I would have expected lj to be more female-tilted.

I betchya if you broke it down by country, Russian usage is nothing like what we're used to.

Good point, ita

Go by personal recommendation, Scrappy. You can find someone who's bonded and reliable. I prefer the independent contractor to the Big Corporate Cleaning Services, who tend to underpay their employees.

That's a gorgeous couch, Steph, now I have couch envy. Will the fabric stand up to cats?

Fortunately, the cats don't use the furniture as a scratching post. It's a tight-weave microfiber that acts and feels like bomber-jacket leather, so fur will practically fall off the couch, which was almost my #1 qualification for New Place To Park My Ass.

It's squooshy yet firm, has 3 cushions (The Boy hates couches with 2, b/c that makes it hard for him to sit in the middle if I'm on an end), and the back cushions have lumbar support BIG TIME, which was unexpected.

It was meant to be. Couch fate.

Also -- Allyson! FWB FTW! And Canadian Boy -- you'll never know if you don't give it a shot, so yay!

Do you think it would stand up to three big dogs?

Scrappy, my neighborhood has a yahoo group where that ype of thing is often discussed and people are recommended. The neighborhood thing is focused on familes (neghborhoodnamefamiles is it's name), so you might look on yahoo or google groups to see if there is something like that.

Do you think it would stand up to three big dogs?

Probably, but it depends on how much they'd abuse it.

The standout here is Slashdot which takes male geekdom to new heights with 82% male users.

Sadly, I really wish that number were a standout. (Not even touching the "heights" part.)

I would have expected lj to be more female-tilted.

I betchya if you broke it down by country, Russian usage is nothing like what we're used to.

This. The majority of LJ's traffic these days goes to the cyrillic sites (this DW post has some interesting stats and I recommend reading her stuff on social media trends in general), and it's used much more like a general blogging service (think Blogger or Wordpress) than the tightly networked, talk to your circle of friends place that it is in American/West European fandom.

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