My brother's kids both hit the genetic jackpot for hair. Curly blonde and grows like a weed...seriously, the girl looks like a supermodel version of Cousin It. But my god, the shit the boy got for preferring to grow it out to shoulder length. Not just from strangers or other kids...the rest of the family thought it…

No, I'm saying I don't know if poverty does or doesn't play a role, and without evidence either way, I'm not going to assume the worst of people. Motive does matter.

Again, if this is a truly poverty stricken area...then, no, not really? I mean, yes, I feel sorrow and sympathy for everyone who lost a loved one. But I also feel sorrow and sympathy for those forced to do things like rob what is essentially a grave site to survive. And if I absolutely had to weigh the two, survival…

Thank you, that was my first thought too. It's like the horror over people 'looting' after Katrina. The dead aren't going to miss their valuables, and if it helps someone survive...well, I just can't work up too much rage over it.

Okay, I admit it...I laughed. Hard.

The money represents nine surgical procedures, one emergency trip to Penn, and visits to six different specialty departments (ophthalmology, dermatology, oncology, internal med, dentistry, behavior.) We're not sure if it's a genetic fluke or the result of the malnutrition he suffered as a kitten, but his immune…

Oh, to top things off...

The Giver was one of my favorite books as a child. My mother used to read me a chapter before bed each night. I figured since the character Jonas sees in his own unique way, it was a good name for a blind cat. :)

Jonas...he's named after the main character in the book The Giver. Trust me, I'm the lucky one! He's the most infuriating, delightful cat I've ever encountered. If nothing else, he insures life is never boring.

This is him today (we did have to remove both eyes):

Believe it or not, that's the actual brand name. The rival drug is called Euthasol.

I'm not one to believe in fate, but the following sequence of events makes me wonder...

I have a sex drive...if anything, my sex drive is probably overactive to most. So I can and do masturbate and can very easily climax, but it's....well, it's really rather boring, to be frank. Any pleasure I feel is over and done in seconds.So it's something I do because I acknowledge my body's need for it, much like I…

Speaking as an asexual, not everyone needs sex. I'm in my middle 30s and I've never indulged and never desired to.

I'm sorry, this still hugely misses the mark. A man is being accused of a crime. Guilty or not, it would be downright foolish for him to 'open a dialogue' on matters of consent. That would be absolutely read that he is guilty of the accusation. Expecting ANYONE accused of a crime to put opening a dialogue over…

Nah, I just had it on so I could record what he puts me through every night. He only eats wet food and if he doesn't eat every three hours he violently vomits, so I've learned to just deal with it.

I honestly didn't realize until I taped it that he really does stop and wait for a reaction between shredding. Which is weird, considering he's blind and all!

I have not slept more than three hours at a stretch in nine years. This is why:

I just had two out about a month ago and go back to get the other two done this Friday. Anesthesia was never offered as an option. I actually had a really bad experience because novocaine doesn't work well on me. The dentist said to raise my hand if it hurt. Well, it bloody HURT, so I raised my hand, and she…

How exactly does slowing food distribution interfere with another cat stealing food? And while knowing who is stealing is valuable, the feeder still has no way to STOP the behavior. Are you saying the feeder will start to give less food to the stealing cat and more to the ones being stolen from? Wouldn't that just…