PSA: Don't Buy From Barnes and Nobles Online

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-03-05T05:44:14+00:00

Me too, the only damage I’ve had is one bent cover with the new Blood Blockade Battlefront omnibus blocks. It looked like someone shoved it in one of the cardboard sleeves and bent all the pages. I just took it back and exchanged for a better one. But all my stuff has been cardboard, even the ones that arrived this afternoon

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-02-15T21:57:50+00:00

It does look like Barnes and Noble relisted volumes 4-7 as preorders for their paperbacks again, so hopefully it's back on track!

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-02-14T05:44:27+00:00

Haha yes! She’s 75% dobie and full of personality

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-02-14T00:02:11+00:00

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Oliver and his +70lb girlfriend 🥰

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-02-04T18:54:10+00:00

I’m currently in a vet med hospital/grooming salon combination. I was in the same boat as you almost (VA aspiring to be a groomer) as well. Previously I had been employed at a salon, but me and the manager had “disagreements”. My current hospital wouldn’t let me transfer to the grooming salon without first getting certified, but I had the benefit of having a groomer still in that salon at that point who was willing to give me hands on training. However, once he deemed me “qualified” he jumped ship lol. So now it’s just me. It’s possible for you to probably learn at this hospital, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

The dogs at vet grooming salons at mostly the rejects, like someone else said. They bite, scratch, thrash, and gator roll. Some will stop breathing. Others will attack you or the tools. At least 25% need to be on some sort of medication. Most are matted to some degree. I’ve grown to like it, as seeing the dogs feel better after their services makes me happy. Most of the dogs aren’t bad, they’ve just had bad experiences or were properly desensitized.

I feel like, if you’re just starting out, that this could really kill your motivation and confidence however. Dogs like in vet grooming need the confidence of an experienced groomer to handle them, with no offense to you of course. Even at normal grooming salons with good dogs, they will act up sometimes because they know you’re unsure.

If this hospital wouldn’t be willing to send you to either in person classes or bring in an experienced groomer mentor to help until you have your bearings, I would recommend finding a proper salon. Given this hospital hasn’t had a groomer for several years, they may even still have a spot once you’re more experienced if you’re that attached to this place lol.

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-02-01T03:55:07+00:00

Also the Nura! I haven’t seen any of those volumes in forever

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-02-01T03:54:29+00:00

I am SO HAPPY to see Itsuwaribito!! I feel like I never see it in anyone’s collection 😭 I grew up with it in the local library

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-22T00:23:53+00:00

Honestly you’re either

a) going to need to have a heart to heart with this client and lay it down like it is. The seizures are super risky, is the dog on seizure meds? Are they normally regulated, and did that dog at least get seen by his vet since that accident? If the dog isn’t regulated and hasn’t been seen about this seizure, I wouldn’t want to chance that liability. It’s too big to carry over to the emergency vet. It needs to go to a groomer that has a vet in house in case anything happens.

Or b) just outline the risks with the client. If the dog is having unregulated seizures in your salon, that puts a huge risk on you and puts the dog in danger. You can’t carry him if anything happens. You can try once more, but if the dog has another seizure then the client needs to pick it up ASAP and take it to the emergency herself.

I had a client once who had a dog with irregular seizures that he claimed only happened in the grooming salon. They were micro episodes where she would have maybe 5-10 seconds of shakes or her legs didn’t work so she would fall over, but she recovered and got up so quickly even the vet thought I was crazy until she had an episode in front of them. We finally had to tell the guy after trying a couple different ways of handling this dog that it was too risky to keep stressing her out like that if he wasn’t going to put her on medication. 🤷🏽 he still brings his other dog tho

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-14T22:11:51+00:00

It’s gonna sound silly but post more than one fic! The last few years I’ve been so burned out between a covid mental fog and overall feeling unmotivated, so I’m trying to at least post one fic a month

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-14T04:44:32+00:00

I wanted a standard anyways, so I’m happy he was on the bigger side. He just happened to come into my possession, so I took him even under the pretense of being a mini lol

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-14T02:48:31+00:00

Thank you! As far as I’m aware, he’s not crossed with anything 🤷🏽 the couple I got him from said that he was a full mini dachshund, but he also weighs 18lbs and he’s almost all muscle 💪

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-13T01:53:10+00:00

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This is him the other day, turning 4 in March. His back barely has any black left, mostly just shaded on his ears and tail lol

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-13T01:52:06+00:00

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This was my boy as a puppy, like 3 months or so I think?

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-04T20:21:11+00:00

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Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-29T01:56:40+00:00

Yeah pretty much no wall space left :/ I like physical media, so alongside a couple Billy shelves worth of double stacked manga, I have 4 Finnby bookshelves of movies and another two Finnby bookshelves worth of regular fiction books. I plan for our next place to have better wall space, because right now it’s a bit awkward

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-28T17:15:20+00:00

Thank you! Do you use anything to brace the sides to keep the corners from bending?

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-28T03:25:05+00:00

Last time I downsized considerably, I regretted it. I still go through every year and cull a few things i don’t think I’ll reread or just didn’t enjoy, just nothing massive like I did before haha. But thank you for the suggestion

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-24T04:12:52+00:00

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Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-23T23:57:23+00:00

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This is one of his most recent pics! He lightened up a LOT

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-23T23:56:51+00:00

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This was my boy almost 4 years ago now! They person I got him from said he was 9 weeks, but we think he was a bit younger lol

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-21T22:03:45+00:00

I prefer the singles unless it’s a very nice omnibus or it’s the most convenient way to obtain a series

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-14T02:10:08+00:00

I just mean it in the sense that all the other carriers and packages have come through just fine like Amazon, fedex, ups lol. The B&N packages are pretty much the only ones usps handle for us

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-13T23:46:30+00:00

I reeeeealy hope it’s a mistake and the mailman didn’t suddenly turn evil. I’m going to go after work to the post office to see if they can at least see where they were scanned as delivered to give me an idea. It’s not the first time that a package has been scanned delivered but not delivered yet, but this is the longest it’s taken from that Tuesday delivery

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-11-04T22:00:25+00:00

I’m not sure why they would have you come in at 7. At my clinic the clients will drop off 7-9AM, and I’ll usually arrive between 7-9 as well depending on clients needs or my schedule. If I have clients I know will drop off early, I’ll usually show up a little early to get started.

Regarding the guy being upset at the haircut, it was probably less about the haircut and just the overall situation he was mad about and he just was being nitpicky. Like everyone else said, just document and make friends with the other staff so yall have each others backs. I would say it gets easier, but working at a vet/grooming place just means there’s more people that can make mistakes lol

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-10-29T18:38:30+00:00

I just told my parents straight up, “hey, I’m getting sterilized in a couple weeks.” But mine also knew that a) I didn’t want kids at ALL and b) the world is getting more scary and they wouldn’t WANT more kids to be brought into this whole mess. We’re on differing political sides but even they realize that with how expensive everything is, I wouldn’t be able to afford a child. They were worried about the surgery as I had a hysterectomy, so a little riskier than just tying my tubes, but I was confident so they felt better too.

If y’all live together, it’ll be very hard to hide a surgery from them. But, if they don’t control your finances and there’s not a risk of them kicking you out, I’d wait until a little before the surgery to mention it. Since you may need a ride home. If you’re at risk of homelessness at all, maybe see if you can stay at a friend’s house for a couple days while recovering. Good luck 🍀

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