sumi, that's great, but I'm kind of appalled that it took until 2012. I mean, how long have women been competing with men in Olympic equestrian events? How long has it been since women basically took over the horse world?

No brenda! Someone has to have sunshine! I can't do it...you have to go on without me...

Does anyone know if [link] really doesn't have any partisan agendas? I thought it was an interesting premise, in their approach to codifying complex responses. I don't know if it works, but it piqued my interest.

And I can't work out if my attitude towards the United Nations is nostalgia or based in anything. They were just *the shit* while I was little. It seemed unconscionable that the world could live in any sort of unity without them. But that's entirely based on propaganda lapped up by a six year old. Confusing.

I know. On the Continent they still seem to have some odd ideas about women and doing things like riding: but did you see that in the current class of students is almost entirely female. (Thus reflecting the contemporary horseworld more perfectly.)

Hi. Day 3 of conference. Lots of sitting around with little to no opportunity to get online.

Despite all the sitting around, almost no free time. The lap pool is at the far corner of the resort from me, so I haven't even attempted getting there on the evening or morning breaks.

I am a cat person, but a person leading a facebook cat group that I watch posted this, and I can't stop laughing:

I want "non-cat people" (stupidest term ever) and just plain everyday folk to understand the value we place on our FELINE PARTNERS. Are their children pets?...NO...and neither are ours. I have made a pledge that anytime I slip and say "I own a cat" or "my pet cat" (which I haven't done in weeks:-), etc. I will put a dollar in the "cat jar" and at the end of 6 months I will donate it to my local shelter.

Will you take this pledge with me? A dollar every time you refer to your baby other than what he or she is...YOUR FELINE PARTNER. Remember, you heard it here first...actually who cares who was first, it's the message that's important.

FELINE PARTNER!

Forced sitting around with no internet is the worst, msbelle.

...the worst, except for people who use the term FELINE PARTNER.

I am a cat person, but a person leading a facebook cat group that I watch posted this, and I can't stop laughing

Ha! As a fellow cat person, I'm going to make more of an effort to refer to mine as FURRY RECIDIVISTS, because that's what they are.

So, partners come in three types: Business, romantic and feline. Good to know.

My feline partner is locked in the bathroom, on account of annoying. Please don't read into that regarding my approach to relationships. Though it would explain a lot.

FURRY RECIDIVISTS. I love you, Jilli.

I have no feline partners. I have cats who have moved in and demand food and space on the bed where my legs are supposed to go. Oh, and sometimes one of them bites my ankles. Partner, my ass.