Opened coffee grinder before it stopped whirring. Result of dumbosity? COVERED in freshly ground coffee - including in shoes.

I realise this isn't the most supportive reaction, but I think that's magnificent.

Incidentally, I'm currently taking an anti-inflammatory that warns me to discontinue use if I start vomiting up stuff that looks like coffee grounds. It's not quite "Warning: do not attempt to stop chainsaw blade with hands or genitals", but it'll do.

Guest Cat is still pissed this morning (yowling, hissing), which seems weird to me since she lived here for a long time and I would think that the smells would be familiar.

Maybe she's telling The Boy/The House all the terrible things that have happened to her since she was last there. My puppy has done this when we've picked her up after her spay operation and the first time we got her from my parents house after spending a week with them -- yelp, whine, bay all the way home.

That said, good luck with the Zoo, Steph.

It's going to be too nice of a day here to actually work without yelping, whining and baying about it, isn't it?

Oh Billytea! We had a sign (ok, it was the back of a flyer, but...) all ready for Iris to hold at the Cape May Zoo that said 'thx for the tip Billytea & Miss Havisham!' But then she fell asleep on the road to the zoo (we were going on the way home) and we took the opportunity to drive in peace. As we were rounding the 76 curve past the boathouses in Philly? She wakes up and the first thing she says is "Zoo! We need to go to the zoo!"

Teppy, I realise that I shouldn't find your situation hilarious - and I don't, entirely, I mean I'm very cross with UselessFuckwitFriendGuy, and frustrated by The Boy, and nervous about how this is all going to unfold for you - but, also, I do find it kind of hilarious. Or at least your account of it. The OMGWTFFishtank? image made me hoot with laughter. And the notion of Jihad!Dalmatian is hifuckinglarious. Never mind The Twilight Barking - we're talking HARDCORE canine nefarious organisational skills.

Oh Billytea! We had a sign (ok, it was the back of a flyer, but...) all ready for Iris to hold at the Cape May Zoo that said 'thx for the tip Billytea & Miss Havisham!' But then she fell asleep on the road to the zoo (we were going on the way home) and we took the opportunity to drive in peace. As we were rounding the 76 curve past the boathouses in Philly? She wakes up and the first thing she says is "Zoo! We need to go to the zoo!"

Aww. So disappointing. I'm assuming here that you didn't immediately turn around and go back, or take her to Philly Zoo, which has giant otters and the record for longest-lived echidna in captivity (48 years). IIRC, it's the oldest zoo in the US.

or take her to Philly Zoo, which has giant otters and the record for longest-lived echidna in captivity (48 years). IIRC, it's the oldest zoo in the US.

We love the Philly Zoo. [link] haz membership. The giant otters are really amazing. I need to find the echidna again. Man, I wish the R8 train still stopped there.

I need to find the echidna again.

Indeed. It's in the nocturnal animals exhibit, IIRC, which can make its appearances a little haphazard. (Obviously, this is a different echidna from the deceased record-holder.)

The Philadelphia Zoo is my very favorite! It's awesome.

Fay's "twilight bark" reference made me snort cereal-milk. And jihad!Dalmation is cracking me up.

See, obviously, the solution is for Teppy to come to Vermont for 10 days. (Tom and I were just talking about hoping you were coming up again someday soon)

See, obviously, the solution is for Teppy to come to Vermont for 10 days. (Tom and I were just talking about hoping you were coming up again someday soon)

I like the way Nora thinks!