Capricia's Corner

Wah wah! 91 degrees is what you guys are fussing about?! We have had temps near 100 or more, not including humidity and the heat index topping over 110. 100 here is like almost 38 for you guys. 33 is nothing. Try having it near 38 for over a month now! We've been sweltering all summer...and top that off with I've been pregnant all summer and then I might give a little sympathy to you yanks. Lol.
Despite the heat, though, we've had an awesome array of gorgeous dragonflies all summer long and all over town! I love seeing them everywhere I go. It's amazing! All colors, too. Orange, brown, blue, green. red, etc.
Just be thankful you haven't had our summer.

So this is late as hell I know, but in my defence, I only recently discovered your articles on cracked, as wll as the subsequent links to your blog.

But yeah: a happy (if extremely belated) 40th! Hope family or friends made it special.

What about Flipper the dolphin, and Mr. Ed the horse? You can't forget the shark in jaws either. A lot of people have a thing for that monkey on Friends, too. Oh snap, the pig from Green Acres! That was trippy, and the saint bernard in Beethoven, the huskies in Snow Dogs...I guess it depends on the generation.
I personally have never watched Trigger, but I know Mr. Ed and that pig from Green Acres. But my daughter knows a whole other set of animal actors that she remembers.

My deepest sympathies for you and your family over Drago. At lease he won't suffer and hurt any longer.
I thought, recently, that I may loose my 14 year old siberian husky. But, alas, it was a curable infection and he lives to torture me another day. Laying in the laundry room floor so that my clean clothes that accidentally hit the floor will be dirty from his hair balls. Or the bathroom where you can't get past him to pee. Or the couch, which is a mere couple of feet from his futon, and now has to be vacuumed so my butt doesn't look like a giant hairball.

Right on sister! I'll back that up 100 percent. I like jamming out to a really lame 80's song, I grew up with, and dance my butt off while driving. The looks you get make it all the more fun to be silly. Some people are so easy to laugh at.
It's always a good idea to focus on the lightening moments of life. The people that live the longest, or happiest do this. That's a great idea for a blog, all on it's own.
Thanks for the uplifting post!

I think the sci-fi writers knew exactly how much porn there would be. Robert A. Heinlein wrote some pretty steamy books usually in the Lazarus Long series. I also have run across Pornucopia, I believe that's the title. If that doesn't say it all, I don't know what will...lol.

Sick :P

It's really terrible :P
It's torturing boys
Electric? Wth, then you're really sick

Here here! Though, I'm not proud to admit it I had a similar Neopets addiction back in 2004 or 2005. It was horrible, being sucked into that realm. Especially being an adult playing it...I felt so ashamed. Then I got off the computer and found my life again. The girl that sent me to Neopets kept trying to send me to other websites, but I resisted and eventually dumped her like I did the game. Cold turkey.

Well Anton Allen, cats do have a taste for carbs! I have two to prove that! My oldest cat, who is 17 now, loves chips! She especially likes the cheddar and sour cream ruffles. In her younger days I caught her in a bag of chips chowing down all on her own! She also loves milk which is high in sugars. Read the label on a gallon of milk and see for yourself. Very high in carbs. Not to mention she'll eat ice cream and cheese. All have sugars.
My second testament is not that old, she's around 5 or 6. She's not a meat eater at all. I've tried to tempt her with raw scraps from the kitchen and cooked temptations and she turns up her nose. She will even look the other way at canned food most of the time. Her only exception is pastrami, in small doses. But what she will come running for is Ice Dream, a vanilla ice cream confection from Chick-fil-a. She loves standard vanilla ice cream as well. She will eat yogurt and sour cream at times.
So I can see why anti-freeze is a problem. Plus, look at the ingredients in cat food. Corn is a sugar, just like corn syrup in human food. You'll get the picture.

I am so happy for you! You deserve to have some new opportunities! I'm glad the interview went well, too.

I can be testy, contrary and suffer Windows OS"blue screens of death" attention lapses, but If I'm ever backing up a "bus", i promise to get out, do a safety walk-around, check all my mirrors and honk twice before taking the parking brake off and putting it in reverse if you were around.
And this would only be in case you are not my spotter, as I believe I would trust your judgement on these affairs implicitly.
Actually, better idea: why don't i just get you an Acme "Instant Hole". Just like on the cartoons when danger appears, you can pull it out, throw it in the direction of peril and safely jump in. Any perplexed nare-do-wells can peer inside, seeking proof of your demise, only to be hit by the speeding locomotive you diverted out of it. Emerge when you please.
Aren't you glad I look out for you?

Good all around advice; alas, it is a cruel joke that chocolate is a 'drug' they cannot indulge in...MORE FOR ME!!!!!!
I cared for up to 11 cats on my property for a yr and was worried about wind blown dust laden w/pesticides from surrounding farm ops, ozone & smog, plus toxins from chemicals in my garage & from the cheap cat food i bought 'em during the Chinese 'melamine-in-pet food' scandal.

i cooked for them and added green foods powders from the health food store to each meal. These products I used myself for cleansing of the blood and the 'chelating' effect their chlorophyll & mineral complexes would ultimately have on my body. I also mixed in a little oatmeal & flax seed oil for the added work of the fibre.

One thing I've always wondered about cats & anti-freeze/glycol; research I read last year said cats don't "taste" sugar-they didn't have taste receptors for carbohydrates, so they couldn't appreciate it[have you ever offered candy to a cat? They don't pay it any mind, like a dog would..]. One main reason cats are dedicated predators/meat-eaters. So why exactly would they be attracted to sweet anti-freeze? There has to be a slightly different taste component working, mebbe alcohol like effect, rather than just sweets that would appeal to a dog.
Thanks for bring these thoughts back; I can't wait to have a cat again!

Sounded like you should be wearing my uniform...What a mind commited to fulfilling a duty to dooo! I've always found nite 'ghost-walks' in pajamas good for sleeplessness or making the neighbours think your haunting the countryside! When all else fails, invite 'Al K. Hall' over; he knows how to shut any brain down..;-)

Make it three :)

That's 2 people who are having trouble accessing that website. Webmaster's been notified. Here's the link via digg.com
http://digg.com/d31R0jr

Had hoped for something illuminating and entertaining but witha character count of 0 (including punctuation and white space) I left disappointed.

Or maybe I simply don't know how to navigate this site.

clicked preview... and nothing happened my computer (which is not a mac) must be sick

I agree that at first I'm not good with the cardinal directions in navigation. But if given a moment I can figure it out. I do prefer turns by left and right and I love landmarks and maps. I'm great at maps. But I'm great at spatial stuff. Especially parking! Maybe that's because I learned to drive a giant Econoline Ford van and a huge Buick Station wagon when I was 15. I used the huge station wagon on my drivers test and even parallel parked that bad girl where a tiny honda had just parked. So I don't agree with that...I think that depends more on what you are taught and how.
As far as the drinking goes that depends on the person for sure. At one, not so proud point in my past, I was able to drink any man I knew under the table in high dollar tequila. Having had over 25 shots on my birthday and maintaining all memories and consciousness...baffling everyone there at the party.
I agree with the colors. We redid our shower and my husband still calls the cobalt blue tiles purple. I still correct him, of course. But he has some issues with that.
Funny you mention the smell factor. Because my husband has a larger nose and you'd assume would have a keen sense of smell...but nope. My nose definitely beats his by a landslide. For example, I can smell mold anywhere...I have a knack for that. It's great when looking for a new home.
Keep us the wonderful writing.

this might be fun to read maybe, http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/

Thank you! The novel is at 80,000 words and nearing completion. Next step.. full editing and then the quest to find an agent begins. (meep)

da'wwwwww.