( Cut for the sensitive; it's about a pet being put to sleep. )

Thanks, all, for your condolences. I'm doing fine. The funeral is tomorrow. The folks at work made sure that I had tomorrow night off so that I could help take care of everything, for which I'm grateful. And Sarah's been very supportive, which has been a huge help.

My grandmother's obituary.

I was waiting for Newbury Comics to open so that I could do my Christmas shopping (tomorrow is our Christmas), so I went over to the Super Stop and Shop to kill some time. That's when I ran into these bitches.

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBrand.htm?BR=496&SBR=398

Are you kidding me? Star Wars Transformers? What's next, you marketing whores? G. I.. Joe's Duke Skywalker? Darth Snarf? Obi-Wan Wolverine? How about you stop making my childhood memories bump uglies with George Lucas for the sake of a buck?

This is almost as bad as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover with Star Trek. Almost. *glare*

Time to make some cherry vodka snow cones, wut?

Me: *comes out of the bathroom after having been in there for Quite Some Time*
Mark: Did you drop a bomb?
Me: Naw, I baked a fresh batch of cookies. Go grab yourself one while they're still warm.

Ha ha ha, oh shit, he finally found it. I was hoping it would be a year or two before he stumbled across it, but this is still nice.

Jared: Hey you asshole! How the hell did 'bathhouse' end up in my dvds!?
Me: HAHAHAHAHALOLHAHAHAHAHA
Jared: Haha you turd! LoL
Me: From Sarah and I, with love. We did that forever ago. All of LJ has been waiting for you to find that. I was hoping Leah would find it when she was up there.
Jared: Holy shit! Its been that long!? HAHAHAHA!

Me: I'm getting excited. I have a present at the girlfriend's house.
Becker: Oh? What did you think it is?
Me: I suspect maybe a video game.
Becker: !! ... I thought you just said Speedos.
Me: What the Hell?
Becker: I... don't know...
Me: Yeah, don't think I could pull that look off. It would look like a Wookiee in Ewok's pajamas.
Becker: XD

It's a discount store. The kind that buys a whole bunch of discontinued items and what not and sells them dirt cheap. Jared and I were perusing the goods the other day.

Me: These carpets smell like beef jerky!
Jared: >.>
Me: Cheap for a reason!
Random Shopper: o.O

Me: Ooh. 9-LED flashlights.
Jared: *holds up one with all 9 LEDs missing* Yeahhhh...
Me: Cheap for a reason!

"... previous studies suggest that cats can’t taste sweets at all, thanks to a defect in their taste bud genes."

That's from this bit about red pandas liking candy.

That makes little sense to me, because my cats lovvvvve hot cocoa (I even share a little on occasion, which they suck down greedily), and I'm pretty sure Bosco will do just about anything for a bite of whoopie pie. Then again, I had a cat that would shun meat, but go crazy for veggies, so who knows. XD