Hey Sparky, yes, I AM doing a Yappy Hour event this Saturday, at Chateau Animaux on 8th Street. I'll send a pretty copy of the announcement to your profile addy. If you join my list, you'll get them automatically.

This month is Canine Dental Care month so we'll be discussing how you can get Sass used to the all important toothbrush. My research is uncovering amazing things about how 80% of canine and 70% of feline diseases originate in the mouth (and sadly, greenies are not the answer)

We'd LOVE to see you there, with or without the wee bobbin.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you...my work computer turned into a hat rack over the weekend. Such unfortunate timing...but I'm embracing it as a fresh-start opportunity.

Plus? People are awesome. I was given two computers yesterday...including the iBook, on which, I'm coming to you now. Who gave it to me? An Apple store employee who is convinced I should go to work there...of course, he was reacting to the great advice I got in the tech thread here.

In anycase, while I've lost SO MUCH...and have been super stressed for a few days, turns out I'm pretty blessed too.

I'm awake. With 1st alarm. I got 45 min of other alarms still to fire before I need to get up. How the heck did that happen?!?!

Awesome CaBill!! Can't wait till the finished products.

Meara, I hope things are better today. Sounds like you deserve at least a week of good.

My research is uncovering amazing things about how 80% of canine and 70% of feline diseases originate in the mouth (and sadly, greenies are not the answer)

Wow. I'm not real sure the cat's going to let me at her teeth, though.

I have no idea if last night's House was new or not

Yes, Emily, that was a new House, and yes, it was the most slashtastic thing I've ever seen in mainstream TV. Neither House nor Wilson was objecting to the idea of Wilson loving House, the argument was whether finding the female version of House was a good thing. Much delight. Cuddy's remark that Amber would leave "a Wilson chalk outline" was wonderful. Everyone's trying to save Wilson from Amber, but nobody thinks House is bad for Wilson.

Go get 'em, CaBil! I must have been bogarting a little ~ma without realizing it; I got word yesterday that my contract was being extended until the end of August. So, whatever ~ma has been lingering may feel free to go about its merry way and do good things.

I don't think my cats would let me touch their teeth. Well, Tucker might, he's really pretty mellow and will do anything to get petted. Elliot, on the other hand, is only just starting to accept belly rubs without attacking the hand that gives the rubs with front and back claws. Hell, I'm even afraid to try and trim his claws. I have a scratch pad for him that he uses quite faithfully, so at least I don't have to worry about the furniture.

ION, I am playing hooky, today. The weather gods have seen fit to smite Madison with 10 inches of snow and the place I commute to with 18 inches (predicted.) We have, I'd guess, between 4-6 inches here already and I'm not about to commute 65 miles in this shit.

I'm glad it wasn't just me! I haven't been watching this season, but I'm curious to see if they actually continue the Wilson/Amber thing (which really does seem like a weird combination) or drop it.

Man, I love Wilson, and usually when they focus on him he's doing something dumb. It was nice for that not to be the case... well, except that I think Cuddy's probably right. Oh well.

That's fantastic news, CaBil. You've earned those opportunities and you'll do great with them.

I like this goodthings~ma! congrats Sail & CaBill!

::sets out a tin of milk and some treats for the good~ma::

Sail, I think you have every right to play hookie. Oy. I sure don't miss the snow.

So, rather than lounging in bed waiting for all alarms to fire, I decided to try something. I'm restoring a good chunk of my iTunes library via SenutI. It's not everything, but it will be the better part of it. Thank goodness, the dozen albums that had been saved were not high in the rotation for "work is driving me mad I need to calm down" music.

well there was a little going away thing for me.

and now my files aren't working right. Ive been working on this spreadsheet to try and get done and everytime I think I have it saved and then I have to move to another computer so I save it to disc.

Only every time I open it up the updates are gone. so I'm starting this stupid thing again and it' snot leaving this computer until I'm done with it.

Oh and my replacement is out until Tuesday so they brought in another woman to man the phones so Ic an get stuff done and also kick back a little.

CaBil that sounds cool so I'll be sending ~ma your way.