Aw, crap, I'm sorry. It's cliche but true- I'm glad she had people who loved her so much.

I'm sorry for your loss, quite sincerely. Before we got our first corgi (my first dog), I had no idea what it really meant to have a dog. I couldn't have imagined how much I would love this damn dog, how much she would become part of our family.

Psst! I'm sure you had good intentions, but commenting on the typos in an article when you have errors in your own post is a little silly.

You forgot the superfluous apostrophe and "proof read" instead of proofread!

That's going to be me when my dog dies. I figure it's best to be honest with myself in advance.

I admit, I cringed and felt ancient at that point.

I'd say that's optimistic, not cynical.

Hah, yes. I realize it's not terribly romantic, but my actual wedding was less important than, let's say, deciding on a new car. My relationship with my husband is more important than almost anything else. It's not like the relationship was magically transformed by signing a piece of paper- I wasn't suddenly MORE…

It's not off topic at all. I wouldn't take a Christian Scientist's advice on weighing my options for medical treatment. (Hyperbolic, I know.)

For what it's worth from a random internet person, the sentiment doesn't read as "MRA" to me. We still hold dads to a very different standard, and it doesn't help anyone. I remember reading an article by a stay at home dad, about interacting with his kid's friends' mothers- basically that it wasn't exactly welcoming.…

Hmmm. Would you consider playing a female orc (in WoW, let's say) a valid test of something like that?

Nah, I'm a chubster right now, sadly. But I wasn't when I started gaming and my internal imagery is still that of a skinny person, if that makes sense. So I'm probably not a good example. It's an interesting thought experiment, though there are so many different situations that I'm not sure there's a trustworthy "for…

That'd be interesting, but you'd really want to account for character class choice. If I'm playing, say, a wizard or rogue or hunter, I'm going to make her slimmer- if you've got even a slight RP inclination when designing your character, agility in a fight is far more important than the ability to take a beating. If…

If it wouldn't defeat the purpose, I'd give my right hand to be able to draw in Mignola's style.

English is a right bastard. I'm not sure where I picked it up, but the mnemonic I use is: "I before E, except after C, or when sounding like A, as in neighbor or weigh. Or weird, which is just weird."

Archiving is an important part of my email workflow, which isn't based on any particular method- it's been a gradual evolution over the last few years.

Cat.

I pay someone to trim and buff my dogs' nails, because it's a pain in the ass and takes so much longer to do it myself.

Pretty much. I'm scared to read the Onion these days- my will to carry on and continue to interact with other people can only take so much.

Good point!