Java, can I help at all? I'd be happy to share whatever doggy lama wisdom I can provide.
Sometimes a thing gets broke, can't be fixed.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
beekaytee - Jul 17, 2009 5:26:13 pm PDT #29744 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Steph L. - Jul 17, 2009 5:52:11 pm PDT #29745 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I want Graeters ice cream.
And now I do, too.
Lee - Jul 17, 2009 6:03:14 pm PDT #29746 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
We should go get some!
Juliebird - Jul 17, 2009 6:07:33 pm PDT #29747 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
So need to get screens. Toss up between sitting in the dark and having all God's creatures flitting to the monitor, or with the lights on, AGC amassing overhead on the living room ceiling. One is incredibly annoying, the other is terribly creepy.
Juliebird - Jul 17, 2009 6:15:46 pm PDT #29748 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
And Nunya is starting to tear apart my paper lamp in an effort to get at all teh bugs. I blame the massive thunder and rainstorm that just passed through. From the bug-eyes the cats were making, I kept expecting to find chipmunks and rabbits and 'coons taking refuge from the deluge in my apartment.
Speaking of critters, we're having a rash of dead squirrels at work. Health Department is giving a song and dance of "well, yes, we've received similar phonecalls from elsewhere in town, and the Fish and Game Department tells us that overpopulated animal species can do a self-correction, which is the most likely cause of all the dead bodies."
Um... rodenticide, mayhaps? Deer and coyote don't "course correct" for over-population. Dude, if you don't know, don't make shit up. I think the Health Department is related to my boss.
(I'm not sad over dead squirrels, and may start rejoicing if I see bunny and chipmunk and groundhog bodies besides the grey guys, but I do worry over the foxes and their kits eating the bodies, especially if they're poisoned. Saw a fox wandering through the roses on Tuesday after having taken a lounge in the small pool amongst the ferns and evergreens --the fox, not me).
beth b - Jul 17, 2009 6:17:04 pm PDT #29749 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
mmm... ice cream
Kat - Jul 17, 2009 6:42:19 pm PDT #29750 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Grammar Question:
I'm creating a t-shirt for the cheerleaders. It says EVHS Pep Squad with a megaphone beneath. Beneath the megaphone, I want it to say "Go Falcons!" Technically, it should be Go, Falcons! But the comma looks weird on the t-shirt.
Grammar over appearance?
brenda m - Jul 17, 2009 6:43:55 pm PDT #29751 of 30000
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
As an imperative, does it really require the comma?
Regardless, I'd lose the comma.
Kat - Jul 17, 2009 6:45:54 pm PDT #29752 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I dunno, brenda. It's still direct address.
The quandry is that I'm also an English Teacher and I'd like to get it right, as good grammar costs nothing. BUT I'd also like it to look nice.
It's also probable that no one will care but me!
Steph L. - Jul 17, 2009 6:49:15 pm PDT #29753 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'd lose the comma, despite the grammar quibble.