ION, new not-a-shrew mammal discovered: [link] The 12-inch black rumped Elephant Shrews (AKA Sengis).
Wow, I'm amazed something that bizarre looking DIDN'T come from Australia. Of course, if it did, it would also have to be poisonous.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 01, 2008 6:52:28 am PST #4986 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sparky1 - Feb 01, 2008 6:54:14 am PST #4987 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Contrats, vw!
I'm glad that they finally found the Giardia (if we've told Sass once, we've told her a thousand times, we're never going to be able to send her to college if she keeps racking up the vet bills like this...), since it did take a couple of tries.
Thanks for the Panacur recommendation -- I'll check on that for Miss Sass.
Scrappy - Feb 01, 2008 6:56:36 am PST #4988 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Our cats have giardia. They are about to go on their second round of antibiotics. They are inside cats, so we don't know where they got it.
Sparky1 - Feb 01, 2008 7:09:51 am PST #4989 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
CDC on Giardia: [link]
It's everywhere! Save the children!
I thought it was just water-borne, but it can apparently live on surfaces, too.
ChiKat - Feb 01, 2008 7:25:13 am PST #4990 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
{{GC and GF and family}} Peace to you and your family.
meara, that totally sucks. All kinds of job~ma.
vw bug - Feb 01, 2008 7:54:16 am PST #4991 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Am I dumb? I can't seem to find how to write a citation for a word from the dictionary. I got it from the library's link to the OED.
Sparky1 - Feb 01, 2008 7:58:00 am PST #4992 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
MLA:
Articles or entries from reference books:
If the article or entry is signed, place the author's name first; if it is unsigned, give the title first. For well-known reference works, it is not necessary to include full publication information. Include only the title of the reference source, edition, and date of publication.
Dictionary entry:
"Accord." Def.5b. The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.
vw bug - Feb 01, 2008 8:02:30 am PST #4993 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Thank you!
Miracleman - Feb 01, 2008 8:03:26 am PST #4994 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Weather gods are fuckin' wit' me.
When we got in today the weather was all "I AM FROZEN DEATH! I ATTACK YOU WITH TALONS OF ICE AND DEADLY BREATH OF SNOW! QUAIL BEFORE ME, BRIEF MORTALS AS I TOTALLY FUCK UP YOUR ROADS! MWA HA HA!!"
In response the boss was "Well, if it keeps up, we'll probably all go home early."
So, natch, now the weather is playing coy. "Might be frozen death. Might be annoying. Might wait until you're leaving at the USUAL TIME and be frozen death THEN. Who knows?
Quail before me, brief mortals, for I am capricious and irritating."
Frankenbuddha - Feb 01, 2008 8:12:32 am PST #4995 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Ick, the wintery mix has started in Boston. Meh, I says. Meh.