Hey, we've got red beans and rice too.

I know people who've gotten acupuncture on their horses, and swear by the results.

My sister got acupuncture on/for her St. Bernard. Not sure it made any difference, frankly. There's no real way that needles & nerve endings can stop aging.

So I intended to get pancakes when I left the house and ended up with Pad Thai. That's close, right?

And who are all these people in the mall on a Tuesday afternoon??

FWIW, I know people who've gotten acupuncture on their horses, and swear by the results. Totally anecdotal of course, but enough to make me go 'Huh.'

My sister got acupuncture on/for her St. Bernard. Not sure it made any difference, frankly. There's no real way that needles & nerve endings can stop aging.

Our cat Teddy loved acupuncture. Made him melt into a relaxed puddle of tuxie. I think it may have slowed the kidney failure down a bit, but I can't say for sure.

Marie tolerates it, but she's still around more than 2 years after losing the feeding tube. Whether it's the meds, the herbal med, the acupuncture, or all 3, I can't say.

What I can say is, it doesn't hurt.

And who are all these people in the mall on a Tuesday afternoon??

I always wonder that, when I'm out and about on a workday.

My Pink Lady is delicious! It tastes very vaguely like grapefruit.

Apparently I have one-click payment turned on for Amazon. This was a surprise. And a bit unwelcome.

Skipping, first, to apologize - between internet-connection coming-and-going as it pleases, the crazy that is always the end of the semester and exam season, all interwoven with PiToddler having a fever for almost a week (third pneumonia this winter, after just starting to recover from EBV - so much fun and joy is being spread throughout the first year of going to daycare, at least that's the way to develop a properly-working immune system, or so I keep telling myself, but goodness, it's way too meMeME and I totally digress).

Anyway, between all of the above, I didn't get near a computer for anythig but the most urgent work stuff (or the most urgently-needed apologies for being so terribly late with work stuff), and therefore missed several Buffista birthdays, so first I would like to apologize to SuziQ (whose birthday was on the 9th) and -t (whose birthday was yesterday, on the 11th), hope they had wonderful days ever since, and wish them a great year regardless!

Second, at least today is a double Buffista birthday, of both Pix as well as MFNlaw, so I get to wish on time a lovely day and a wonderful year to two great ladies - lots of good wishes to them!

And, just in case I can't get near a computer any time soon yet again, I'll already post early wishes to Connie neil, whose birthday will be tomorrow, on the 13th.

And with that, *poof*, I'm back to grading, no matter how much I miss posting with y'all.

Happy birthday to Pix and Maria!

And hello Nilly! Kisses to the little PiToddler