Come on, give it your best shot :) Jill -- I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.

Well, there's only one bad thing I can say about this job, and that's the long commute (an hour and a half each way). But you know what? It's not as bad as the last job which had a bit shorter commute. I've found that with this job, I'm loving my work and co-workers so much that my mood...

The nights are getting colder and colder and Vino is getting cuddlier and cuddlier. Now that Dennis is gone, Vino has continued the tradition and is sleeping on my chest when I'm lying on the couch watching TV. Last night was the cutest though. He crawled up under the blanket I had over me and...

Neighborhood Hazard (or: Why the Cops Won't Patrol Brice Street) I never dreamed slowly cruising through a residential neighborhood could be so incredibly dangerous! Studies have shown that motorcycling requires more decisions per second, and more sheer data processing than nearly any other...

I got a box in the mail yesterday from my LLL. It wasn't actually for me, it was for Persia. Persia absolutely loved his leather sandals. She'd roll around on them, sniff them, push them around, then fall asleep next to them. You see where this is going, right? Yep! He sent her his old...

Here are three pages of photos of the damage left behind last Saturday night in communities nearby. I was d*mn lucky this time I think. http://www.burnhamford.com/our_community.htm

If this offends any of you I should apologize. Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain were flying to a debate. Barack looked at Hillary, chuckled and said, "You know I could throw a $1,000 bill out of the window right now and make somebody very...

Hey guys, I have to go for awhile because I'm about to get eaten by an ulcer with these book writing deadlines. People are so unreasonable. If I'm not back, it means the ulcer got me. If I come back, it means I won. You know that fuzzy head that never goes away becuase you never get sleep and you...

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It's not really off-topic, since the cats enjoy the electric blanket more than we do... :) I'm shopping for a new electric blanket and I remember seeing one advertised that didn't have any hard wires. They said, IIRC, that the heating wires were woven into the fabric, so they were as soft as...

Victor, Please could you email me off-list at helen.miles01 - at- btinternet.com with a valid email address for yourself?? Thanks Helen M

Lest I forget to post! It was 6 years ago tomorrow that a lovely grey cat came to my patio door and started yowling. Many of you may remember I'd never been around cats before. So (ashamed) I tried to run her off. She was having none of that. She hopped over the fence but was back...

A friend of mine bought me a belated birthday present of a private yoga lesson, and I finally had it this week. Wow! is about all I can say (yeah, right ;-) ) It was pretty basic; just getting into breathing and allowing my body to relax. She was kinda funny: "Let your back have a tummy, too!...

Finally. I was *almost* right about the upload taking years to finish! New pics are in the "Lula & Hubie 2005" and "Sleeping Cuties" albums at http://photos.yahoo.com/crazycatlawyer Hubert appears considerably bigger in some pics than in others; this is explained by the date stamp the camera...

Hi all! I have been lurking here for about a week and posted to ac and apc my little girl. Her name is Willow aka Ms. Willow aka Ms. Thing. I adopted her from the vet when she was about 1 year old. She had a litter of kittens on the Vet Technician's porch back in Poughkeepsie which is how...

Wolfie vomited Mon. and Tues., and has not eaten for two days. He's a very finicky cat, so trying to tempt him with tuna, sardines, baby food, etc., doesn't work with him. He will only eat dry food, and maybe ham. He spent last night mostly sleeping under a lamp, and facing the wall. I am...

Koala has found a way to wake me up that I haven't seen mentioned here. Up until now, all the cats I've had have been willing to let me sleep in the morning. Not Koala. The last couple of mornings he has decided I should get up about an hour and a half before my usual time. His method is to...

In case anyone hasn't read about it yet, Harri Roadcat is very ill. Tuesday she was breathing very hard, so I took her to the vet. The vet found that both of her lungs were partially collapsed and referred her to a specialist 60 miles away. The specialist found a large amount of fluid collecting in...

This is awful. What did the company say?? If my friend is in town when I am gone she watches, but I have hired sitters. One was exceptional and, of course, she moved away :( Now, this Christmas I must hire someone again. It will be again a new person. I just SOOOOOO wish the woman I used the...

Sherry wrote: I wwent today to visit the grandcats, and like a good Grandmeowmie, I took treats in my purse. Those new natural, no-preservatives, dehydrated anchovies, to be exact. This cat is so spoiled it is absolutely undescribable. He went nuts sniffing as I was opening the packages,...