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Mac has inoperable sarcoma. It has already crushed part of his rib cage and is the cause of his breathing and weight loss problems. The only piece of good news is, given his breed (OEBD), he actually feels relatively little pain, not enough to warrant extreme measures at this time. So I have...

Off to the vet oncologist now. Hoping Mac has a fighting chance. He lost another 3 pounds or so this week. I feel like a monster. Despite the strong chance he may be put down, the vet insisted I take away his food and water last night. He's desperately thirsty and miserable now...

Easy. Take an empty and clean peanut butter jar. Cut two holes in the top, one 18-20mm diameter and the other whatever fits what you have around to use for a mouthpiece. Put some silicone or other plastic tubing (glass is of course better if you have any; I assume you don't have a glass down...

If you can't afford to order some cheap glass online, make yourself something at home to use with the Solo. Like the old-school empty peanut butter jar water pipe many of us made in high school. Will let you suck down more at once, and also just the change will help. New glass usually punches...

My only concern with adopting an adult dog is my cat, who is almost 20 years old. He has always lived with dogs, but he knew them since they were puppies. I've actually been warned by a shelter employee about that being risky once - either because the adult rescue dog can hurt the cat or vice...

I need some advice here. I was told Friday that there is a good chance my dog will have to be put down on Monday. He has lost more than 10% of his body weight in 3 weeks, has a hematocrit level that indicates cancer, will barely eat or drink. I am a handicapped chronic nerve pain patient and...

....and bring the contact info for a good attorney, preferably admitted to practice in both Canada and the U.S. If you're as paranoid a I am.

I can't believe there isn't a vape by that name yet. As a former Foucault scholar I may have to make one. Chew on this: http://foucault.info/documents/foucault.thisisnotapipe.en.html (he uses the word vapor, heh heh): To allow similitudes…to be born from their own vapour and to rise...

You'll get far, far better results putting less in the ELB. A Pax load is waaaaaay too much for any Cloud, the old or the EVO. As many have pointed out, 1/4 of the ELB is plenty, and many of us use just a pinch and get massive clouds. At the same time, strain does make a difference in the...

Excellent perspective. My favorite example of this attitude is from a guy depicted as evil in the West, but not in a lot of the rest of the world - Temujin, aka Genghis Khan. He never stopped living in a standard Mongol ger or ourda (the one mispronounced in English as 'yurt', the other as...

Fuck yeah! Part of my job is watching the decay of the US court system in detail. We all must be ready to FLEE! The Supreme court is about to declare a part of the Constitution unConstitutional for the 2nd time in less than a year. And the FCCs screwing up of net neutrality came from...

Thanks for the info. I'll keep an eye on that and related cases. I can actually do it on the clock :).

If this happened to enough people in a manner inconsistent with but not necessarily in violation of the law, in the US (until relatively recently) you and other affected people could easily form a class action and sue. Don't know if you have class or mass actions in Canada - not my area. The...

I'm not Canadian, but my sister lives in VC, and I work in a law firm that does work in Canada pretty regularly. These rates DO vary, under Canadian law, depending on whether entering Canada through commercial private shipping vs public post. However, they also can vary pretty dramatically...

Hey, at least they didn't hold it for long. Stuff coming in to the US can get held by our customs for a loooong time. Got my Mobius Nano Matrrx from an FCer in Australia. US Customs held on to it for NINE MONTHS before delivering it to me.

There isn't anything labeled 'Swagger Barrel' there anymore. So maybe you got a deal on the last one.

I'd go a step further than a power yacht. Giant (handicap-accessable) houseboat so I can head out of any jurisdiction at a moments notice.

I was cleaning my apartment last night and stumbled upon a cluster of glass I forgot I even owned (damn GAS). So now I get to test the EVO on even more. Found an HD tube I'd forgotten about, my Vriptech Water Tools, and a couple others.

I'm neither rich nor a homeowner. However, the four or five richest people I've known did NOT live in mansions. Richest people i ever met lived in a standard suburban development, no indication from the house that they were worth literally tens of billions. That may be a function of the area...

For a couple of centuries now, the curve of a katana has been gotten through differential hardening (i.e., clay treating). However, older blades (pre-12th Century) had a bit less differential hardening and were nearly straight. You can do differential hardening without allowing the curve to...