That’s why they have that cute little bandit mask over their eyes. 
The cake really does taste good (not just my opinion… I’ve been getting rave reviews.) and it’s not terribly hard to make for how elegant it looks.
My computer is running slow. Could someone go feed the hamsters?
Cute kid, Dotty. Good luck with the return to work. I could use a good lawyer right now - coimng to Virginia soon?
Saturday afternoon I went out to the backyard, and as soon as I stepped outside I heard a rustle of large wings followed by the sound of something falling through tree branches. I looked over to see a squirrel fall to the ground with a “thud” and see a golden hawk fly away from the tree. Seems I interrupted someone’s lunch.
And Saturday night was spent at a concert with a bunch of hippies. I felt like Eric Cartman.
I think they’re busy biting whiterabbit. She just thinks that was a corgi.
I was once bit by a hamster, but it was because he was asleep and I stuck my finger at him. Lesson learned, do not mess with sleeping hamsters! I think I can tell the difference between a hamster and a corgi, though…I wonder if anybody has ever tried to get their hamster groomed? Hmm. I know there are fancy longhaired hamsters out there.
Dotty, I just love the cross-eyed pic! It cracked me up! Hope you get your life all smoothed out, preferably with another job, too.
Good thoughts heading to Taterland, and anywhere else they’re needed. Bad enough having to deal with a Monday without having it be a Bad Monday. It just ain’t fair!!
Still haven’t heard from FCD on his first day back. Normally he calls when he’s heading home, so I don’t know if he’s working late or just forgot. I’ll be patient. For a while.
I’ve got a hunk o’salmon thawing for supper. I’ll steam some rice and grab some veggies from the freezer. We need a good, healthy meal once in a while…
Is it Friday yet??
I was bit by a hamster once, too. Little rat bastard. Drew blood, and I was at someone else’s house and didn’t want to admit it (I was only petting the damn thing anyway) and so just stuck my finger in my pocket. Thankfully I had a tissue so I just let the tissue soak it up.
A moose once bit my sister…
<snerk>
pale bunny, if you go to the doc, do they have to report it like they do here? I have seen some hamsters that really need grooming. Was it a Cardigan or a Pembroke hamster? 
Really? A real moose? Papa Tigs got bitten once by a mongoose, but that was his own fault – he was retrieving it from his trap line when he was about 12 (his dad was a professional hunter & trapper, so he grew up hunting and trapping), and it was only playing dead. :eek: He still has a lovely scar; in fact (spoilered for TMI):
It bit through the webbing between his thumb and index finger, and even though he killed it, it wouldn’t let go, so he had to walk 1/2 hour home in the predawn cold to have his dad break its dead jaws to remove it from his hand! :eek: :eek: :eek:
The Idiots and I ran a couple of errands, and then we came home and I threw the Kong for Isaac and gave them both a good brushing with the Furminator™ – I’m noticing that far less dog hair collects around the house if I keep them regularly Furminated™ – and now it’s back to work for me. Listening to [del]idiots[/del] congressmen blather on. Envy me. :rolleyes:
We’re halfway through orientation. Do you remember the woman who was deliberately incompetent? She’s *teaching * orientation. It’s as fabulous as you can imagine. Looking at a world map, she identified Australia as Japan. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Envy me.
First on 2! Woot!
um, no. I guess you’re not a Monty Python fanatic.
Well, the salmon is going to remain unthawed. **FCD ** just called and he doesn’t want dinner. So I’ll just heat me up some leftover lasagne and be done with it.
The critters haven’t adjusted well to the time change - they’re nagging for food, because according to their tummies, they’d have been fed by now. I assure you, they all have sufficient stores to survive an additional hour. Even the one mewing so pathetically.
Why not trei a holiday in Sweden this year?
See the Lovelei lakes, the wonderful telephone system, and mani interesting furry animals.
Sounds like loads of fun Shadow.
Good luck on the job interview Haze. Appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed.
I slept some today. I think I’ll live through tonight. There’s really nuttin’ at da brewry I could like fall into if I started to doze off. That’s a good thing. There is some stuff I could fall off of, so I’ll just need to remember not to doze off on a mezzanine. Plus, believe it or not, the coffee in the coffee machines is actually pretty good. As long as caffiene infusion is available I shall survive.
I’m hungry. I’ve been promised dindin tonight but I don’t know what it’ll be or if it’s showin’ up here or I gotta go somewhere to eat it. I just hope it’s in the not too distant future.
Well, **Mork **nailed it already…
But around here you should probably run to tell Mooooom.
… Or just let me know where you’re planning to be, on a daily basis. I promise to notify the proper authorities. Don’t forget to enclose a bar of chocolate with your application… It’s for Mooooom, of course! Yes, of course I’ll make sure she gets it along with your itinerary!
SnowBunny… heal well. I said “heel…!” 
Shadow, at least there both in the same ocean. I once had Someone Who Should Know mix up New Guinea and Guyana. Good times… :rolleyes:
Hi all! Nice OP, there, Dots! What a cutie-patootie! I hope you get your job situation fixed to your satisfaction.
We had the meeting from hell today. We were recently purchased by a hyuuuuge corporation, and it was time for the benefits meeting. Ugh. Three and a half hours! Lots of good news, though, like we now have a pension! Bad news, too. Generic prescriptions were $5, now they are $12 - for only 21 pills instead of a normal 30 day supply! Crazy! They are doing this to encourage using the mail in service - $20 for a 90 day supply.
Another very cool thing I noticed is that they offer medical coverage to same-sex domestic partners. I think this is a rarity, right?
Hugs and kisses all around, as needed…
I don’t know if it’d be reported or what. I do know that my boss would pay for any treatment I needed. However, so far, it seems to be doing fine. I’m not too worried, seeing as I can type with said finger. And it was the sort without the tail. I can’t, for the life of me, remember which type is which. Except that this one has an Attitude!
I know we occasionally groom cats, but now I’m going to have to ask about hamsters!
I should go take a shower or something, but that takes energy, and I was up way too early this morning.
A mongoose? MONGOOSE?
Where did he live, India? (and now I have a new thing to have nightmares about–the Dead Who Won’t Let Go).
Took a nap. It felt really, really good. It’s getting cold here-wind is from the north. Still, it’s a lovely day.
Nothing to add. That orientation sounds faboo! How do you manage to not stick an ice pick into your cranium?
That would be the Pembroke Hamster. Here in Flawduh, Animal Control must be notified if someone seeks medical treatment for a bite. Pets who have bitten have to be quarantined for ten days to make sure they don’t have rabies. Did said hamster have foam around it’s lips???
rebo, is it Disney? I oncet worked with a woman with a masters degree who thought Chicago was a state. :rolleyes:
rigs, the mongoose puzzled me as well. The Klingon had a surfer friend who was bitten by a barracuda on the arm. It would not let go even after the head was cut from the body. He was well out in the water off Miami Beach and had to paddle back to shore with a fish head on his arm. Or so the Klingon said.
swampy, did you see your pic on the picture the doper thread?
Moose bites can be pretti nasti.
So there. Even though Sean beat me to it.
I’m reading the latest Carole Nelson Douglas Midnight Louie mystery, and I’m not sure why. It’s terrible. The writing makes me want to scream. She isn’t even trying. It’s like reading Laurell K. Hamilton, except cutesy-er, and with less bondage.
Someone motivate me to wash the dishes, clean the kitchen, and try to find the table under all the books.