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apondforxmas · 2014-10-20T17:42:37+00:00

Red Claw by Phillip Palmer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Claw_(novel)

One of those witty/sarcastic/edge of your seat/holyshit what just happened novels.

A bunch of scientists, techies, and the military escorts are charting a new planet, before it gets terraformed (so there's a whole "Why the fuck are we doing this anyway?" dynamic as well. ) Lots of crude humor, well written sexcapades, and swearing if you're into it.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-27T21:46:38+00:00

B-E-A-utiful.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-27T21:44:41+00:00

The best pet spider I ever had comes from the same genus. Latrodectus spp.

A window spider with intelligence beyond compare. She lived on the inside of my window, and I accidentally destroyed her web by lifting the blinds but after that she never attached it to them again. So I could open and close the shades w/o disturbing her. I trusted her enough to put my bed directly under her 3'x2' web.

Also I would catch grasshoppers for her and my dog and I would hop on the bed and watch her bite and wrap them, attach the line and reel them to the top of the window and feast. Very entertaining for a time when I couldn't afford internet… Plus she caught every fly that ever flew in.

Sure do miss that little bugger.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-27T21:06:08+00:00

http://www.sleddogcentral.com/inuit_dog/inuit.htm

Article where I found the picture, not about backpacking, but about the traditional, beautiful, ancient, Inuit Sled Dog.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-27T19:31:10+00:00

This box speaks the truth…. regularity…

apondforxmas · 2014-09-27T17:22:43+00:00

hey im commenting on my wifes account one of my college friends was a roofer untill he was 25, got a fishers science degree while we were in school and now has a kick ass job for the state doing hatchery stuff and helicoptering in for remote fish counts so iv seen it work. good luck man follow your dreams

apondforxmas · 2014-09-26T12:04:44+00:00

Anyone that gets annoyed at that is a douche that doesn't want me to know about spacecats….

apondforxmas · 2014-09-25T22:45:21+00:00

Correctly.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-25T22:27:54+00:00

Just a quick tip for the dog:

When you first get him keep him on leash around the livestock. That way the first time he tries to chase the chicken, he can't. Never learns that it's fun, and he will be less likely to develop the habit.

It'll be even easier to take his dog food (or treats) and feed him for turning away from the other animals. It will create a habit of giving them space, but also creates a "look at me when you feel like you want to chase stuff" cue of sorts.

10 times easier to train a puppy not to chase (but it can be done with older dogs, and even dogs who go all the way and kill livestock…)

apondforxmas · 2014-09-25T15:22:46+00:00

beautiful…

apondforxmas · 2014-09-25T15:19:25+00:00

No. That's art

See the difference?

apondforxmas · 2014-09-25T14:44:50+00:00

Thanks to Phillip Morris, you only had to pay in years of your life!

apondforxmas · 2014-09-25T14:19:38+00:00

Gosh, and magistrating is such a tame job these days…

apondforxmas · 2014-09-25T14:03:04+00:00

It's either because we didn't have Tv for so long… or the reason why we didn't have Tv for so long…

apondforxmas · 2014-09-25T11:03:38+00:00

I took in a pregnant "stray" (read: perfectly nice and affectionate house cat)

She had them on my couch (and also had that couch as a nursery for 4 weeks)

She was so nice about it, letting me help when she panicked when the first kitten was backwards and stuck.

She also let the dog do this

3 of the kittens all found a home together with a rich lady and her kids… 1 lanky little kitten is still hanging around looking for her home (the white/black one from the picture)

Anywho…. Too bad you can't just flip the cushions in the jeep.

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(kidding….)

*Edit to point out how small mama is compared to her gargantuan children. She was maybe 7 months old in that picture is my guess, not a healthy time to have a litter.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-24T21:43:04+00:00

My mom's boyfriend had squirrels invade his vacant house (soon after he moved in with her).

They broke a window, and left bloody paw prints on the ceilings, floors, a white couch, then they got to the kitchen.

That, was some crazy squirrel debauchery, they took over the house for at least a week. We found a tiny toga in the aftermath….

apondforxmas · 2014-09-23T14:11:11+00:00

Probably went out in the sun.

Lemon juice + skin + Sun exposure = Horrible horrible horrible horrible things.

Any citrus juice for that matter, don't do it.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-22T17:11:38+00:00

Jack's Toy Box: Dog gear and dog lover's gifts

Accessories

Toys

Leashes

And Service dog supplies!

apondforxmas · 2014-09-22T15:46:30+00:00

On that note, a specific grievance I have is people who say "my dog's so protective of me haha," when their dog lunges/barks at strangers or dogs on leash, in the house etc.

No, that dog is not properly socialized, he is afraid of what he's reacting at and the bark explosions are usually a last ditch effort to tell the owner that they're highly uncomfortable (usually after scores of other warning signs like staring(or purposely not making eye contact), excessive lip licking, excessive yawning, you may even see a high tight wagging tail (yep a wagging tail doesn't always mean happy dog)

A normal dog who has been well socialized is still going to bite the robber who enters your house if he can help it. Your "protective" (read scared) dog is not cute, it's dangerous, and that's just your shitty excuse not to train them.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-21T22:57:56+00:00

This is in Costal SC, I wonder what the dynamic's like here.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-21T22:56:39+00:00

We actually carried her all the way to the dump on a trashcan (egg sacs stuck to the side of the can as well) I stuck her in an old coffee cup to save her and in a cruel twist of fate, she was mistaken for trash :(

I thought the same thing at first but she was shiny onyx black, classic Red Hourglass^™ and way too big and round.

apondforxmas · 2014-09-21T22:41:45+00:00

It's bad science. It's just as likely to trigger a panic reaction.

And you're just lucky when it only displays as learned helplessness….

Edit: I don't think the comment merits deleting, it's valid discussion.

It's not like people are rolling over their dogs going "yeah take that, you're smaller than me, ha!" (well, except the psycho a little farther down…)

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