we started out this school year with strict rules- he's miraculously gotten good grades, despite his lack of effort. now in 8th grade, and still in ap/honors level courses, this will quickly cease to be the case. he's smart, and that's... Read More
toronto rocks!!!
toronto's new laws limits pet stores to selling shelter rescue animals only!
what a wonderful, effective way to cut down on animal cruelty and shut down puppy/kitty mills! buy from a reputable home breeder or get a loving rescue animal. i hope the rest of the world follows suit.
I have four dogs that are from the mean streets three of whom are pure breeds that found themselves on the streets without tags or chips. Selling animals like a product has always struck me as insane. Bravo TO!
While I agree with the sentiment, PayPal has also blocked WikiLeaks and Burning Man in the past. The should be bound by the same rule of ethics of other financial institutions (well, the rule of ethics other Banks SHOULD have), and not be applying personal bias towards clients. Even if they are hate mongers.
here's a video of what ts irene did to a small town a couple hours from me. small agricultural town, completely devastated. buildings that have stood for over a 100 years were washed off their foundations. this video shows the death of an entire town.
my boys start school next week, and i'm really struggling with it. there have been some issues with school this year, budget cuts, school closure and fucktard administration policies. really this affects my 5 year old going into kindergarten more than my 13 year old. our district is an inner city school district, with some problems unique to such.
kindergarten is now 1/2 day, so... Read More
Just reading about this now....omg....this situation is horrible!!!! Sorry that you are having to deal with this!!! That shouldn't even be!!! Glad to hear that you got the bus situation to work though.
so, we have not washed away. we celebrated irene by gathering up a group of interesting people on our huge front porch and drinking ill-advised amounts of hurricanes. being a whiskey drinker, i've never had one before.
we had a great time, nobody minded the rain blowing sideways at points.
the kids made themselves shirley temples, and we fed a jew bacon. he said it... Read More
