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  1. sorry to hear about your goldfish donatella. :o(

    Here’s an idea,
    a large 50 gallon tank with just one goldfish and a filter.
    No gravel, only a large rock or fake plant for the fish to play around with.
    With a low intensity flourescent light shining into the water.
    It would be a soothing and therapeutic addition to any room with very little maintenance.

  2. bfarwell, yeah, I could see the whole sitdown part, that makes sense. But out of hand to reject someone who is 60 seems sort of anti-human.

    The stitches were due to the kitten getting fixed? stitches/ripping sounds awful. When my cat got a cancerous bump taken off his back, the whole shaving and stitches thing was so awful, I full out cried my heart out looking at him like that. He lived till 20 though. Had a great life with me.

  3. Unsolicited OT Film Review:

    The Black Swan

    Interesting take on a familiar story line.
    An artist’s descent into madness.
    Perhaps best exemplified by The Shining.
    Natalie Portman’s performance was quite good as the
    prima ballerina, great physicality.
    I found the direction, which was purposefully claustrophobic, to be effective in conveying the untethered sense of a character on the brink.
    The film had a gritty 70’s feel to it with its use of the New York City environment, similar to
    Looking For Mr. Goodbar or The Eyes of Laura Mars.

    Interesting supporting cast with Mila Kunich and Winona Ryder. All in all a good film, fleshing out the Mother/Daughter angle a bit more with Barbara Hershey (underutilized) and pushing more of the thriller angle, would have made it a very good film.
    7 out of 10 *’s

  4. Just went to lunch and thinking about some shelters not allowing 60+ to adopt. Maybe they should hook up with a life insurance company and do actuarial studies on human croak/kitten croak probabilities. Or say if you want to buy life insurance and you do well on your physical, they could throw in a kitten as a promotion.

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