Dude, WHAT?  Who the fuck is making up all these random holidays?  


*crawls back into hole* 



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I'm outta here. 

See you guys in...a few weeks?


:)


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A LOL version of a Beatles song we all know and some of us love:



LOL!


elorie found this.

Speaking of TV:

HEROES IS COMING BACK!!  HEROES IS COMING BACK!!! OMFG!!  

*muppetdance* 


I thought it was canceled for good!   It's coming back! SQUEE!! 


ETA:  RSONOFABITCH!   Atlantis has been canceled, to be followed by a movie after the end of the 5th season.  Those fuckers!   *eyes them suspiciously*  

Also, what the fuck?  The new season started in July???  Where the fuck is it?  I have my DVR set to record any and all new episodes - where the fuck are they?  WTF is wrong with my goddamned DVR?!  I've missed SIX episodes!!!   >:[

E(again)TA:   Alright, what the fuck??  TWO Stargate "movies" came out this year - straight to DVD, fwiu, thanks, guys - and where the hell was I??  Oh, yeah - working two jobs and not really having time to pay attention to the outside world.  GODDAMMIT. 



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FIREFLY!!!  Because...FIREFLY!!!


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Calling all handyfolks, mechanics, and DIYers...



Tool Definitions by Actual Practical Use

Drill Press:  A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted fender which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

Hammer: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer is nowadays used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent to the object one is attempting to strike.





Oh, if only this was a large poster with pictures of all these tools, that I could hang on the wall in my shop.  Heh.

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[Drops slice of pizza onto floor, toppings-side down]

Me:  *gasp*  Oh, FAIL!!!


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Hey, all you outdoors-y Austinites, especially those of you with pets:

Austin is currently seeing an unusual outbreak of Typhus (and a more deadly strain than usual).   Typhus is passed among animals and humans via the bite of an infected flea. 

Make sure your pets are up on their flea preventatives, and if you're out and about, make sure you're keeping yourself covered and wearing bug-repellant. 

Thanks to contentlove for bringing this to my attention. 

ETA::  Oh, woops - the Typhus link goes to the right place, now.  Sorry about the rickroll.  That's what I get for doing two things at once.  :#)


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Awesome.


 

According to Snopes, this is true:

Warning to all dog owners - pass this on to everyone you can. Last Friday evening, I arrived home from work, fed Chloe, our 24 Lb. dachshund, just as I normally do. Ten minutes later I walked into the den just in time to see her head inside the pocket of Katie's friend's purse. She had a guilty look on her face so I Looked closer and saw a small package of sugar-free gum. It contained xylitol.

I remembered that I had recently read that sugar-free gum can be deadly for dogs so I jumped on line and looked to see if xylitol was the ingredient. I found the first website below and it was the one. Next, I called our vet. She said to bring her in immediately. Unfortunately, it was still rush hour and it took me almost 1/2 hour to get there.

Meanwhile, since this was her first case, our vet found another website to figure out the treatment. She took Chloe and said they would induce her to vomit, give her a charcoal drink to absorb the toxin (even though they don't think it works) then they would start an iv with dextrose. The xylitol causes dogs to secrete insulin so their blood sugar drops very quickly.

The second thing that happens is liver failure. If that happens, even with aggressive treatment, it can be difficult to save them. She told us she would call us. Almost two hours later, the vet called and said that contents of her stomach contained 2-3 gum wrappers and that her blood sugar had dropped from 90 to 59 in 30 minutes.

She wanted us to take Chloe to another hospital that has a critical care unit operating around the clock. We picked her up and took her there. They had us call the ASPCA poison control for a case number and for a donation; their doctors would direct Chloe's doctor on treatment. They would continue the iv, monitor her blood every other hour and then in 2 days test her liver function.

She ended up with a central line in her jugular vein since the one in her leg collapsed, just as our regular vet had feared. Chloe spent almost the entire weekend in the critical care hospital. After her blood sugar was stabilized, she came home yesterday. They ran all the tests again before they released her and so far, no sign of liver damage. Had I not seen her head in the purse, she probably would have died and we wouldn't even have known why.

Three vets told me this weekend, that they were amazed that I even knew about it since they are first learning about it too. Please tell everyone you know about xylitol and dogs. It may save another life.



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So, I bet you hate junk mail, too, right? It's annoying. It's also unbelievably wasteful - credit card offers, crapass catalogs, all sorts of other shit, all mostly printed on unrecycled paper, much of which can't be recycled by municipal recycling centers that don't accept colored or shiny paper, all just going to landfills. Millions of tons of it, every year.

Get this, though:

1. Catalog Choice: register for a [free] account, and you can opt out of catalogs that you no longer wish to receive in the mail.

2. National Do Not Mail Directory: get yourself removed from ALL standard direct mailing lists.

3. OptOut: stop sending me those goddamned pre-approved credit card offers! (Yes, they require your SSN - because many credit card companies that send you pre-approved offers have yours, and use that to track your info in their databases)



How awesome is this?

Many thanks to Clean Air Gardening Blog for the post and the links, even though there's hardly any gardening on the gardening blog anymore (like I'm one to talk).



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To see my enemies driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women.




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Hey, Sylvan, look! Behbeh moosrus!



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(Pook, I stole your icon. Mwaha).

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You know? I don't care. But I love all the supportive t-shirts that get worn on Pluto's behalf. That's just cute as hell.

The only thing I wonder, really, is how astrologers feel about it, and if it actually changes anything. But since I don't know any astrologers, I guess I'll just have to go see Hellboy II tonight, instead.

Ta!




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