Indeed. I thought dogs were a fairly widely-appreciated topic.

Heh, I actually study plant domestication/origin of agriculture/maize archaeologically so talking about my gardening is really a thinly veiled way to talk about work. As in, "I'm thinking of trying a new heirloom variety of 8-row Northern Flint this year..."

When you just got 20+ inches of snow, the weather is fascinating. When it's 80 in March, the weather is fascinating. The weather rules our lives up here so she can stuff it.

Being a grad student, there are basically three things I can talk about in my life: my work, my dog or my boyfriend.

Just yesterday a puppy was grabbed out of a yard and beaten to death in my town. I just don't even.

It is a little weird. Back when the dude had a Facebook, I was known for posting to his wall fairly frequently when I was not home. They weren't squishy love notes though, they were more "here is a cool cat video that I think you'll like." Now I just email them to him.

I hear you. I remember reading some B.S. article about how women like cats because cats have evolved to sound like crying infants and this "naturally" causes women to want to take care of them. Sorry, but as much as I like both my dog and my cat, I can sleep through kitty's incessant 4 am mewling, and HE cannot.

Moral of the damned story: the more you fuck with food and alter it from it's original state (not talking cooking obviously) the worse it is for you.

Count me as one of those people who is fully on Team Dog and Team Cat. They both are absolutely perfect in their way. Although the portability of dogs is nice.

Unfortunately $7 is par for the course at thrift stores like Goodwill (and Savers/Value Village) these days. Unless you catch a sale day. (Source: I worked a Savers for a year a few years ago.)

I manage every 1-2 weeks. Usually it's more like two but more often if it's wet dog season or something.

Amen. It's a reactionary media smear campaign that's been going on for a while now. The people who want women to get back in the kitchen, or "choose their choice" to be submissive wifies, have a lot of power and money. It's *kind of sort of* like how it's worse to CALL someone "racist" than it is to BE racist.

It can be an issue if you say, have a pet or something. Right now I have an awesome landlord who lets us have our pets (who were rescues/strays). What if he decides to triple the rent? Sells the house? And we then have to move. If you own the place, the decision to move or not is usually in your hands. It'd be hard I…

Indeed. On a site that's supposed to be feminist, all these articles do is make me feel like a three-headed green alien for having no makeup on, unmanicured nails and comfortable shoes. To do otherwise just wouldn't be practical at my job; everything gets covered in a fine layer of silt anyway. When I go to grad…

You're not going to find anything like that in a "brand," but more through a farmer's market or a meat CSA (they exist! it's awesome for those who don't have seasonal veg in winter). For store-bought stuff, stick to a natural foods store or co-op. Fish is pretty reliably going to be fish, although some brands may be…

I have a dilute tortie kitty named Delilah, after the song and the fact that all cats deserve pretentious names.

Ok well, I don't look at a screen all day every day, I sometimes have other analysis tasks. Don't you ever look up for a second to think? Or are you a robot? I take it you're also opposed to things like plants and actually being comfortable at work. The public never enters our office, and having a pleasant working…

The whole "don't shop when hungry" thing has never worked for me. I'm usually hungry.

Do you have a desktop background on your computer? Do you decorate at home? If so, why? Sometimes even the best job isn't the thing you want to be doing at that moment. It helps me to have a picture that reminds me of the best parts of my job, or maybe a picture of the beach in the dead of winter. Then again, my…

You must spend a hell of a lot of money on heat.