Reggaeton is really cool music

Joe asked me a couple of weeks what type of music Raggaeton is. I told him that, to the best of my knowledge, it was a sort of Latin-based raggae. He asked how one culture could take over another culture's music and make it their own. I reminded him that it's been happeneing since music was invented. He pondered that, and decided he was going to create Irish-based reggae and call it Reggae-ish.

Oh, Erin, that's beautiful!

For sarameg: FAQ about Ripley the Hairless Cat.

He pondered that, and decided he was going to create Irish-based reggae and call it Reggae-ish.

Ask him if he remembers House of Pain? And also, does he know Sinead O'Connor put out a FAB album of reggae covers recently>

Thanks, JZ. I have fucking LOVED my first year teaching, and got a little sniffly composing that list.

Hairless cats just looks so...worried. It's the wrinkles. I can't help but pity them their lack of fur, as cats are (usually) so freaking picky about it. Also? Fur covers a multitude of sins. Like Devi's belly waggle or Mister Kitty's wrinkles or paunch. Someone go knit them a coat!

The students from mom's first year of teaching (first grade) graduated a few years ago. She can still name all of them, and hell, even I remember Adrian. Scary thing? She's already had one of their children in her class (head start, then.) She's vying for a professional development position next year, as she's winding towards retirement and just doesn't have the energy levels any more. I hope I'll still get stories of the kids, because I've always loved the exasperation and delight she takes in them.

Oh, Erin. That was lovely.

So I cleaned the cat scratch playground with alcohol and applied fix-y goo to it. Now I took a picture too. [link] . Should I be doing anything else?

Oh, and it looks like an artistic flower much more in the picture. In person it is more flayed flesh and then just one bit that still looks like a blossom. I think that is the one that is going to bruise spectacularly.

Cass, just keep it clean (scrub even if it hurts the first couple of days) and peroxide/neosporin it frequently. If you have the slightest allergies to cats, I'd suggest benadryl tonight, at least. Keep an eye on it. You'll probably have some swelling, just from the trauma, but if it gets noticeably worse, doctor time.

I've had some nasty wounds from my clawed ones, and I've never had issues, but I've seen people react very badly. And YOWCH, that's a stingy place to get scratched. I'm betting it's going to be pretty uncomfy for a bit.

RIGHT ON JESSE!!!!!

Dammit, y'all wait until I'm not around to malign the poor (yet pretty) hairless kitties....

Also, a few years back slashdot had a poll on the pronounciation of daemon. The results were almost exactly split between 'dee-mon' and 'day-mon.'

In conclusion, hairless cats rule.

Cool. How did G's day go?

Pretty well. Most it was HR training and such. He has learned that his dress shoes are not good walking shoes.(His job is in DC proper, a few blocks from a Metro stop so he's taking the Metro to and from)