No shit! I would watch the hell out of a movie about him.

Oh! I'm so sorry. It sounds you might already know all you need to about what that dog in particular thought and felt.

Have you read The Emotional Lives of Dogs? The author and her husband had a white shepherd with whom they (especially he) had a very close relationship. His ashes are kept in an urn on the shelf. They plan to have themselves cremated as well, when the time comes, and have their ashes mixed together with his and…

As long as it still ranks as heaven for Dog One, that's okay.

They're out there to read. I just stumbled on http://www.doctornerdlove.com/2013/02/gaming…if you're interested.

Just popping in to celebrate the bravery. Truly. Right on, lady.

And knows shockingly few jokes.

Nice. I know I'll want to be with my dogs, even though Dog Two will try to dogblock Dog One and monopolize me. This is because Dog Two will be a dickhead even in heaven.

Knock knock?

I think Will Rogers said "If there are no dogs in heaven, when I die I want to go where they went."

We've all long since stopped seeing the spelling "creme" that designates substances not containing cream.

Oh, but the Swiss are always neutral ...

Mmmmmmmmthat's an unfortunate graphic. It pales, of course, in the face of the news item. HORRIBLE and absurd.

I am fine with this. I figure I'm evening out the biomass given how much blood the damn mosquitoes suck out of me every year.

Yay, Tallinn! Dig that place.

I really understand your reluctance to "rehash," as you say, but go interview some potential therapists. They have different approaches, and some are a lot less about narrating your history than you might expect. Folks who do CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy, not the other thing ;) ) maybe especially so.

Fair enough.

Dude. Pork is safe. But it's not kosher or halal, and so people who keep kosher or halal want to know what it's in so they can avoid it. Non-scientific? Whatevs. So is poetry. ANTI-scientific? No.

Yup!

SRSLY. It's just the same crap that drives "funny, you don't look Jewish, but now that you say ... "