I'm glad your getting your money. Do plan ahead for a tax hit though! I'm a tax attorney*, and it's not pretty.

Thank you. I just . . . I don't really have anything else, but this has really been weighing on my heart. So thank you.

I feel your pain, though "chinese crested pup" made me giggle. I don't have any advice other than to specify "no Brazilian" when you walk in.

I echo Peter. I think it's worth it to reach out to the police (fwiw, I'm a lawyer but I don't specialize in this area) even if they can't help you now. In case anything ever happens, you want as much documentation of his aggression as possible.

I appreciate the suggestion, and I will try that as much as I can. Part of the problem though is that her biting is a mix of that type of behavior and "hunting" behavior. So often I don't get any warning because she sneaks up behind me and literally jumps up on my leg and bites the back of my calf/knee/thigh. The…

Well, yes in the sense that I generally have to leave and go to the bathroom to wash the bite and put neosporin on it. In case it wasn't clear, these are skin breaking, bleeding bites. She also gets shut in another room of the apartment for a while after she's bitten or tried to bite me.

Cat Related Guilt/Problem (aka Am I the worse person ever?)

6/8!

That picture is amazing.

I'm not going to lie, I've been losing weight the old fashioned way, and some days I just want a magic pill.

I also feel this way about autographs - look a famous person wrote their name! Yay?

Just an FYI, that 10% thing isn't true. There's no "safe percentage" of a work that you are allowed to use. It's about how it's used, not how much.

When I was in law school, our Federalist Society invited a speaker to come and take about labor issues. He proceeded to tell us that women and minorities get paid less because they "do less work." No joke.

I'm sorry but fuck that. I'm a naturally smiley person. I would never expect my coworkers who are naturally more stoic to try and paste on smiles, and I'm not suppressing mine just because it might be read incorrectly.

Oooo, that sounds fun. I'm seriously contemplating going strawberry blond right now. I have naturally dark(ish) brown hair and have never done anything crazier than auburn. Those "try this hair out sites" have been no help at all though.

I recently moved 4 states away (drove the UHaul myself and that was mildly terrifying) so I feel your pain. I hope for your sake that you have fewer books than me!

I second. I am so curious now!

I find him attractive (but wouldn't sleep with him) - I think it's mainly residual attraction from his movie characters. I assume he's probably charming in person both because he manages to pull so many women and also because he's played enough charming characters that he probably has that skill set.

Body glide is awesome, but in a pinch, you can actually use deodorant to avoid chub rub! I have those thighs too.

This thread is awesome. You are a genius.