Personally, I don't think you can protect carpets.

But you can offer a carpet deposit. Plus a professional carpet cleaning.

Ugh. I have gotten back into my workout regimen, mostly because I'm tired of picking clothes based on what isn't tight on my stomach.

I powerwalked on the treadmill, and decided to finish with the last 10 minutes on the elliptical. It about killed me, had to go into my "rage mix" to power through.

It about killed me, had to go into my "rage mix" to power through.

But do you want to live twenty more years if you're filled with rage?

Maria has posted. Still feels awful but fever has broken. In case I was not the only one who worried.

Thanks, Typo.

Never fear, had she not posted, I would have harangued her via phone and email, and had that not worked, gotten her local friends to check on her (I made note of who did a supply run for her. I GOOD STALKER!)

Do you know that most people in "developing" countries use their phones for Internet access? I read that somewhere and I at once was astounded and understood it.

Some places went from no phones to cell phones, skipping over land-lines just about entirely. Towers are easier to build and maintain in isolated than systems of wires.

had to go into my "rage mix" to power through.

I want to know what this is, I really do.

Ha! I meant my playlist. I'm old school, I've dropped the "tape", but I still call it a mix.

What kind of music goes into a "rage mix"?

If I get myself too screwed into “I’m in trouble and every waking moment has to be spent getting myself out,” I’ll never get out because I’ll be too depressed to move.

And the too depressed thing means I am so much less efficient at doing the kinds of things that could just maybe help get me out. Not guaranteed but just maybe. Vicious circle. Spiral. It's a shape and it's vicious.

But still manage to have the kind of attitude that lights up a room, like crips on TV have.

Well, yeah. Those people are fucking inspirational. I've seen them. On the TV.

Do you know that most people in "developing" countries use their phones for Internet access?

It's a small handheld computer that can give you access to much of the world. Cell phones are kinda amazing.

But you can offer a carpet deposit. Plus a professional carpet cleaning.

This is true. And it'd sway me as an owner. Yes, pets add massive wear and tear even when not outright destructive, but if you are willing to pay for cleaning and put a deposit down for damages, you are totally stepping up as a responsible prospective pet owner.

I GOOD STALKER!

There are times we really value that here. I mean, almost always with us.

What kind of music goes into a "rage mix"?

The kind that is against machines?