I tried really hard to adopt a cat from a shelter to go with my existing rescue kitty (got him in a barn at about 3 weeks old). None of the rescues in my area even returned my emails about being interesting in several of their residents, so I ended up getting a 4th ferret instead of a 2nd cat.

I'm not even kidding, I had a terrible experience this weekend with a private rescue: My live-in-boyfriend wants to adopt a kitten for us for my birthday next Saturday. We went to look at them at the local private rescue and were asked seemingly typical questions in the rudest way, "I have to ask...how old ARE you?"…

I worked at an animal shelter for a little under a year. It was not a great experience. It was not that they mistreated the animals, nothing of the sort. What I took issue with was how they treated PEOPLE - potential adoptors, volunteers, donors... After some time, I came to realize the org's reputation in the…

I applied to a local Collie rescue. My backyard is fenced securely (block walls), 6ft high, only one side is 5'5" and I was denied.

For every rescue such as this with extremely rigid rules about needing a fence and someone home all the time and other crazy things, there is probably 10 rescues in the same city that do NOT have crazy rules (I know, I volunteer at one). Rescues with very strict policies annoy me, but so do people who get turned down…

two of your three paragraphs from your first comment specifically refer to bieber. so you were talking about him.

You're really hanging onto this one with your pointy Canadian ice-teeth.

We need:

Okay, so obviously this girl is different, but I'm wondering if the hesitation for a lot of teens/college kids to get an IUD is because maybe they're afraid to use their parent's insurance to get on it, because they don't want to be questioned about an Explanation of Benefits? Yes, babies/abortions are far more…

I feel like Mirenas are potentially a godsend for young ladies in her situation.

Seriously... did she not get the memo about the FREE birth control under Obamacare? I do a little happy dance every time I pick mine up from the pharmacy. Not comfortable with an IUD? Nuvaring, man. Set it and forget it.

Apparently the nightmares couldn't wait til tomorrow. All of the pipes in my house just backed up. I don't even want to say what's in my bathtub now. But here's a hint: it smells like poop.

My Nana was a code breaker in WWII! She is 91 years old and super awesome!