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Savannah Cats Make Super-Sized Pets {Pawnation}
Nov 1st 2009 4:22PM We recently were adopted by a Bengal, probably an F1 judging by his size and frame, because he was abandoned (as far as we can tell) by his previous human. We went to tremendous lengths to try and find his original human and reunite them, but we simply couldn't find the person. We tried Google, the phone numbers listed by the Humane Society, the people who run the microchip service (kitty has a microchip), the pound, the phone book (we called anyone with the same last name and left a message), everything. We don't know what happened, but this cat was terrified and starving when he turned up in our garden. He's gotten un-starved and un-scared now, and he's a total love in spite of his enormous claws. He's a snuggly guy, and friendly to our two other cats. We have yet to adopt a shelter cat because every time we lose a cat to old age, another cat just turns up to adopt us.
Bai Ling Loves Her Cheetah-Cat {Pawnation}
Nov 1st 2009 4:13PM Cheetah blood (doesn't look like it--maybe one of the smaller wild cats) or not, ALL felines can be extremely attached to their humans. The danger is one of scale--whereas a tiny domestic kitten can bite, kick and claw away and scarcely cause a scratch, a larger cat (even a domestic cat) just playing can send a human to the emergency room. Humans living with cats of all sizes need to be very aware of their cats' body language and subtle behaviors if they want to stay uninjured. Cats don't intend to be mean or harm "their" humans in most cases, but sometimes an instinct takes over and the result is bloodshed (a drop all the way up arterial spray) or injury (if a big cat decides you are her "babykitten" and tries to drag you off by your "scruff" to safety, it's going to do some damage).
In ancient Egypt, cheetahs were kept and used much as we use hunting dogs, so you can't say they aren't amenable to domestication. They do get attached to their humans.
Watch: The Heenes on 'Wife Swap' {Popeater}
Oct 16th 2009 9:01PM Hoax or not, non-news or not (I definitely think that it was non-news, but I can't say for sure on the hoax), "Balloon Boy" was the perfect lunchtime viewing for at least five people in this country. I went to lunch with four of my classmates on Thursday, and the story was playing out live on a huge-screen TV at the university dining commons (hey--they have a five dollar special on Thursdays, and it was convenient and close).
After a miserable morning of medical mycology and medical virology, with an equally miserable afternoon of transfusion medicine to come (It's a great major, but some days are just horrible and this was one of them), "Balloon Boy" was just what we all needed in the way of a brain break. It made the afternoon bearable.
So--from five stressed Clinical Laboratory Science students: Thank you, Heene family!
Conde Nast closes beloved Gourmet magazine and three others {Daily Finance}
Oct 5th 2009 8:01PM When Gourmet changed its format from the old, text-heavy, literate style and longer articles to looking a lot like any other food magazine, it lost its core readers. It lost me, for one.
Rich people in a panic over new IRS rules {Daily Finance}
Sep 13th 2009 9:11PM The wealthiest 1% of Americans pay roughly 40% of the taxes collected in the United States. HOWEVER..they also earn 70% of the income in the United States. They need to pay their fair share (70%).
Bed Sharing Is Bad for Your Health {Asylum}
Sep 13th 2009 3:57PM I'm all for separate beds. It was always a battle with my ex-husband, who snored loud enough to rattle the windows, hogged all the blankets and then threw them off HIS side of the bed when he got too hot. My grandparents had separate twin beds throughout their marriage, but they stayed married until death. My grampa used to get into my gramma's bed while she changed, washed her face and brushed her teeth to warm it for her. Then he'd go to his bed and go to sleep.
Students Try to Steal Giant Pepper From Chili's Rooftop {Asylum}
Sep 10th 2009 6:59PM There isn't any indication whether the four people attempting to steal the giant chili were students or not. Assuming they were students, however, I want to know why they were doing this instead of studying.
Rower Finds Inspiration in the Unknown {Lemondrop}
Sep 5th 2009 8:27PM Some people aren't suited to marriage. Good for her for figuring it out and pursuing her dreams. Having a husband isn't everything. Love isn't everything. It isn't like she had children, which would have changed the situation completely.
There is no reason for those of you who DO find lifetime companionship rewarding to condemn those of us who don't. There are costs and benefits to living alone and to living with another. It's a question of which costs and which benefits a person chooses, and what's right for one is not right for all.
Woman Bites Off Rapist's Tongue {Lemondrop}
Aug 30th 2009 6:25PM I agree. It probably isn't "safe" to fight back the way she did, but I can't imagine NOT fighting. Once instinct kicks in, thoughts of "safe" just disappear anyways. And you are right about not every woman being a soft target. Some of those soft-looking targets turn out to be lethal.
The Waldorf-Astoria kindly requests that you dress up for a trip to their Starbucks {Gadling}
Aug 28th 2009 6:51PM If I'm going to pay the kind of rates that the Waldorf-Astoria charges, I expect to be able to wear whatever I please in the place. Granted, you would never catch me in shorts or a faded baseball cap, but you might well catch me in a baggy t-shirt and scrub pants dashing into a Starbucks or to a newsstand on a Sunday morning. I don't always want to wait for room service. Maybe I want that little AM stretch.
