I haven't been to the dentist in too long. My cousin is a dentist and I love him as a person. But fear. Eeep.
ION, Liz Cheney should not be on my television so much.
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
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.
Laura - Jul 14, 2009 3:13:02 am PDT #28979 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Jesse - Jul 14, 2009 4:22:40 am PDT #28980 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh crap, I have the dentist next week! I'd better start flossing...
sumi - Jul 14, 2009 4:48:19 am PDT #28981 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
I meant to go to the dentist before the end of June. . . but I didn't.
In annoying and stressful news: I've had my payments to the gas company set up to go out mid-month for years. YEARS. And suddenly, they've started going out 2 days before I get paid - instead of the day I get paid. Why?
I am scrwed this month but I hope I've fixed it up for the future. (I should set up a reminder that I need to check this, shouldn't I?)
Meanwhile, HBO disappeared - apparently, I forgot to send in my agreement. And it happens that with HBO I also get a new dvr. This means I have a tivo AND a dvr.
I can record twice as much. . . right? Or will I need a different tuner for that?
sumi - Jul 14, 2009 5:06:31 am PDT #28982 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Oh my god! One of my friends from elemetary school just got in touch with me on FB.
msbelle - Jul 14, 2009 5:09:47 am PDT #28983 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
For people that have dental issues, you might look for recs for an extra-gentle pediatric dentist and call to see if they will take adults also. Mac and I had our cleanings last Saturday and I missed the opportunity to have him see me get novacaine shots (impromptu cavity fillings for me). The cavities are actually gums receding on 2 of my upper teeth, I apparently brush too hard.
tommyrot - Jul 14, 2009 5:23:43 am PDT #28984 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How to Avoid Being Mauled by a Mountain Lion
Don't Freeze
Richard Coss, a UC Davis expert on predator-prey relationships, studied 185 cougar-human encounters and found that people who stood still avoided injury only 26 percent of the time. Coss explains that cougars may view your lack of flight as a sign of vulnerability. Of people who backed away, 39 percent survived unscathed. And of those who booked it, 50 percent escaped without a scratch.
Trudy Booth - Jul 14, 2009 5:25:51 am PDT #28985 of 30000
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
I wonder what bearing hysterical shireking has on the situation. Because I'd have that covered.
sumi - Jul 14, 2009 5:26:22 am PDT #28986 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
So, the proper tactic is to run like hell?
tommyrot - Jul 14, 2009 5:28:22 am PDT #28987 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, the proper tactic is to run like hell?
Sounds like it. They also mention using your gun.
eta: Or pulling the lever so the 16 ton weight falls on the cougar.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 14, 2009 5:31:36 am PDT #28988 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Yes, the article very helpfully notes that
The mechanism of the gun firing produces a high-velocity lead projectile capable of wounding or killing the Mountain Lion if you hit it.
If you miss, the gun also produces a very loud sound that will probably scare away the attacking animal.