'Cause I just got a message from a friend that a puppy needs a home-he was found on the side of the road with his legs taped together and his mouth taped shut.

The good news is that Mr Peabody, who had lighter fluid poured on his head and lit, is sleeping next to me with his toys piled around him.

I am happy that Mr. peabody and the little chihuahua found their people. People who hurt animals and children deserve a special hell. When I here stories like this I want to go all Hulk-Smash and actually beat people.

What Sophia said.

Genius! I need a picture. We could do Julianna as Yakko and Jilli as Dot.

That would be so awesome. I think I have a picture somewhere of my costume.

I have a 401k I need to rollover or do something with or figure out how to access ...from a job I left over two years ago.

I now feel like less of a slacker! I got laid off from my previous job about a year and a half ago.

OMG. I'm totally not a pet person, but what makes you actually want to hurt an animal?

But in terms of the differences pronouncing*, it's key to note the split between aluminum/aluminium

But I never say aluminum. So "it" is never spelt "aluminum" to me. I mean "aluminium" every time.

I think I caught a co-worker scoping my leather-clad ass before a meeting today. Perils of being caught bent over in front of the water cooler. And then I got a hell of a snicker when I used the word "allayed". I think someone's mind was not really on the meeting.

re: cats: has anyone tried the calming pheromone diffuser thing with their cats? We're thinking of trying it out and wanted some reviews.

I used Feliway when introducing the newly adopted kittens to the resident cats since Murphy kept attacking Buffy and seemed very stressed. I think it helped. Murphy seemed much less anxious over the new intruders in his territory. And they now get along . . . mostly.

I unplugged it for awhile but have just plugged it back in to see if it helps discourage Buffy from climbing my Christmas tree by encouraging her to relax. Probably not likely to help with that since she is just being a rambunctious kitten, but I can hope, right?

I've used the feliway when I have to put the cats in carriers, and I think it helped.

The yankee gift swap with my office party of 21 people took 45 min. Not horrible, but pretty lame actually. I swear we average over an hour in my family with like 10 people.

I'm doing a Yankee Swap thing for the first time this year with Laga's purportedly awesome family. Let's hope someone likes my gift!