Please don't beat yourself up, Nora! You gave Taz a wonderful life for a good long run, and it's worth hanging on to that and not second-guessing yourself about the last few days. You did your best for him, and he knew he was loved.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
amych - Feb 26, 2018 9:21:32 am PST #3457 of 8218
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
beth b - Feb 26, 2018 9:45:06 am PST #3458 of 8218
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
To this day I wonder if we had seen something sooner with Nathaniel he would still be here. And I took him to the oncologist for two years... and yet...
so you did what you could with what you knew and I'm sorry this thought will linger
smonster - Feb 26, 2018 11:10:33 am PST #3459 of 8218
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Sometimes kidney failure is slow, sometimes it is fast. I don't know if it will help, but please recall that It took me WEEKS to realize that Xusha had gone blind. Boy, did I feel like an asshole.
You two are the best pet parents I know.
WindSparrow - Feb 26, 2018 1:58:54 pm PST #3460 of 8218
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Nora, as so many others have said, cats hide pain and discomfort. You are an excellent pet parent. Taz loved you, he was safe and happy in your Pride. Your doubts and wonderings, they hurt. They are a really sucky part of the grieving process.
Zenkitty - Feb 26, 2018 7:18:16 pm PST #3461 of 8218
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm sorry, Nora. It really is hard to tell sometimes when a cat is sick. They're so stoic. Please don't beat yourself up. You loved Taz and he was happy.
Katerina Bee - Feb 26, 2018 7:36:00 pm PST #3462 of 8218
Herding cats for fun
(((Nora))) it's always terrible to lose a fur friend.
aurelia - Feb 26, 2018 7:40:08 pm PST #3463 of 8218
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm so sorry, Nora. When I lost Petri he had been the only constant in my life for 10 years, so I can certainly empathize with what you are feeling. I can only echo what everyone else has said about the stoicism of cats.
Hil R. - Mar 01, 2018 10:27:28 am PST #3464 of 8218
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm so sorry, Nora.
Hil R. - Mar 01, 2018 10:29:04 am PST #3465 of 8218
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
PREACH! I really feel like Apple is missing a pretty good niche audience here. DW and I both have classic iPods with a ton of room and we will cry forever when they die.
My dad liked his classic iPod because he could connect it to his car speakers and use the controls by feel -- the edges of the wheel were clear enough that he could find where the different controls were without having to look at it while driving. With the new one, if he wants to skip a song or switch to a different playlist or something, he has to take his eyes off the road.
NoiseDesign - Mar 01, 2018 11:56:00 am PST #3466 of 8218
Our wings are not tired
I think it's just a much smaller market that consumes music this way now. By far the majority of the people I know have switched to streaming services like Spotify. I use the Apple Music streaming service, I used to adore my huge iPod, but I notice I don't need it any longer, between unlimited data and cloud based streaming of my collection.