It took me a ridiculously long time to get that joke, because I was really stuck on the long -o vowel sound of "Doughn" and couldn't make the next leap. Possibly I need more coffee. (I did eventually get it, FTR.)

I'm just happy to be among friends who are as amused by BtVS puns as I am.

Ants are so annoying. I keep dealing with them finding the dog food—he wants to eat it when he wants to, not when I put it out. I hate to starve him but if I leave it out the ants get to it!

And I love the name/reasoning.

You need a little moat of water around the dog dish, meara! Like a saucer for a potted plant under the dish with a bit of water in it. Maybe a drop of dish soap in the water to really discourage the ants (by drowning them)

Took a fall in the kitchen last night and scared the hell out of my housemate. Nothing broken (on me; the shelving units will need some TLC) but I am not, alas, as steady on my pins as I assured my physical therapist I was last week.

My father had severe ataxia and Parkinson's-like symptoms in the last couple of years of his life; I'm trying not to see The New Unsteadiness as a sign of things to come.

The plus side: I now have both a cane and a walker to shake at The Kids On My (Metaphorical) Lawn.

Update/correction: The fall was last night (Sunday), not tonight.

Bubblewrap~ma to you, Karl. Be careful.

{{{Karl}}}

(* I made her out of Buffy)

Ha!

You need a little moat of water around the dog dish, meara!

I have a cheap plastic serving tray with 4 tiny nubs on the bottom that I put the food bowls in when I was having ant problems. If one still found its way onto the tray I could turn the tray into a moat or sprinkle some used coffee grounds underneath the tray until they were deterred.

Oooh, Karl. Be good to yourself!

I keep telling him we aren't recruiting, but maybe I make it look too good.

The portrait of Matilda, as painted by her dear friend, Isabella, has safely arrived!

I posted a picture on FB: [link]

What a treasure, David.