Foxes are ridiculous animals. And sometimes scary - some of their cries sound an awful lot like screams of terror...

May she find rest and peace, and return to us in joy.

I never, ever thought I'd be grateful for an emergency tooth extraction. Hurts like fuck, but at least I don't have to listen to my sister and her in-laws lecture me on the evils of obamacare (the system that saved me from ovarian cancer) and how the cop is the real victim in Ferguson. I will miss my nephew, he's an…

There is literally not enough facepalm in the multiverse to encompass my feelings right now.

Ugh, my mom kept me at the table while bean soup congealed in the bowl, telling me that if I just tried it, I would like it. Yeah, no. Thirty years later, even smelling her bean soup makes me ill. (she lives upstairs now, and I can always tell when she's making it. but I can also tell when she's making bread, so it…

Wait, other people have this? Good to know. For me, it's beans. Any kind, even the thought of eating them makes me gag a little bit.

How sad and cynical is it that my first thought was that people will pay more attention to street harassment now that a man was hurt because of it?

You win the internet with that name. If we'd acquired our Kamikaze after that ep aired, she'd be Stormy too.

My experiences in MSI were pretty much: overwhelmed. So many things to see and play with, so much noise, so. damned. many. kids. I would have to bring backup, because I'm not sure there's enough xanax in the multiverse for me to be able to cope with all that.

We'd have to stay for a weekend at least to see all the awesome museums and zoos in Chicago, and I don't think that would be doable for us. Being poor sucks like that...

Just as soon as this little one is on display, I'm gonna have to grab the nephew and road trip down to Chicago. Between the Shedd and the Field Museum, it will be a fun and educational outing.

... At least he didn't fake his own death?

My grandma was living in a village called Swaffam Bulbeck when she met my grandpa. (she was an english war bride) There's also a cousin in Stow cum Quy. Yeah, I don't get it either.

Those are horrific. Are they some kind of joke? Designed to make you so sick you stop eating for a day... Maybe a week?

I suppose I should be thankful that I'm old, ugly and married, because my response to either of these 'pickup techniques' would probably net me an assault charge. I DO NOT LIKE being touched by strangers.

If you're in Chicago, you should check out the museums. The Shedd is amazing, I could spend literal weeks in the Field Museum, the Art Institute is jaw-dropping. The Museum of Science and Industry is a lot more fun for kids, but worth a look. Plus: two zoos.

May she find rest and peace, and return to us in joy. May the asshats protesting her decision step on all the fucking lego in the multiverse.

Not a cat, but this has become my brain bleach of choice: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-u43…

Yet another reason to support Patrician Vetinari's response to mimes: hanging them upside down in a scorpion pit facing a sign saying "learn the words."

Most of the time, the kind of critters/faeries/mischievous beings that hang around houses and people are pretty benign tricksters. They're in it for the lulz and might not realize that humans have vastly different ideas about what makes an acceptable joke. Like with a lot of other weird shit, politely asking them to…