I have four right now — two seniors, one middle aged and one kitten. In an feat of bad timing we might also be inheriting grandma's two cats since we haven't found another safe place for them yet. We've had more than six in the house when I've fostered but having six permanent feline roommates is going to be…

They sucker pretty significantly, the rose hips are popular with birds and they recover from being grazed to the ground so you probably only need to plant one per continent.

As an official crazy cat woman I can tell you: two kittens are easier than one. They keep each other entertained (cutting down on the amount of cat-teaser time required), they are more amusing to watch and having an instant playmate cuts down on some of the random crazy destruction that kittens go for.

I've had cat who were purebred-from-breeder, purebred-from-shelter, and random-bred-from-backyard. (Also TNR with cats who were not able to be domesticated) Cats are not a commodity product, genetics and upbringing can create some pretty vast differences in feline personalities.

Rosa rubiginosa otherwise known as the Sweet Briar or Briar rose. 8ft by 8ft at full size, smells like apples, and is considered horribly invasive in the southern hemisphere. Please note that if you later want the plant gone you will need to use a combination of extensive digging, poison and fire.

In light of the fact you no longer feel your life has value, allow us to prove that lack of value by forcing you to act as incubator for the fetus whose life is more important than yours.

My worst work stories mostly involve the phone. I spent a summer doing phone surveys for the state department of mental health. Although the contact list was supposedly all people who agreed to the survey, at least daily I had the phone dropped next to someone comatose, uncommunicative or screaming. Protocol said to…

Ugh. Worst possible feeling when you know your tear ducts are letting down generations of hardworking feminists. I had PMS during a performance review and could not stop crying — I'm sure that I'm his worst work story ever. Incidentally he was in the middle of berating me for being too bitchy with my co-workers — cold…

I had it happen the other direction — I was the replacement in what I was told was a new position. The person I was replacing wasn't aware until I showed up. He was supposed to train me prior to being unemployed. Interestingly I was fired before he was, I am much less capable of pretending to be working really hard…

But what diseases can be transmitted through cornea that would not also cause an issue in kidneys? Is it just a different risk/benefit analysis in rejecting a kidney vs rejecting a cornea — it doesn't seem phrased that way.

I remember being outside without direct supervision for a good chunk of my childhood, but as an adult I realize that Mom just didn't interrupt every time she checked up on us. I think sometimes memories of "how I was raised" may not match reality.

I'm not a doctor, so this isn't medical advice, but my worst (but not only) migraines accompany my periods. Magnesium supplements really helped me, though they didn't miraculously make the chocolate cravings go away. Still, less pain is more chance to eat chocolate — win win.

...and indicative of the prevailing idea that female voters need some extra TLC—unrelated to policy—to be enticed into voting.

Not a nurse myself, but having quite a few in the family I feel comfortable saying that this is probably not the most awkward situation the nurse has experienced. Probably not even the most awkward that night, given he or she works the emergency room.

My greyhound is afraid of children. It's taken almost six years of desensitization to get to the point that he just avoids them without trying to bolt (he's eleven now).

If politicians routinely worried about children as potential tax payers (in 10-20 years, long after they have personally retired) then teachers would be paid better than lobbyists and school lunches would be prepared by 5 star chefs.

That's why there are golf courses.

Yep, and your kid hits my dog and you better have 911 pre-dialed.

Don't become stuck at home with an animal that doesn't get public social interaction? That's why we need the park, damn it.

No kids, but hell yes I drive my dogs to the dog park. I'd love to walk them there but it's not remotely in walking distance. Though walking one's dog in the dog park does rather defeat the purpose.