We live in a quite small city but the houses are close together so we get a lot of noise. Our other dog is a pit mix, with a little aussie, so he gets riled up too but his face definitely says 'I feel like I need to make a lot of noise because that is what brother does but I am not sure why'. He doesn't howl but has a really deep whine/grunt when he is frustrated.

We are on vacation right now and it is strange not having various barks and howls and sighs and grunts.

I love people names for pets. My AD is Arnie and our other pets are Ollie, Izzy, and Polly.

So my suggestions: Wallace/Wally (close to Walnut), Charlie, Archie, Winston, Arthur/Artie.

Also, Pepper.

Ours is the exact same. There are so many conversations with him- 'Arnie. We also heard the doorbell.', 'Arnie, that is next door', 'Thanks Arnie, we aren't worried about that noise outside so we can just calm down.'

We tell people that he has made himself supervisor of the other pets and self-appointed leader of a neighborhood watch. He has an adorable howl when he thinks we aren't taking him seriously.

The Lost World. Absolutely. I only watch JP3 as part of the series.

Exactly this. I am on vacation now and am more apologetic than usual for being American. I try to be mindful and be quieter and less chatty when traveling to try to not be outed as an American before my accent is heard.

Anyway I have apologized a few times already to people for the absolute shitshow that is the US right now. The best response was this kind woman who sort of tilted her head and gave me a kinda sympathetic 'well yeah'.

I am in London now and a museum worker was telling us about some renovation work that was happening. He encouraged us to come back to see it finished, this summer. I told him exactly that- my husband and I are lucky to work full-time and to earn annual leave, but this 2 week vacation will deplete basically all of it. And we saved for 2.5 years to be able to travel at all. He was incredibly kind so I also said that we'd be sure to check it out if we make it back again.

Muai. Almost Maui.

I came to say Kew. Favorite place in London.

Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh PA is really nice, in my opinion.

And I haven't been yet but I have heard that Longwood Gardens in Philly is incredible.

In the Lost World, basically the entire section where Arby is in the cage. The description of the drive to follow it and then trying to escape the raptors as they run out of gas.

You should definitely adk!

I had a hybrid schedule when I had my surgery. After my initial medical leave I applied for a modified schedule of full-time telework for an additional 4 weeks.

I am in the states, so this was handled as an accommodation request.

Anyway, part of my justification for the request was that I would be unable to respond quickly in an emergency and that this could impact other's safety. Our building is also not compliant with ADA requirements , so there are no automatic doors or doors with buttons to open. So clenching abdominal muscles to pull open a door was an issue.

I buy stands from a store called SL Shoppe on Etsy. They have a regular site too. I really like the stands for the divided casseroles- it saves room to not use the lids for stacking.

I used bags of beans or rice before, so it was more stable. I don't trust my ability to stack, haha.

I didn't request vegetarian for my next trip for this reason! I used to get vegetarian and was always saddened by missing out on the nice dessert. And I feel like my husband would get a white dinner roll with his standard meal and I'd get wheat or some seeded thing for vegetarian? I don't eat pork and eat very little meat otherwise, very infrequently. I figured I'd just get the standard meal and ignore the main bit if necessary.

densel flies? sensefield (like the band?). filledness?

I love this one.

For many years, our back to school shopping was done at Hills or K-Mart on layaway. So you'd pick out your clothes in like June and then go get them before school started. I can picture the little conveyor belt bringing them into the pick-up area from the back. You'd have forgotten what you got exactly, so it was a little surprise.

My mum had a list of what we'd get- like two pairs of pants, so many tops, etc. And I think it kind of created an early mindset of pieces working for multiple outfits- like a capsule wardrobe. I still don't like buying things that can't be worn in multiple ways.

Thank you for helping this injured kitty, and not looking the other way when he needed help! I missed the last post, but have donated to support your ongoing awesome work.

He looks like my aussiedoodle! That is his unimpressed face.

All I could find is that Kelly took a Butler business owner.

That is my question too. I had a fibroid and my uterus was too large to 'deliver' so I ended up having an abdominal incision as well to remove it that way. My doctor said she tried to remove it through the vagina and it was too large to come out. I can't imagine how long the doctor must have tried to pull it out, or how forcefully, to cause a tear like that. That is really frightening!

Apple is my favorite! When we had a shared island my husband gave her ski googles and she would never take them off, haha!

I did this, hahaha. When ours starting calming down a bit I decided he needed a playmate. So we adopted a pit mix. We wanted to avoid another young dog but once we met him we couldn't say no. He turned out even younger than they estimated. Our AD is now 6 years old and he thinks his main job is to supervise his brother. So he never rests because he is always on duty! His brother turns 3 later this month and is way more chill than him, hahaha.

And Brian Gleeson too! Brian, Domhnall, and Brendan Gleeson are all in Frank of Ireland and it is such a good show.

Closing Time. 'I hope you have found a friend'.

That was what I was thinking- dudebrofella is a brony.