Talia and Lincoln stealing the new dog bed, and Lincoln stealing both all of the new dog toys and the bed again. The dogs were powerless to stop them. The kind of greed they speak of in the Bible
Not sure if this counts, sorry if it doesn't.
(Important edit: I have never and will never declaw a cat, I find the practice barbaric and inhumane and I can't believe it's legal. My intention was to adopt a cat who had been declawed by previous owners before being surrendered to the shelter, never to declaw a cat. I never even considered declawing them myself, and I didn't get how inhumane it was at the time, just that I felt it wrong. Talia and Lincoln's claws remained intact, and Lincoln still has his to this day. I have treated declawing-related behavioral issues in multiple cat patients and I am so glad my babies had their claws left alone. Our couch suffered but my beautiful babies did not. They were never declawed and I never planned to declaw them. To be very clear where I stand there)
I was allowed to go to a shelter to pick out a cat as my thirteenth birthday present (our household had long-term cat experience and I knew how to care for the cat and had wanted one for two years,) and these two wound up choosing me. I had meant to get a previously-declawed cat (declawed by previous owners before winding up in the shelter) and was only in the room for clawed cats because I wanted to consider all of my options. While in there, I noted Talia (white cat) trying very, very hard to escape, and something about that spunk really got my attention. And, as I was looking around, she found our open cat carrier and decided to climb in, and I loved that. I decided that if no other option really stuck with me, I'd come back to that room and grab her.
Well, no other option stuck out so I went back and we grabbed Talia. We were playing with her while Dad filled out her adoption paperwork, and another cat came over and joined in, and for a reason I can't explain we loved him instantly, too. So, when Dad came back, I pointed out how the shelter was having a buy-one-get-one-free deal, and that this cat was friendly and we all liked him. After some discussion, Dad went back and told the desk we were going to adopt Lincoln, too. Apparently, the lady was thrilled. He'd been there for three years, he was standoffish and not that talkative (he needed time to come out of his shell, really,) and he's a mostly-black male cat, so the employees were super thrilled he actually got adopted since his chances weren't good. Everyone was happy to see him find a forever home
We went to get me one declawed cat for my birthday. Instead, we were got by two who latched their claws into our hearts (and later our sofa) and never let go. Talia has since crossed over the rainbow bridge but Lincoln is still going strong and showing our dogs who's boss nine years later. I chose to study and practice cat behaviorism because of them
We've got an emergency placement where I work. She came with nothing but the clothes she was wearing and her phone, that kind of emergency placement. I can't get into detail but her neighbor called 911 for a violent domestic dispute where the client was at major risk for harm, and the situation was so bad the client was removed from the home instantly. That was yesterday. And this entire situation is just. Gods
We don't have her meds. She's only got one outfit and a borrowed nightgown. All of her toiletries came out of the stock of spares kept in the house. We had to borrow an air mattress from another house and she's under spare bedding. She's got no service plan. She has no access to her money and neither do we. My RC and I both purchased essentials for her with our own money because she needed them but the company isn't allowed to get them for her. The other clients are loaning her their own belongings. She can't even have her pets because this particular house is a rental property. Until we get custody, that's all this poor lady has.
And. And no one knew. Again, this was very sudden. They brought her over without warning my boss at all and my boss had to figure it out. I came in on shift and that's how I discovered we had a new resident and I had to go from there. I thankfully thought to text my coworker and warn her about there being a new resident and gave her information hours before her shift started, and if I hadn't the coworker would have been blindsided because no one else reached out to tell her. And look. I know. This was extremely sudden and my boss has a lot going on. But a heads-up text from literally anyone would have been nice. Someone other than me telling my coworker so she wasn't blindsided would have been nice. Just saying.
Also, the company was forced to give the person who attacked her the house's phone number, because the attacker has legal custody for now. 1.99 in Spokeo and she'll know where the client lives. We've all been told what to do if the attacker shows up- thankfully, the bosses of all the RSSs both live close and the police station is a five-minute walk away, so if something happens support will be here fast- but still. Her guardian assaulted her with a deadly weapon.
Just- look, I am glad she's here. I want her to be safe and I understand this is a terrible situation. But the way this is being handled is horrifying. And there's nothing I can do except buy her a toothbrush with my own money because otherwise she wouldn't have one. I hope all of this gets resolved and she can move in officially and get her belongings here, or at least access to money for an emergency Goodwill trip for clothes. She doesn't deserve this. Hasn't she been through enough already?
Does anyone have any tips for me to help her, or can you think of things she may need? She's got her charger, shoes, toiletries, and I at least got her a pack of underwear because only having one pair is horrifying, can anyone think of any other essentials she should have? I want to help her in any way possible and I plan to figure out her interests and likes in the morning
I made my brother stop on our way back to the hotel so I could take a picture
The shell was easily less than one centimeter wide.
If it wasn't fifty dollars I would buy it so fast. It's literally listed as a plush bat taxidermy
I break my crayons a lot and I'm trying to melt and remould them so I can use them still. I'm currently just going for remaking the crayons, not for creating new colours or other stuff (maybe I will later, just not now,) and I have three questions google will not answer
Can Crayola glitter crayons be melted in the microwave, or do they require an oven? I know some glitter reacts badly in microwaves and would rather not blow anything up if I can avoid it
Can Crayola swirl crayons be melted and moulded in the same way other crayons are, do they require a special tactic, or can they just not be remoulded? Swirls are my favorite but I break them a lot because I draw with them so much
In the prototype batch I made today, the new crayons came out with these weird white chunks (pictures below.) My method was leaving the broken crayons in a mould in my car all day so the heat would melt them, so they heated and cooled with the temperature. Is this problem due to that method? Is there a way to avoid it? Or is it just unavoidable and I have to accept it?
I haven't melted crayons since elementary school (where the method was putting them in empty Reeses wrappers wnd leaving them on the black top for the California sun to melt them, 100% effective,) so I'm basically a newbie at this, and any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated
Dad says it's mining equipment. I think selling it on Facebook Marketplace is insane
I take 250 mg armodafinil and the taste literally makes it nigh impossible to successfully take ir, because I can't force myself to swallow it due to just the anticipation of the taste once it touches my tongue. And then, even if I brush my tongue, the taste lingers forever. It's actively making my pill dysphagia worse just for how terrible it tastes. But it's literally essential to me with how bad my IH is.
I read that you can buy gel pill capsules to put on the armodafinil to prevent you from tasting ir, and I really want to try that. But I can't figure out what size pill capsules I need because the stupid sizes are stuff like 000 and I don't know what the dimensions of a 000 pill capsule are. So like, anyone, does anyone know what size pill capsule I can put the armodafinil in, or another method of taking it without tasting it?
I just discovered the Ida minidoll, and I was wondering if anything is known about her- my biggest question is if she's maybe meant to have albinism, or if she's just old or I'm reading too much into her design. Is there any LEGO Friends Ida lore I'm not privvy to? Does anyone know if she's canonically a person with albinism, or does anyone have any thoughts on her possibly having albinism if it's not confirmed? I'm just extremely curious because a LEGO Friend having albinism (after we already have one with Down Syndrome, one with a congenital limb difference, and one with a prosthetic leg amongst so many more) would be absolutely incredible and make my entire week.
Either way, I'm off to find a way to get an Ida minidoll and I already love her (if it's not too much trouble, please use person with albinism in the comments rather than the word albino, as the word albino in reference to a human is considered derogatory by people with albinism. Thank you.)
My sweet baby, Talia, passed away several months ago, and I just now found this video I apparently took of her purring. I thought I would never hear her purr again. But now I can. I miss her so much, but having this helps
So, a piece of advice- get a video of your kitty purring or meowing. It will mean a lot one day.
Miss you, my beautiful angel. I'm so happy to have had you in my life
I've had this headache for literally every single second of my life since first grade, meaning over fifteen years, and for the longest time I never knew what it was, just that all tests came back clean. I finally discovered NDPH and I feel like the heavens have aligned. I finally have words for this, I finally know what it is. I don't even care if it's idiopathic, I'm just so happy to finally know there's a word for this and I'm not alone or imagining it.
Made it from those faceted pony beads
A frequent customer handed this out constantly at the McDonald's I used to work at. No name of any organization and nothing on the back, just that phone number.
All I'm saying is cult or human trafficking vibes. What kind of business card doesn't have the business name?
Imagine this situation from their point of view. They want to live, possibly to protect a hive. That's all they want. And then an apex predator literally millions of times their size gets too close, and they have no way of sussing out our intentions. They see a very massive potential threat, or they misunderstand and think the human is a threat even if the human doesn't even know the wasp is there. Of course they're going to protect themselves. If I were being threatened by an incomprehensible being ten thousand times the size of God, I'd want to protect myself. That's a terrifying situation from their point of view.
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They aren't even capable of malice or spite, only is this good or is this bad. And us, from their point of view? I think they've every reason to react defensively. They just want to live.
Well, technically my second. I saw one on the powerlines in California when I was little and have loved them ever since, I've been dying to see another ever since we moved to Ohio. And tonight I finally did! He crossed the street while I was driving (I had to honk at him since he stopped in front of my car, which I do feel bad for because it startled him.) Delighted to know that they are as big as the one I remember.
They're so cool. I love them even more now and I'm so excited to have finally seen one here
I have a dairy allergy where consuming anything with cow's milk products (like chocolates, cheeses, milk, ice cream, etc,) has caused swelling in my throat, along with a few other symptoms, but has never been bad to the point where it made it genuinely hard to breathe. Hard to swallow, yes, but I've yet to have my throat swell to the point my airway closes. I've been operating assuming that this is a "Benadryl bad, not Epi-Pen bad" thing, but a friend I was talking to said that this counts as anaphylaxis. From what I've read, anaphylaxis is the airway completely closing, but it seems any swelling in the throat counts? All sources assume that any swelling in the throat automatically means the airway closes, there's nothing about mild to moderate swelling.
Basically, what I'm asking is does partial swelling in the throat where the airway isn't closed off count as anaphylaxis? Or is it considered something else?
