Oh, askye, I have you and Anna in my thoughts. You are being a kinda and loving biped for her, you are making the best choice for her. It's sad, it's terribly sad, but you are a good person.

I am crying just thinking of what it will be like when I have to say goodbye to one of my beloveds. I will be a wreck when I can't keep Kittenish with me.

Anna is lucky to have known you and vice versa.

{{{{Askye}}}}

World of Obamacraft

sending the ma~~ to lewis and family

and to askye , I 'll be think about you all day tomorrow

On a more serious note:

Executive order #3: Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to improve the effectiveness of human intelligence gathering, to promote the safe, lawful, and humane treatment of individuals in United States custody and of United States personnel who are detained in armed conflicts, to ensure compliance with the treaty obligations of the United States, including the Geneva Conventions, and to take care that the laws of the United States are faithfully executed...

So there I was, at the pharmacy, staring at the various nasel clearing options. Tea pot neti. Oil lamp neti. Squeeze bottle neti. I finally decide, with my balance, maybe I should go for the squeeze bottle then. So I work up the courage and buy it. I finally get home from work now, open the box, and read the instructions that are inside, and learn I need distilled water. Why don't they mention this on the outside of the box??? I could have picked a bottle up while at the store. Blargh!!

Daniel was worrying that he didn't manage to get me the birthday present he had planned on. He's reading from our shiny new President's executive orders, and I'm thinking he did his part to get me the bestest birthday present ever, way back in November: A President who respects rule of law, human rights, and heck, Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

Thanks for all the lovely birthday wishes, everyone!

Sean, Shir and vw and others have said a bunch of wise and loving stuff better than I could. So just know that I'm sending you lots of vibes and support.

Askye, what a hard, hard thing it is to have to say goodbye to a beloved four-legged family member.

Distilled water? I've been using just regular tap water, mixed with the salt and stuff that came with it. (I also got the squeeze kind. Considering that the boiling water I poured over my hand a few days ago was far from the first time I've been injured by my food, I figured I'd go with the kind that seemed least likely to spill.)

And like every told me when I was having trouble with it, it does take a few tries before you totally figure out how to get it to work.

A President who respects rule of law, human rights, and heck, Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

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Omnis, why do you need distilled water? Is the mechanism so delicate it might get crunchy with mineral deposits? If it is just because the instructions are trying to advocate the most pure water for using on human tissues, unless your tap water is particularly toxic, it will do just fine. I always use tap water in my ceramic tea-pot style neti pot.