I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

Simon ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Scrappy - Dec 01, 2011 10:44:00 am PST #9468 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

But then i sometimes am feeling horrible guilt about how lonely she must feel during the day.

Our dogs sleep ALL DAY. I know because Jason is home with them. We walk them in the morning and then it's naptime. I don't feel bad about leaving them home all day when he is out of town, since I know what is going on.


Cass - Dec 01, 2011 10:44:03 am PST #9469 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I'm a bitch and I called the Humane Society on them.

You misspelled "good person." Seriously.


§ ita § - Dec 01, 2011 10:44:38 am PST #9470 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Lifehacker post on pet insurance.


Toddson - Dec 01, 2011 10:48:18 am PST #9471 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

on the brighter side (literally!) the other evening I was walking home from the grocery and a man was walking his dog (little fluffy white one - toy poodle, perhaps) and the dog's collar had a light on it. Very small, very bright - with it getting dark so early, it struck me as a really good idea.


smonster - Dec 01, 2011 10:50:07 am PST #9472 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

There's a dog asleep on my feet right now AIFG.


§ ita § - Dec 01, 2011 11:06:00 am PST #9473 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Isn't it a little weird, at least in the for-profit sector, to send a conference call invite without a toll free number? This one has a local number and an online audio link. But most people can't use their computer's speakers and mike, because they're cube rats, like me. I'm home, so no biggie, but if I were at work, I'd be a little frowny at spending my company's money for another company's call.


Cashmere - Dec 01, 2011 11:11:13 am PST #9474 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

My dogs are rarely left alone for more than four hours at a stretch--and only rarely. Cody the Chihuahua still pees on stuff in the house. Chis are notoriously difficult to house train so he gets crated. And Lola will chew and eat anything that doesn't eat her first, so she gets crated.

I don't scold the dogs unless I catch them in the act. Really, there's no point. The failing is mine, not theirs. I just buy extra Nature's Miracle.

And look how well that works.


Jesse - Dec 01, 2011 11:20:27 am PST #9475 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's got to really depend on the dog, doesn't it? Some just want to nap all day and others get bored and want to Do Stuff.


Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2011 11:41:19 am PST #9476 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Horrific giant insect loves carrots.


Strix - Dec 01, 2011 11:43:30 am PST #9477 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

There's no use yelling at a dog for excreting after the fact. Especially if you weren't there to let/take the dog out.

Arthur's pretty good. He's only messed if we've been away for a REALLY long day, and that's only happened once or twice, and it was like, we were gone, we let him out before we left, things ran late, it's poop. Whatev.

And since I'm freelancing, he gets let out when Dan wakes up at 5 am, when I wake up at 8-ish, and bunches of other times.

ETA: Oh! Barb linked to that beagle vid yesterday on FB. I cried and cried.