Good luck, Hil!
Thank you all with your tattoo recommendations. Feel free to add. Just to make it clear: it won't be the same as the traditional henna tattoo: as in, it won't "stick out". I'm literally using it as a dye. And as for what omnis said: yes, tattoo is a personal thing. That's why I'm asking you, after spilling my guts here in public for the past 2-3 years. I count on (part of your) taste, and you know me well enough by now.
ION, a moment of shameless pride: we got our Ancient Rome papers back today, with the nicest execution lecture of "that's not what we meant" (no, really. They could have done it so. much. worse. They consider to be the pettiest and harshest paper checkers, and that's why I took this class). If you wrote something decent, you'd get a grade (around 80, from what I've heard). If not - you didn't get a grade on it, just remarks, (so that most or all of the consideration in grading will be taken on the final paper). I didn't get a grade on mine, but I got a remark that my writing is wonderful, and later have been told in person that I'm "one level above anyone else in this class in when it comes to writing", and that it was an absolute pleasure to read my paper. If I'd answer differently (apparently they want the things to be spelled out All Over The Paper, and my structure is good for 30 pages long papers, and not 15), my paper would have been (grammar?) "flawless".
Considering it was a sheer torture to write the fucking thing, and that my final grade doesn't depend on it, yay!
And, dear God, bonny. Hang in there.
That sucks, bonny. My motto: Never Volunteer, and people like that are the reason why.
Leaking when sneezing and pain during sex
Don't know about the second, but the first? Kegels. Yep. Doin' em right now. /Samantha
kegels
This was the first thing the speaker mentioned when we talked...that most women who do them are doing them incorrectly and not getting the results they need. If the event happens, she is going to do some demonstrating. I'll happily report whatever I learn!
ALL about commerce over care...
I had a PCP like that. And...much as I hate to admit it, he's not a native of this country, and his behavior has jaundiced my view of his countrymen. Which of course means I'll bend over backward to avoid thinking poorly should I have dealings with others of them in future, and probably get rooked again.
Simpler! Life and humans should be simpler!
The cats eat dry food out of little metal bowls that we clean maybe every couple of months. My cat Ashton develops little bumps or zits on his chin when we use plastic food dishes, for some reason. For wet food, I use paper plates since they rarely finish it all and refuse to eat leftovers. The water dish is a hard plastic thing that gets thrown in the washer maybe once a week.
As for teeth cleaning, I think animals have the same issues that humans do - some teeth are just better than others. What I will say is that if your cat meows in your face and their breath is atrocious, have their teeth checked. Ashton had horrible breath a few years ago so I took him to the vet and they had to pull 6 teeth due to a bad infection. And his breath hasn't smelled like that ever since. In fact, it usually doesn't smell at all.
I better get this new job, because my current HoS is a raging bitch.
My cat Ashton develops little bumps or zits on his chin when we use plastic food dishes, for some reason.
This is what I'm told. The plastic, somehow creates an allergic reaction.
I totally sniff Bartleby's breath. Where, before the Plaque Off, it smelled like I expected a dog's breath to smell...the aforementioned dirt eating, et.al...his breath doesn't smell like anything at all. When it does, I know I've been slacking on the brushing.
The burps however, another olfactory event all together.
smonster, yesterday you mentioned how hilarious it is when Frankie burps. I swear, Bartleby purposely puts his snoot to my nose when eh knows he's going to let one rip.
Even more hilarious is when he farts and whips around to see what happened. Slays me every time!
My cats' breath (breaths?) generally smell okay - breath-like. Fishy if they just ate tuna.
Is it possible for a cat to be allergic to fish? Sometimes Leo's eyes get runny, and sometimes he shakes his head like his ears are bothering him - though he doesn't scratch at them. His balance is fine. I wonder if it's the wet food that has fish that's causing it.
