It is a monstrous grievance that there are so many animals who don't get a fair chance to be the best they can be, who don't get to have the love and protection that humans are supposed to provide their pets.

This. I've been on the loved and protected side of the human/pet relationship forever. I'm grateful that my parents taught me my responsibility in that precious relationship.

So remember the friend I talked about last week who posted the whole atheists smarter than blah?

Well, his wife just linked that horrific letter from the neighbor to the woman with the autistic child and her comment was, "everyone knows I am a not a kid fan but I am also not a hatefull person that letter shows the hate. I bet she thinks her self a good person and good christian"

I don't know why, but the last bit is bugging the crap out of me. I know there are lots of Christians who are assholes and do things not even related a teeny bit to Good Works, tolerance, love, charity, etc. But not all of them are and ... I don't know. Maybe I'm just predisposed to being annoyed by them because they poke at me about my Faith all. the. time.

Aims, it sounds like she's just got an axe to grind, no matter how tiresome or annoying she sounds to others. I'm betting most of the people reading that are silently rolling their eyes at her.

Aims, I believe a good Southern Christian woman would respond to your friend, "Thank you for sharing, bless your little heart." Which, being translated, means, "You're being a dick, now shut up."

Holy crap. I had to log on to the Bed, Bath & Beyond website to update my password (at their request), and the wedding registry has a helpful countdown of how many days it is until your wedding.

32 days. THIRTY-TWO DAYS HOLY SHIT.

I have a lot to do. How did it get to be only 32 days away????

t hyperventilating

t done hyperventilating and ready for lunch

Bonny, I'm so sorry.

Teppy, breathe! You're marrying a wonderful guy, and you're going to have a great wedding.

She's gettin' married in the mornin'! Ding, dong, the bells are gonna chime!

Teppy, breathe! You're marrying a wonderful guy, and you're going to have a great wedding.

Oh, I'm mostly hyperventilating about how much is left to do. (Also slightly about how my mom informed me this morning that she didn't know if they could transport all the wine they bought for the reception, because they don't know if it will fit. In their VAN. My reply was fairly snarky: "Wow, how many cases of wine did you BUY for a 50-person wedding? I can fit several cases in my backseat and several more still in my trunk, and my car is significantly smaller than your large van. How is this a real problem?")

And I need to buy shoes.

And I don't know how I'm wearing my hair.

And I don't know what the best cry-proof mascara is.

And we need to write our vows.

And ceremony.

And plan the honeymoon, Jesus Christ, we haven't even done that. I feel like it might be a November honeymoon at this point. (The plan was mid-October.)

E-mail Jilli about the mascara, that's what I did.

Are you doing your hair yourself or having someone do it? If you're having someone do it, make an appointment for a test run.

Where are you thinking you want to go on your honeymoon?

Tips for writing wedding vows: link.

Or, just tell me to shut up if this isn't helpful.

sj, I was just about to suggest the Hivemind could help with about 2/3 of Teppy's freak-out list.