Also, on the topic of feline nutrition, the author of the article I mentioned above had a website that had a great explanation of how to read an ingredients label on cat food. I'm not sure what happened to it, but I had to use the Internet Wayback Machine to find it for you: [link]
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Apr 15, 2009 1:35:49 am PDT #6736 of 30000
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.
erin_obscure - Apr 15, 2009 2:23:10 am PDT #6737 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Thanks windsparrow! I'll have to look at the first one once i get home (blocked at work for some reason....) but all info is wildly welcome :( Part of me hopes it is just a false alarm, another hopes it actually is a UTI to explain the obnoxious cycle of bed-peeing :/
Fay - Apr 15, 2009 3:30:11 am PDT #6738 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Oh, crap, billytea. Or - well, and maybe yay? Security-ma to you and yours, mate. And silk dressing gowns. And maybe pipes and slippers.
billytea - Apr 15, 2009 3:37:06 am PDT #6739 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'd guess that most people have a closer relationship with one parent than another - even if they have a good relationship with both. Let's get some anecdotal evidence to confirm or refute this. Anybody?
I'm constantly grateful for both my parents. There is no one I respect more than them. I was closer to my mother; I think my dad and I are possibly too similar. (I noticed this especially travelling through Europe with first D and then M.) I still miss my mother.
billytea - Apr 15, 2009 3:44:50 am PDT #6740 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, crap, billytea. Or - well, and maybe yay? Security-ma to you and yours, mate. And silk dressing gowns. And maybe pipes and slippers.
I think probably yay. It's not a surprise, I've had time to get comfortable with the prospect. I have nearly 14 years' continuous service and I'm on a good award (and this is Australia), so the payout is eminently generous. The company's been making an effort to handle the lay-off process as well as they can reasonably be expected to, which includes an outplacement service. Meanwhile, the role I was able to pursue in the company and my skill set had been diverging for some time, and though I expected this year to be an improvement, I would still have been looking for a different position elsewhere had I not been laid off.
I reckon I'll be fine. I feel I'm in a better position than many of the other people who got laid off. Plus, imminent baby!
Aims - Apr 15, 2009 3:52:35 am PDT #6741 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Boo for the layoff, but yay for imminent baby!! When is Wallybee due?
Cashmere - Apr 15, 2009 4:09:19 am PDT #6742 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Sorry about the layoff, bt. That sucks but I hope it means you can spend more time with the baby when it comes before you get a new job.
How's Wallybee?
Shir - Apr 15, 2009 4:31:16 am PDT #6743 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I'm sorry, billytea. And waiting to read your answer re: Wallybee.
And you just reminded me to look again in the job sites.
billytea - Apr 15, 2009 4:40:14 am PDT #6744 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Boo for the layoff, but yay for imminent baby!! When is Wallybee due?
April 29, or two weeks' time - then shall my plan reach its fruition and I will witness the birth of a mammal, oh yes I will. Mother and baby are both travelling well, aside from the gestational diabetes it's been pretty smooth sailing. Fingers crossed the birth continues the trend.
Shir - Apr 15, 2009 4:45:12 am PDT #6745 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, so soon!
Also, only 3 hours to cake (and bread! And pizza!). Can't believe I made it this far.