And fresh from talking with my sister, I just found out about "Pfizer to lay off 10,000 to cut costs": [link]
I know a lot of people who are getting canned.
Spike: Or maybe Captain Forehead was feeling a little less special. Didn't like me crashing his exclusive club, another vampire with a soul in the world. Angel: You're not in the world, Casper.
'Just Rewards (2)'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
shrift - Jan 22, 2007 11:24:36 am PST #5049 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
sumi - Jan 22, 2007 11:24:57 am PST #5050 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
You know, I have had no personal experience of Chinese Crested. But I have heard very differeing opinions from two people who I know who know dogs very well: one hates them because she was bitten by one out of the blue. The other one really likes them because she thinks that they don't act like small dogs. (It may depend on the training that the individual dogs get - or YCCMV.)
Also, besides the hairless variety there is also a Powderpuff or fully haired variety that can appear in the same litters as the hairless ones.
tommyrot - Jan 22, 2007 11:26:58 am PST #5051 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Powderpuff or fully haired variety
Argh! Freakish mutant non-hairless dog!
Kidding. That doggie is cute too.
Connie Neil - Jan 22, 2007 11:29:48 am PST #5052 of 10001
brillig
Benefits of cats:
Old cats will prewarm your bed for you, for the small price of being allowed to share said bed.
Young cats promote agility and alertness by lurking on top of doors or in shadows, waiting to spring out at you.
Cats save you the bother of nuking a bag of rice to lay on your forehead when you have sinus problems--plus they come with the optional pulsating massage.
Ailleann - Jan 22, 2007 11:34:20 am PST #5053 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Peruvian Hairless Dog
This picture just made me laugh and laugh.
Scrappy - Jan 22, 2007 11:37:37 am PST #5054 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Cats kill bugs. This is a great positive IMO. And they keep mice away. We wre the only people on our floor not to have mice in our NYC building. Also they make me laugh with the CrazyAss wrestling games and other goofy antics, as well as lowering my blood pressure instantly by having beautiful serene sleepy cat face. Also cozy and soft.
Kathy A - Jan 22, 2007 11:41:08 am PST #5055 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My cat makes me giggle when she jumps onto my chest when I'm lying on my couch, stands so she's looking straight down into my eyes, and "Mrrow!"s as loud as possible before lying down to be petted. She sounds so delightfully bitchy when she does this.
Strix - Jan 22, 2007 11:42:23 am PST #5056 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I am also flashing on the Neil Gaiman story about the cat that protected the family from bumpinthenights. I never worry about the Thing in the Closet anymore, because I feel sure my two cats will give off some feline Creepy Beastie warning.
Now, they may not protect me from it, but I feel certain that with warning, I can fling rock salt/a Popsicle cross/a scared cat at siad Beastie and prevail...or at the very least, flee to safety.
sarameg - Jan 22, 2007 11:49:27 am PST #5057 of 10001
I never worry about the Thing in the Closet anymore, because I feel sure my two cats will give off some feline Creepy Beastie warning.
I don't worry because I figure the cats are responsible for the bumpinthenights!
Yea gods, I hate the week of the submission deadline. Panicky people! Demandy people! Procrastinators!
beekaytee - Jan 22, 2007 12:06:13 pm PST #5058 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I took a nap today with Bartleby curled up inside the hollow my side-sleeping created. Not much better than waking up, lifting my head slightly and seeing drowsy pooch-snoot peeking up inquiringly. Are we done sleeping now? Gosh that was fun. Wanna play ball to get the 'ol juices moving again? Any snacks around? And? I love you the most."
Yep. I had cats all my life growing up...and love all my friends' pusses, but pooch snoot makes my heart sing these days.