beasts
It’s been a bad year for our tortoises.
After living with us for as long as we’ve been married – that’s since 1996, for those of you who are counting – Natasha the tortoise died in July last year. This was a nasty, … Read more
Bidirectional oppression.
beast oppression, originally uploaded by bethanye. Beast oppression works BOTH ways, it seems.
Look who’s giving me the cold shoulder.
I accidentally nipped the quick when I was trimming her nails earlier. I’m sure I’ll be on her bad side for, oh, about another 15 minutes. Until she forgets, that is. She’s none too bright. … Read more
Not much to say, except…
WTF is wrong with ISPs that they think that indiscriminately blocking SMTP is a GOOD idea? I can handle an outside mail server, dumbasses…. I’m making a French Market Bag from Knitty. Damn. It is … Read more
It’s not just us.
I mean, I thought we were bad when we did this: But then I saw what these people did to their cats. Wow. We are so outclassed on the cat jenga front.
Promises, promises.
I’m actually going to keep this one. But first let me say an emphatic thank you to the non-prissy non-snobby knitting circle. Seriously. Most of the people in that sock class were great, but there … Read more
Stressful day is over.
Knitting evening will begin shortly. Playing with the camera in my new phone, and here’s the pic I took last night when Bonnie went after my sock-in-progress. She’s fond of the Addi Turbos, that’s for … Read more
Playing hooky.
At least, that’s what we did yesterday. We had to go to Monterey to see this amazing girl. And she was amazing. Amazing amazing amazing. I am in love. If you can possibly get to … Read more
And now I have a live turtle on my desk, to boot.
At least, until I take Natasha to the vet.
Tomorrow is “Take Your Turtle To Work Day”.
For me, anyway. Natasha has a vet appointment so they can trim her beak. It’s gotten overgrown, and makes it hard for her to eat now.