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I got another cat before my very old cat Sox died. I didn’t plan it. I didn’t want it, but he needed me. The CDS does stuff in its own time. a year seems like a long time. Look at it like this, your old pet would want you to help another like how you helped them.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 39 Tune In to the Midnight Heart 9

That's what data centers are known for. They employ almost no one and hike utility rates for everyone else.

It's honestly a continuous grieving process for me. I still feel the loss of each kitty deeply. 'sha [ age 10; condition was liver failure, semi-quick once diagnosed and she made the decision that she didn't want any more tubes by chewing all her IVs off ] I received a phone call the day after she passed from my mom who had just found two litters of kittens in the wood pile being raised by raccoons. They were only a month old so I'd have to wait another month to rescue one. I said I would if there was a girl and not a blue-grey- there was exactly one girl and she was a full tabby. So the decision was technically the following day but I had a month of alone time which could have ended up being more. The little tabby came to me very sick but we got her healthy. In the end, she was the only survivor of all the kittens. Bitchcakes [ age 14 years, 9 months; condition was cancer] Her disease was hidden by her arthritis, her pain meds kept her going until she started having problems eating. She ended up in the ER hospital where testing eventually revealed she had cancer. She was given days to weeks. We had 6 weeks together after that diagnosis, careful hand feedings twice a day, heating pad, pain meds and episodes of Metalocalypse. Two weeks after she had passed, I ended up clicking a link I was sent and there was one itty-bitty baby girl in need of a home. A little tuxie. Potato Bug [ age 1 year, 3 months; condition kitten leukemia ] The freshest loss, she went downhill way too fast for such a small kitten. She was being treated for what passed as anemia but when she refused to eat anything one day, we went to the ER. She never came home. This was a few days before I had to head to Atlanta. In the vendors mart, there was a picked over table of random plushies - a small tuxie had been pushed to the side. It stays on my bed in the pillows by my head - Bug used to climb under the covers and hug my neck to fall asleep. About 3 weeks later I was pity-partying on Bug's adoption site and there was a tiny not-a-tuxie kitten that looked like her world was ending too. They said she might be too shy to function. She's currently snoring in the cat tree's highest point after a full day of mischief and mayhem. For me, a kitty is an ESA. A kitty needs me to be functional, non-feral, semi-adult creature so that's what I am. I spoil them, they keep me sane. I still grieve 'sha and that was ~16 years ago. I currently can't watch videos of tuxies playing in the snow and being tuxies or enjoy french fries because those were Bug things only 7 months ago. The Metalocalypse DVDs are gathering dust on the shelf because the last time they were watched, it was while carefully cuddling my little Bitchcake and feeding her puree. They are always in the background, they were family. Sakura isn't a replacement, she's merely the newest family member.

Brinner

Watched Survivor last week and this week.

oh...absolutely fitting.

look at the shades.... hades.... lucifer!!! WHAAAAATTTTTTT

gotcha' a vote.

shut up scoob.

Fish Tempura and Rice.

A can of chicken & dumplings.

It's been odd here too. Every day this week there's been such a thick fog that there had to be warnings issued about them. This morning everything had a dangerous sheet of ice attached to it, especially the streets. It might hit 50'F by Sunday except, oh wait, blizzards are now in the forecast for next week. It could be nothing, it could be 3 feet deep. Who knows anymore.

Oh, so we do have a cartoons thread in here. Alright, guess I'll be posting my Western Animations here, then. Primal 27-28

If my last name was Penix, my life's goal would be to find a Vaginx.

Echoes Of The End (PS5) Basically a low budget God Of War clone, but the first hour or so I played wasn’t horrible.

Wildcard round...i guess they tied? Anyway...i know i said i would stop but its extended 2 days. 🙌🏿

kids today have terrible handwriting

Yeah. I noticed he hasn't been around but he does this every once in a while so i aint called the dogs yet.

I miss Kudasai.

I may be wrong, but I think there are AI datacenters that are hiking up prices.

I've never had a household that was devoid of canine and feline family members so that might affect my answer, but, there really isn't a timeline. Just as with a hereditary family member, they're not "replaceable" in the sense one might "replace" a significant other. If you picked up a new kitty a day after losing your long time feline companion, you're not somehow replacing your old family, you're rescuing new family that can help you work through the grief of losing someone special to you. Each pet we take into our homes is a unique personality that can't be erased once they are no longer with us, and it become apparent when you learn to interact with your newest adoptee. What matters is your capacity to open yourself up to loving this new family member: whether or not you are able to process grief with the help of others or if you have to shut down to do so. If the answer is that you can love someone while grieving for another, then you can adopt a new pet right now.

@The_annoying_one I tried the Big Arch burger for lunch today. I didn't like it that much. It was too many things at once. I'd rather just have a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder. I guess I still liked it more than the CEO did. 🤷‍♂️