I'll admit I'm a purebred dog geek. I'm tired of people assuming that a love of purebreds is somehow a hatred of mutts, or complicity in over-population, or somehow a misunderstanding of dogs. It's not a hatred, it's a love affair.

Ethical breeding of purebreds is nearly always a money-losing proposition, the only exception being the few outstanding stud dogs that might break even. If a breeder protests that it's their livelihood they are doing it wrong.

We're finally seeing TV commercials where men are not portrayed as unable to handle household care or child care. I think it's interesting that the more balanced portrayal lagged so far behind the 'working mom'. I agree that most men are doing a great job of adjusting to the changing definitions.

I think Jerusalem syndrome requires that the subject actually be in Jerusalem, other than that it's not clear he's showing anything other than ignorance and ego. Being an ass is not a mental illness.

I think there is a difference between "beyond reasonable doubt" and "beyond any doubt", though I admit that for some crimes it seems the latter is the standard rather than the former.

This sounds like it could be the latest incarnation of the 'the call is coming from inside the house!' urban legend.

If I get any more introverted than I am now I'm going to be unable to interact with reality.

This is true, Indian Runners are much more popular as pets.

Geese have wings strong enough to break femur bones. They are also wildly territorial and will attack in pairs or flocks depending on the season. Maybe consider anti-anxiety meds instead of physically assault.

Is there anyway we could write her college and ask that her graduation requirements include some mental health care?

FYI, it was Cinderella's evil stepsisters who cut off parts of their feet to fit into shoes, not Cinderella — but that's just me being nitpicky.

It's not just the bathroom — though that's the most noticeable. Go downstairs to do the laundry and there is a kitty yelling down the stairs to check on me. Try to hack my way through the disorganized file cabinet in the rarely used guest room and I have enough feline paperweights to assure I can't read any files I…

I rescued an abandoned teddy bear when I was in college, poor thing was out on the lawn for a few days until my will broke.

Cats don't care about dots, why count them? If you want to know if cats can count, remove one of eight kittens while mom is out of the room and watch her reaction when she gets back.

If cats just want to be left alone, then why the hell can't I visit the bathroom without feline assistance? Five cats in a three foot square half-bath, all pretending they ended up there by accident, suggests that solitude isn't the goal.

I think they'd get a lot further if they talked to people who actually train, travel with and work with cats. Purebred show cats might not be the best representation of domestic felines as a whole, but they are used to human interaction, novel situations, odd noises/lighting/scents and usually some level of…

Cats live for screwing up science. Genetics theories are constantly derailed because it doesn't work like that in cats. Dominant/Recessive traits? Fine, explain the calico. Cloning a calico? You don't get a calico.

Yes. Steal my TV and I'll curse at you. Steal my dog and I'll rain fire down upon you until your ashes are scattered to the four winds.

He was probably trying to just steal the TV and the yorkie attacked him — attaching to his pant leg or something. Yorkies are small, but they are fierce. Two days of trying to negotiate with the adorable fuzzball of doom and he was ready to repent his evil ways and join the peace core.

It's true, cats live up to their names. I've had my Maine Coon girl Ripley for eleven years now and in all that time we haven't had a single problem with alien invasions.