Mushu the Pallas Cat was lured into a trap with some mice and is no longer on the run. He didn't go far, just snuggled into a small construction yard not far from his exhibit, and he's safe and warm now. Sadly, he did not get to fight crime with an octopus buddy--That We Know Of!
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2018 5:43:17 am PST #21609 of 30002
brillig
Vonnie K - Jan 30, 2018 5:52:11 am PST #21610 of 30002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Howdy! Popping in quickly to ask for some travel advice.
I am planning to go on a work conference in Madrid in late April that goes from Saturday to Tuesday, which will go toward my conference leave (we are allowed 5 days a year). I can take the rest of the week to see something of Spain. I can do either 1) Barcelona, or 2) Seville +/- Granada but not both with the 3-4 extra days I have. Which should I pick? I have no Spanish and I feel like Barcelona would be easier travel-wise, but... Alhambra! Seville-Granada would definitely mean more travel time and hustling though.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 30, 2018 6:02:07 am PST #21611 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Counter the Alhambra with the Sagrada Familia and throw in Barcelona's flourishing nightlife as a bonus?
javachik - Jan 30, 2018 6:21:27 am PST #21612 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Barcelona.
Calli - Jan 30, 2018 6:22:14 am PST #21613 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I loved Barcelona the brief while I was there, but I haven't been to the others for comparison. They might be even more delightful.
Vonnie K - Jan 30, 2018 7:08:41 am PST #21614 of 30002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I was leaning toward Barcelona so nice to have validation. :) Plus I can fly out of Barcelona airport at the end of the trip instead of going back to Madrid. The photos of various architectural marvels in Barcelona are amaaaazing.
Consuela - Jan 30, 2018 7:28:02 am PST #21615 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The Alhambra is cool but there's much more to see and do in Barcelona than Granada.
shrift - Jan 30, 2018 8:31:31 am PST #21616 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have not been to Seville, but I have been to Barcelona and it was pretty great. I took a train from Barcelona to Figueres to see the Salvador Dali museum.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2018 9:17:50 am PST #21617 of 30002
brillig
It's very annoying to be having a good day of feeling competent and having little pain but still having the voice in the back of the head going "it's a trap, something's waiting, it's not like you deserve it." Not anxiety, but guilt for contemplating being happy. How dare I be happy when so many people aren't. Bah.
Zenkitty - Jan 30, 2018 10:31:39 am PST #21618 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I also vote Barcelona for the architecture.
-t, may they offer you a really good salary! because you deserve it.
I think many business interactions would be facilitated if we were allowed to start emails with "FFS, dude, WTF r u doing?"
Glad the Pallas cat is safe! It's okay that there will be no Pallas cat/feral housecat community in the hills. (Yet.)
I've spent the whole morning trying to get the formatting specs on a certain type of article. We only starting running this type of article a few years ago, and apparently there are no specs. Every journal that's running them is doing their own thing. Like, IDGAF personally, if you want me to make shit up as I go, I can do that. But, y'know, say so. And don't then yell at me for making an executive decision when no one could tell me what I should do.