All thoughts for Sass -- GET HOME NOW!

I'm sad to hear that Sassafrass is still missing. C'mon, Sass, get with the program.

And an advertisement for tags & chips: When I stepped out the door this morning to cut some roses, I met two young, very friendly uncut pit bull males. (I was very happy my dog was in the house.) They had no scars, seemed quite comfortable with people, and had neither collar nor tags (although one of them wore one of the tough-dog harnesses, with some hardware on it). They visited me for a bit and then trotted off down the street.

I was on a schedule, had to get out to my folks' place, and had no way to hang onto them long enough to get them anywhere. (Nor was I entirely comfortable with the idea of trying to leash a strange dog, particularly a pit bull.)

The folks who own those dogs are really wishing they'd chipped them about now, because I suspect that where I live, there are plenty of people who will not treat them kindly.

oh man, I wish some of y'all could have been flies on the wall to just witness my epic crazy yardwork I just did. up on my roof - first cleaned out gutters, then cut off a huge amount of new growth on one of the oak trees with just hand pruners (probably about 20 gallons of small new branches that sprouted out of where we cut off large branches last year). Then the part that probably looked ridic! I sat on the roof and using a pole trimmer cut off dead branches. The pole trimmer extends to 12 feet and I had to use it almost at max extension the whole time because it was windy and to have any safety and control I had to stay seated on the roof. My control of a 12 foot long pole with a saw at the end was not great, especially when I had to hold it almost at the end. There was much flailing about with the pole. In the end though 5 largish branches and a much nicer looking tree. There is still more to do, but I am too spent.

No Sass, no reliable sightings today. I'm still downtown but promised my DH I'd come home and try to eat some thing.

I have had people have pets wander off and come home days later. In at least one case, the returning pet showed noticeable weight gain.

I wonder if his wife agrees that "good sex doesn’t last long."

In the second reference to the column that I found, one of the commenters said "isn't the point just to make the tumescence go away?" And I thought "Damn, I hope no one lost their virginity to you." And if that's a straight guy and anyone did, I want to send them to the guy I lost mine with.

I have fizz!

That's not related, by the way.

of course it's not. EXCEPT IN ALL OF OUR HEADS!!!

ita and some random guy, ita and some random guy.

Oh Sparky, I came here looking to see if Sass was back yet. Sending brackets and good thoughts to all of you, Sass too.

Although I find the phrase "vanilla privilege" full of all kinds of veiled assumptions, I'm loving the discussion going on here.

Oh, speaking of those veiled assumptions, what's up with

Symbols of vanilla affection/romance will not be appropriated as “edgy” fashion statements (E.G. collars)

??!? WTF lady, are you bragging or complaining?

OK, last random response on my part: Liese I LOVE YOU!

ita and some random guy

With fizz.

You forgot to mention the fizz, msbelle.