The one with the cat and the woman in the bathtub is a little disturbing. Why is the water so cloudy?

Well, probably her and the tub contribute, but on the other hand, she's trying to get clean while taking a bath with a giant cat.

Dude! There was a catfish-type thing in the tub! And the bobcat kills a chicken! AND IT'S PLAYING WITH A GRENADE!!!!

V. disturbing.

Still, kinda want a cheetah as a pet. One specially trained not to attack Nutty.

It can be a problem. One of my neighbors spent 700 bucks on an astral projection class. Another stopped taking her medication for Lyme because she believed she could cure it with meditation and raw bison liver...and then ended up in the emergency room and can hardly walk.

I have no problem with people spending their money on stuff I see as crap, whether it be an astral projection class or a $150,000 car. It's their money. When it's medication, it's harder. One of my best friends stopped taking his AIDS medication cocktail and went the acupuncture/herbs/diet route. He died. Did I tell him I really wished he'd give the medications another chance? Yeah. But this was back before the drugs were as good as they are now and they made him horribly ill all the time. Once I told him what I thought he should do, what was there to do but stand by him? There is a part of me that's still furious at him, because if had kept on those drugs, he might have lived to be able to take more effective ones--but I didn't have to live in his poor wracked body.

Now you all understand how difficult my job is, trying to get a buncha Russians to comply with laser safety requirements.

AND IT'S PLAYING WITH A GRENADE!!!!

I thought it was the squeezie-thing of a blood pressure checker thingie....

Bob sent me the pictures earlier today and we were trying to figure out if that was a grenade, or more likely, a dropper. I said the dropper makes sense because "[t]hey might use a dropper to feed the bobcat or give it medicine or Russian sexual purposes."

Bob: lol

"Russian sexual purposes" is quite the catch-all.

me: ha!

indeed.

Bob: The only broader phrase is "German pornography"

My grandma and great-aunt got sucked into a vitamin regime that was supposed to be a cure-all for all their ills. I don't know if Grandma stopped her regular meds (I don't think so), but the heavy doses of vitamins ended up giving her what looked at first like a stroke. It was only after she was checked into the hospital that they determined it was vitamin overdose. Scary stuff.

Love the Russian "pet" bobcat pictures. The ones where it's licking the cat ... the cat seems to be saying "I really don't like it, but it's bigger than me!" ... or possibly wondering if the bobcat is taking a preliminary taste before having kitty for lunch.

a) why not eat the chicken OUTSIDE?

b) why not share the nummy nummy catfish?

c) just glad it doesn't eat the kitty.

d) Jilli, NO

d) Jilli, NO

Spoilsport. I'd leash-train it and everything!