Thanks, Nilly. She got dropped off a little while ago and the surgery will actually happen this afternoon. I'm trying very hard not to think about it.
I believe that's my hey. Hey!
Xander ,'Storyteller'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Aug 13, 2008 5:15:25 am PDT #3029 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Sparky1 - Aug 13, 2008 5:15:45 am PDT #3030 of 10003
Librarian Warlord
Deserves it's own post:
Lots of ~ma for Lucy and brendam!
Sue - Aug 13, 2008 5:19:56 am PDT #3031 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Surgery-ma for Lucy.
Lee - Aug 13, 2008 5:20:59 am PDT #3032 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Brenda, I hope all goes well today.
Jesse - Aug 13, 2008 5:22:55 am PDT #3033 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck to Lucy, and good thoughts to Brenda.
billytea - Aug 13, 2008 5:24:08 am PDT #3034 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
In animal news - Nova last night had a show on cuttlefish. They're fascinating animals! and, seemingly, wicked smart. Also - they do a kind of light show with their coloring (bands of light and dark pulsing down their bodies and tentacles) that seemingly hypnotizes their prey.
Yes! And allows them a pretty sophisticated level of communication with each other. And grants them amazing camouflage ability, they can not only create detailed mottled patterns, but also change their skin's texture.
Cuttles make great use of their colour control in mating behaviour of course. You can have a male flashing "prepare for sexytime, baybee" to the female on his left, while flashing "I will cut you. I will cut you like a mofo" to the male on his right.
The giant cuttlefish of the Great Australian Bight (and I've mentioned this before, but I love it) take it one step further. Like many species, it's the big males who can beat up on all the other blokes and get most of the loving. But enterprising lightweight Lotharios aren't ready to give up. They will don the appearance of a female cuttle, sneak into the harem Some Like It Hot style, and then get it on with Marilyn Monroe the moment the man of the house is distracted. Apparently the ladies love a man who's in touch with his feminine side.
lisah - Aug 13, 2008 5:27:26 am PDT #3035 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Brenda, i'll be thinking of you and Lucy and hoping everything goes smoothly.
Toddson - Aug 13, 2008 5:29:02 am PDT #3036 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Yes! and not only this, the male transfers a packet of sperm to the female, who tucks it away. Then, when she's ready to lay her eggs, she picks which packet of sperm she'll use to fertilize the eggs. They did DNA tests and, yes, the cross-dressing ones are ... 70% of the time, I think ... the chosen ones. (Paternity tests for cuttlefish - but child support isn't an issue, since the adults die right after the mating season.)
Trudy Booth - Aug 13, 2008 5:30:54 am PDT #3037 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
billytea - Aug 13, 2008 5:33:37 am PDT #3038 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
(Paternity tests for cuttlefish - but child support isn't an issue, since the adults die right after the mating season.)
Oh, that reminds me, octopi normally have a life expectancy of no more than two years - basically through one mating season. But if they're neutered, they can live for over twenty years. (I suspect cuttlefish will be the same.)