I respect snakes, but I have pretty much zero fear of them. Spiders are another matter. I'm not phobic, but they get the pulse rate going a bit.
If there were a snake on my back door I would be racing for the camera.
Yes. Lucky for you, people may be in danger.
Buffy ,'Him'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
billytea - May 18, 2009 10:18:42 pm PDT #20077 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
flea - May 19, 2009 2:14:54 am PDT #20078 of 30000
information libertarian
Hooray Babyfras!
Jesse - May 19, 2009 2:41:13 am PDT #20079 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay Sparky!!
Theodosia - May 19, 2009 3:30:47 am PDT #20080 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Oooh -- I didn't check Beep Me before I started reading this morning, so I'm guessing that Sparky had a Blessed Event! Yeehaw!
Oh, and I came late to the snake discussion, but I know from Actual Experience that I'd grab a camera and start snapping away. In my case it was a teensy garter snake on the sidewalk on my Somerville street, but the principle is the same.
(Possibly, I'd check E-Bay to see if there's a thriving trade in ginormous black rat snakes, because if that there snake is money on the hoof (so to speak) I'd be tempted.)
amych - May 19, 2009 3:44:34 am PDT #20081 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yay Sparky! Yay Family Fras!
Kat - May 19, 2009 3:45:11 am PDT #20082 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Congrats Sparky and Welcome Babyfras!
In other news? Noah is on day three of no sleep. He has canker sores in his mouth, akin to the ones I got as a kid (example of bad genetics). So he wakes up every 45 minutes or so crying. Which means I wake up too. And I too have had no more than sips of sleep for 3 days. I want to cry so badly.
Grace has made a trip to the PICU last night (including kicking someone out of the only single room in the ER at Huntington) at 11:00 PM. She has pneumonia on top of her rotovirus. Poor boo.
The universe needs to back the fuck off.
Theodosia - May 19, 2009 3:48:22 am PDT #20083 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Oh Kat, that's way too much on your plate.
Barb - May 19, 2009 4:05:22 am PDT #20084 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Oh jeez, Kat. Poor baby boos and poor you.
DavidS - May 19, 2009 4:09:41 am PDT #20085 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Poor kidlets and Kat! I hope y'all get better and get sleep.
Congratulations to Sparky and Husband on the arrival of the Babyfras! Wonderful, excellent news.
Lee - May 19, 2009 4:10:09 am PDT #20086 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Welcome Babyfras! Congrats on landing in such a great family!
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Ugh, Kat. I hope the universe does back the fuck off, and soon.