyed her faith in humanity.

Ok, so... there's a Da Vinci Diet?

I've heard that too, but also did not see a link.

Da Vinci Diet

Hmm - body of Christ, blood of Christ?

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Or maybe they are talking about a ren era Italian diet? That seems to involve really elaborate cooking, including gilding and milk of almonds and such.

There is an article about The DaVinci diet here. From the article: "20 percent protein, 52 percent carbohydrates and 28 percent fat."

ETA: It seems to have been written by someone who is trying to bring bread back into the American diet, in response to the low carb diets.

If anyone's interested in listening to the new Dixie Chicks album, it's available here. I'm listening to it now, and it's very good!

A couple of folks thought it would be fun to watch movies over lunch in the conf room these 2 days.

Like, taking 2-hour lunches, or just having movies on while they ate? If the second, I don't see the big whoop, but then, you've got to know your own boss.

POOR WORD CHOICE.

It was the emoticon and the LOL that were supposed to mitigate it.

If the second, I don't see the big whoop, but then, you've got to know your own boss.

I'm with Jesse on this one. Of course, I often watch movies at work when I am doing things like stuffing envelopes. I don't think anyone minds and I work much faster.

The thing that annoyed me about the t-mobile people was that they didn't offer to call UPS and change the delivery address. I had to do that. Frankly, I am surprised that I was allowed to do that, since I could be, you know, anyone who knew I ordered a phone.

The one "identity theft" thing that happened to me was long ago, when I had a membership to Gevalia. Someone stole a package off my porch, called Gevalia, changed the delivery address, and then ordered craploads of coffee. Then, before the bill came, they switched the address back, so that I got a bill for $500 worth of coffee.

When I called, they credited my account because I could prove I was not married (although they didn't make me) A man saying he was my husband called to switch the address!

I got the job!!!!!! I realize I'm a sucker, because I didn't negotiate salary, and I told her yes right away, but DUDE. I want to work there so bad! And the money that she offered was in between what I really wanted and what I thought was a stretch, so there you go.