What's the difference? A free-range panda eats bamboo, while a factory-farm panda eats... bamboo.
Non-free range pandas get to watch porn.
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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 - Oct 09, 2007 6:56:58 am PDT #5774 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.
Jesse - Oct 09, 2007 6:58:05 am PDT #5775 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm having Cuban! And no pandas.
Trudy Booth - Oct 09, 2007 6:59:10 am PDT #5776 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
What's the difference? A free-range panda eats bamboo, while a factory-farm panda eats... bamboo.
And neither one moves around at all.
shrift - Oct 09, 2007 6:59:31 am PDT #5777 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
If you're literally going to Chipotle
Burrito place around the corner, actually. Closest Chipotle is a little farther than I care to walk today. Too hungry.
Nutty - Oct 09, 2007 7:03:04 am PDT #5778 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think one reason fewer dogs are displayed at adoption centers is because dog-display space takes up much more space. You can put a cat into a cage the equivalent of a middle-sized cardboard box, for hours and days on end, and it won't mind; you just can't do that with most dogs without them going bananas.
So there are probably a lot more dogs actually in any given shelter's custody, just not where hoi polloi can see them.
I also suspect that, given X number of each species arriving at the shelter, a larger proportion of X among dogs than among cats is euthanized without even being considered for adoption. Dogs' violence is much less socially acceptable than any violence a cat can offer; dogs interact with humans more, so a deficit in their social training will be much more of a problem; and I strongly suspect that dogs are much more commonly targets of abuse and neglect than cats are.
(The perception that stray cats can survive just fine on their own, whereas stray dogs will Wreak Havoc, is also part of it, I think. We allow cats to wander a neighborhood without restraint, and don't think it's weird at all; but would call the humane society about a similar wandering dog.)
Frankenbuddha - Oct 09, 2007 7:06:11 am PDT #5779 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Thank doG I just ate.
Indulged in bad food - Big Mac and a small fry. Sometimes I just have to have MickeyDs (and it's been months).
ION - not so soopersekrit message for all you Yankees fans out there: HA ha!
t /Nelson
Sue - Oct 09, 2007 7:06:27 am PDT #5780 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I was reading Alan Sepinwall's review of Pushing Daisies and someone left this comment:
Too much pie talk, NOT ENOUGH ACTUAL PIE.
I think I have to tag it.
Nora Deirdre - Oct 09, 2007 7:25:53 am PDT #5781 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
shrift, I wholeheartedly support getting a burrito or other burrito-type foodstuffs.
I just ate leftover shephard's pie that we made last night AIWFG!
Now, salad.
-t - Oct 09, 2007 7:30:48 am PDT #5782 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am wanting curry for lunch but (a) I don't know where I can easily get some and (b) haven't actually had breakfast yet. This plan needs some work.
Sparky1 - Oct 09, 2007 7:33:55 am PDT #5783 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
My DH and I have been exploring all the different leftovers that taste better when rolled up in a warm fajita. Today I have some pot roast and veggies.