If I hear one more thing about people on Everest, I might scream.

Is having a dildo containing the ashes of your dead lover weird? Or is it just weird if you use it?

But seriously, I'm nonjudgemental on this.

Designer dildo contains ashes of dead lover

Designer Mark Sturkenboom's "21 Grams" is a glass dildo containing the ashes of a dead person. It's storied in an exquisitely-crafted box integrating a perfume diffuser and iPhone amplifier to trigger memories of the lost loved one.

"After a passing, the missing of intimacy with that person is only one aspect of the pain and grief," Sturkemboom says. "This forms the base for 21 Grams. The urn offers the possibility to conserve 21 grams of ashes of the deceased and displays an immortal desire. By bringing different nostalgic moments together like the scent of his perfume, 'their' music, reviving the moment he gave her her first ring, it opens a window to go back to moments of love and intimacy."

OK, the iPhone thing is weirder than the ash-filled dildo, IMHO.

Jesse, I was really confused, because there is a local news story about Everest Institute (a for profit junior college) closing suddenly and I am sick of hearing about it.

to limit the splatter radius

THat is not a phrase you want to hear about a cat.

to limit the splatter radius

THat is not a phrase you want to hear about a cat.

Let me tell you, you really don't want to experience it, either.

I don't know what to do about Baltimore right now other than be on the right side, and I am going to donate money for Nepal today once I unfuck my inbox a little bit.

Fingers crossed for all sick kitties. The friends I was visiting probably are putting down one of their cats today because cancer.

I need to pick up a package at my office and then I'm probably heading home to work from there because Macy's sent me a package via UPS and I need to be there to accept it even though I paid about $30 for the item in question. OMG MACY'S DON'T YOU KNOW UPS ARE THE ENEMY.

For people who want to do something to help in Baltimore, these are the two links I saw posted on Twitter last night: Boys & Girls Club of Baltimore and the Maryland Food Bank.

Jesse, I was really confused, because there is a local news story about Everest Institute (a for profit junior college) closing suddenly and I am sick of hearing about it.

Sick of that too! (Not really.)

Thanks, sj. I will check those out.

Thanks sj! I have lots of friends in Baltimore from living in DC, and thankfully all but one or two are posting...well, "awesome" isn't the right word, because it's still shitty, but at least it's things I want to support?

If I hear one more thing about people on Everest, I might scream.

Oh man, glad someone else is with me. I mean, yes, sucks for them, but does it suck more than for regular people in the street? Rather doubt it.

Steph - I have a cat who sneezes bloody mucous all over - she has an inoperable tumor in her nose. She's old and doesn't get around much, so I've just put towels down over her favorite places and wash them regularly. When she's gone I'm getting rid of the beds in the cat room which have become rather gross, but then I've been planning to do that anyway.

I'm glad to read that a humidifier helps Folly. I may need to try that with Lily.

Getting Lily to eat is also an issue - sometimes I think she can't smell the food through the blockage and the blood. At this stage I'm sticking to smelly food (salmon smells stronger than tuna, at least to me) and warming it up in the microwave to make it small even stronger. Sometimes that helps.

Good luck!