yeah, I'm with you. finding little bits of litter on the couch and in my bed was so much grosser than occasionally having to pick up spite-poops and then do a quick Clorox wipe of the floor. but I guess we all pick our own poison.

short version: you make gradual-enough changes to the litterbox situation so the cat doesn't really notice that his status quo is changing, starting with the litterbox next to the toilet and ending with no litterbox at all. the long version is lovingly detailed here: [www.karawynn.net]

my cat is toilet trained* and he could not care less about privacy. I cannot tell you how many times a bemused houseguest has wandered out of the bathroom, toothbrush dangling, forgotten, from her mouth, because the cat marched past her, and settled into position on the toilet, and commenced his cat-business.

yessssss. I got dragged along to the High Line Park in NYC when my parents visited (it's fabulous, btw; I was totally wrong to resist), and my entire day became AWESOME when I saw that there's a Blue Bottle coffee cart right there on the High Line.

I'm with KiddyKat. I almost always pay for the dates that I've been the one to suggest, and I think people generally perceive that as "fair," not "fast."

it's funny, I haven't noticed the loud kissing, but at some point during this season my boyfriend said, "I hope they're paying the sound guy well, if only because of all the work he has to do creating the sound of belts being unbuckled." and now belt-sounds are all I can hear when I watch.

because if a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate.

most of my best ideas start out as jokes. :)

yes, good idea—we could use our amazing Taste Bud Powers for good, not evil.

I also think I have more taste buds than I necessarily need. not as extreme as for supertasters ([en.wikipedia.org]), but enough to make me hate brussels sprouts and cabbage and carbonation and olives and other bitter or strongly tasting foods.

yes, do it! [www.itgetsbetter.org]

you should! in all seriousness, please do. though not for him, necessarily.

who DOESN'T??

true! ... sort of.

I know what you mean! when I got a cotd I was like "aaaaaaaugh!" and tried to tell people (in real life) what I was excited about and they were like "...?"

exACTLY! you got a positive pap? here's some pie to make you feel slightly less stressed. yours was negative? congratulatory pie! (note: this reveal method may not be advisable for diabetes tests.)

"There's a strong correlation between A than it is B." as someone who teaches statistics, I have seen wordings that are worse than that. but very, very few.

thanks for the translation! I assumed that it was some oblique dude-reference to cup size, but then I am kind of a cynic.

yes, THIS.

put a cork in it, Zane!