When I vacation, I'm out of time. TV, news, reality cease to exist and I don't realize I'm missing stuff, and frankly, don't care. That's what reruns are for!

Burrell, I just wanted to say thank you for posting earlier about your kitty. It gave me the idea to clip my cat's claws tonight and the strange part is that his 'thumb' claw on his left paw was HUGE and at the beginning stage of starting to grow into the pad.

I've never seen such a thing. Ashton's lived with me for 10 years and this has never happened before. So, thank you!

I never heard of Bloody Mary (aside from Queen of Scots) and don't know the mirror thing, and I'm fairly sure I don't want to know. Poor mac!

Welcome, L.R.! (Or, if you're reading this tomorrow, good morning and I hope you had glorious dreams.) Your profile is excellent. And one of our most distinguished past members was just your age when she delurked way, way back in the Salon years (and another couple of folks who still stop by to say hello and share deep thoughts and fic were within shouting distance of it).

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Burrell, I just wanted to say thank you for posting earlier about your kitty. It gave me the idea to clip my cat's claws tonight

I'm glad I could serve as a PSA. Poor little kitty had 4 ingrown claws. Honestly in all my many decades of cat ownership this has never happened. I feel like such a bad mommy.

Bartleby needs a visit to Johan, his nail stylist. I cannot believe how quickly his nails grow. And the shortest on the front paw seem always to be shattering. since they are farthest from the ground, I just don't get it.

I was always freaked out by Bloody Mary.

When I watched the SPN episode based on it I had to turn on all the lights in the house. I know it's not true, but that doesn't stop an eensy part of my brain from still wondering if maybe it might be.

And now I'm freaking myself out.

It cracks me up, dog nail stylist. I'm the evil bitch who pins her cats and clips their claws for self-protection (one swipes, the other kneads. Gotta save my flesh!)

And of course, I'm still revelling in having had an actual, professional , human pedicure for the first time in my life. I think it will become a monthly ritual, if only for the massage chairs. I had wicked wrong cramps and omigod, that so helped!

Gotta save my flesh!

Gotta save both our nerves. We look at each other in terror and despair...then I throw the clippers down and grab a $10 spot for Johan. Makes all our lives better. Bboy has gotten so used to the process that he doesn't even shake anymore.

Good on ya for the pedicure! Go comfort, choose luxury.

From the annals of Just How Much Can People Suck?

Toys worth $50K stolen from Empty Stocking warehouse

Hopefully whoever took them comes down with lead poisoning.