Amerist

She's got a cute name too: Kaywinnit Lee. I don't know, but I certainly find something adorable in the sweet, kind-hearted mechanic archetype mold she's limned in.

Outside Phoenix we get orange Sanguine Moons in the brisk breezes of fading autumn. I got some good looks at our Blue Moon last night while trotting around my own dusky streets here in Anns' Arbor, which was lovely enough. The cats were enjoying it too -- during my lonesome walks I often find myself accompanied by three or four feline hunters who pause long enough for affection and conversation. I'll look forward to the next one, even if it isn't actually blue. Blue Moon, you saw me standin' alone; without a care in the world, without a love of my own...

Holy crap this upgrade is shiny. Heh.

It was way back when I had first moved to Michigan that I kept being told that I could find more about the Goth scene by wandering over. Took me a while to finally check it out -- but being that Bav and Jinx are here, I figured it was safe enough. Glad I came, too.

Trillian is coming out with a new version of their mashup-IM client (someday) called Astra. There's a little video about it on their site at trillian.cc and it's gorgeous. A friend of mine even gave me a copy of the beta, but I haven't had the guts to install it to try it out yet. I bought into Trillain (gave them money) after I'd spent a few years using it. I do like it a lot. My only major gripe right now is that the GoogleIM broke. However, the newest version seems to have solved that... Also, I had to give them money to get JABBER to work (for Google.) Didn't mind, though, I do love their client enough to want to support it.

It would explain why my ankles are sore...

And here I am ascribing to a religion that doesn't involve ... spacecraft flying through a landscape dominated by two green moons, vale choking mists, and spires of brown rock. And a rather bored looking sword. How is today going for everyone? I came back to Michigan, so decided that I'd find a way to drop into the forum.

Religious? Well, I do like it. Good call. ...religious... Now I'm even more curious.

Phee, where did that strange animated gif come from?

And there we go, I'm added with DGN as a friend on MySpace, which is lovely and good.

The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy.

I am seriously angling on the wierd option at the moment--but I think maybe itw as a typo of some sort.

Ning?

Tillamook cheddar and Ritz crackers... Kern's Pear Nectar... with a katamari on the side.

I have just finished Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Then, I read War of the Flowers by Tad Williams. And also Good Omens. I am now reading Sandman by Neil Gaiman.

Ground surloin patty, stuffed with Tillamook cheddar, sides rolled with black pepper, and seasoned with lemon pepper for snap. Oh yeah, and katchup.

I loved it.

Actually, there is a pan-America pet overpopulation problem. In fact, last year over 500,000 pets were euthanized. Think that's a staggering number? It's only one of the few that I face every day at work. The number of No Kill shelters in the U.S. is outstripped greatly by those that are, primarily because very shelters have the volunteers to take care of the scores of intakes that they see every week. We even have a poster illustrating how quickly a cat population can explode out of control. Now, even if these numbers aren't enough to make people understand how important it is to have their pets fixed, they should be aware that there are some medical benefits from doing so. Cats and dogs who are spayed early in life have greatly reduced chances of developing reproductive cancers and other disorders; they generally live happier lives because they don't have to deal with those pesky reproductive cycles when they are being cared for mostly hand-and-foot by good owners; and certain behavior issues related to breeding and "seasonalness" can be curbed early. There are even some frequently asked questions available on our Spay & Neuter section. I would end this here, but I would like to leave everyone with one last plea: please adopt. Don't buy a dog or cat from a pet store. Puppy mills are growing in popularity because animals can be sold in droves to the young and naïve who are willing to fork over large sums of dough to buy their themselves or their family a new pet. This gives greater incentive for breeders to produce scores of puppies for sale through pet stores. They are rarely well treated, they are herded like cattle, they often become sick—some infections common to new pets come from poor conditions before arriving at a pet store, and poor quarantine afterwards. Sitting at a shelter near thee is a kitten or puppy, brought by people who were unable to care for them, who might be facing the final days of their lives. Adopting doesn’t mean having to get an older or middle aged dog or cat…if what thou desire is a youngster. Yes, there’s a lot of propaganda, information, and pleas to the public out there on these subjects. I’ve already included several links that leads directly to the pages that I personally develop on a day-to-day basis. I would urge anyone who is going to get a pet to think about adopting, prowl the local shelters, and not give their money to the puppy and kitten mills to go and instead save a loving pet’s life. Kyt Dotson, PETS 911 Webmaster Other resorces from people we work with: Doris Day Animal Foundation (SPAY DAY USA, recently past.) The Humane Society of the United States (...this is an interior link because their main page jumps to an anti-Baby Seal hunt page, which doesn't have much to do with my adoption and spay/neuter information.)