Yeah, I woke up hearing this story described on the CBC today. What a shit way to start the day.

Had to Google that; I'm not usually a genre fiction sort, so I often overlook mysteries that are probably really great reads. I'll watch for Amelia Peabody. Thanks.

I'm in Canada, and people do occasionally use the "freedom of speech" argument, but not with nearly the same frequency. I think the argument itself has seeped into our culture as a result of seeing it referred to so regularly in American culture.

PS major fan of Bastet; boyfriend has been promoting a return to the worshiping of cats for as long as I've known him.

I have always wanted to visit Newfoundland! So beautiful. Friend of mine told me once, years ago, about a trip he did with his wife to visit her relatives out there. He described the locals as "salt of the earth" and said everyone they encountered invited them to dine with them, even those who were unemployed with…

I went to Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario), and the year I was frosh (1989), there was a massive scandal that made the papers across the country and contributed to the elimination of hazing rituals during frosh week.

I did a cycling tour of Nova Scotia in 1999 and they were wonderful, gracious, friendly people. Generally speaking the Atlantic provinces are full of nice people. Lotta assholes in Toronto though.

If money's that tight, by all means, support the kitteh first and foremost. Some day maybe when life is more prosperous, remember the shelters :)

How about, collect free kitties outside 7-Eleven, and regularly donate to shelters?

Dang. That's a story.

Accurate.

Ha ha, "dum dum dum!" - that's awesome.

It's true, I did consider that on second viewing. But the additional parenthetical qualifier really ate into the pithiness, so I let it slide.

I mean, I love the idea of a little kid, oblivious to the rigors of the beauty myth that she'll one day soon have to figure out how to twist herself into a million knots trying to fit into. I can see her playing dress up and saying "You're FABULOUS!" to the mirror, completely unselfconsciously.

Lena Dunham had her own bathroom.

You're like, a self-hating racist!

Laura Bush is kicking herself right now.

I thought "bun" was a euphemism for dick. Clearly I spend too much time at the urban dictionary. (Or not enough?)

Isn't it?! I think the cursing part happened on a web-only segment. But the passion, with the desk pounding! I love the way he represented common sense and empathy. He's an interesting guy. (I don't get Fox News in Toronto, but I catch clips of him being goofy or funny or cool on HuffPo periodically.)

Whoosh.