According to Ansible's web page, Robert Holdstock has died.

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Hi I'm new :)

I'm not familiar with how to post pictures directly or how to make a fancy link :/
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Link goes to my journal, which holds a link to my deviantart.

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This is my new Cavalier King Charles puppy, Milo (born 8/29/09). When he's in a really deep sleep you can do almost anything to him and he wont wake up. Its adorable :)

Hoping this is splodworthy...



I really hope I did this right.

We went to the Mornington Peninsula this weekend, and found an alpaca farm where a baby had been born not 18 hours before. Plus there was a 3 week old and several 8-month olds, including some utterly weird longhaired gits teenager types. ( So if you think you can handle the cute... ) Warning - adult alpacas and the odd human showing too

I was watching Hulu and an ad came on for car insurance. They were talking about things we've learned. "That's who's around your TV is more important than how big it is." etc. And finally ending with "And people who switch to (whatever) from (blahblah) save $$$ dollars a year."

Anyway, one LITTLE snippet amused the hell out of me. One of the lines was "We've learned that the best things in life are free." And it shows a women holding her baby.

Babies are technically free. However... You need hosptialization while you have said baby and the doctor visits leading up to that time. Then you have the carseat, the stroller, the carrier, the crib, the toys, the food, the clothes, etc. That shit ain't free. At that's JUST the beginning.

I even found this little calculator to prove it. "Child born in 2009, annual household income being 38,000 to 64,000, with a two parent household and public college." Life-time cost of child: right around $250,000. Give or take about $10,000 depending on where you live.

That's a QUARTER OF A MILLION in 18 years. Children are not free. They are FUCKING EXPENSIVE. /endrant.

There was a cat show in my hometown today so I had to go, and take photos.
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( CATSPAM! - 29 photos! )

Calmed down now, clear sky. Some areas got winds over 50 mph yesterday -- our personal high was over 40. No local damage sighted, and the morning TV says power outages are down to a few thousand. Hope that Kristen didn't acquire any trees on top of her little hermit's cabin in the woods.

I'll do a local survey on foot, later . . .

Overnight low 27 F, 32 now. The chill approaches. We can expect highs in the 30s this week.

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