Toluu : Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

This won’t turn into a cat blog, I promise. This and one more, and I’m done for a long time.

We wanted so badly for this to work out. Edward’s death is so recent and so raw in our minds that we’d convinced ourself that Macleod was, as his name suggests, immortal. Sadly, it wasn’t to be.

Mac’s condition is deteriorating rapidly. He won’t eat or drink, and he spits out what we give him manually. He can barely move his back legs at all, and he’s losing precision in his front legs. He has no control over his bowels or bladder. He has facial tics, and spasms in his back legs. When we picked him up from Susan’s house today (we left them there so that we could bug-bomb the apartment), he was shivering uncontrollably despite it being quite warm out.

It’s time that we face the music: Mac isn’t going to make it. He is in pain and distress, especially since he’s effectively motionless and can’t control when his bladder or bowels express themselves (which isn’t often, since he won’t eat and he only drinks when we force him to). As much as we love Mac and want to have him with us always, we are compassionate and don’t want him to suffer, so tomorrow morning we are taking him to the vet for the last time.

We called the breeder we bought him from and told her about this, and she told us to come by tomorrow afternoon and pick up another kitten. She’s going to take the kitten we choose to the vet before we arrive, and make her b

A quick tipJuly 23

As September 19th is less than two months away, I feel obliged to point out a bit of trivia, to help the copywriters and screenwriters who are going to be inundated with requests for pirate-related ads for Talk Like A Pirate Day. This knowledge will save you weeks of embarrassment.

Ready? Here it is:

Pirates do not say “argh” except in circumstances where other people would say “argh”. The word you are looking for is “arr” or “yarr”.

I’m so glad that I can be of help in these trying times.

Recent search queriesJuly 20

“wow threat meter” - I’ve been getting this one ever since I posted about Omen lo those many months ago. Sadly, it’s generally my top search query.
“is wachovia going to fail” - Probably not.
“chicken plating” - I’m pretty sure this goes back to my rant about “stacked food”.
“pizza plating” - … you put it on a plate?
“modr cross” - Excitebike Across Arathi!
“flight masters in the ruins of alterac” - You’re looking for Chillwind Point, east and north a bit. It’s technically in the Plaguelands, but don’t let that ruin your fun.
“draenei hunter” - …pretty generic there, sir.
“draenei lesbians” - Now we’re getting somewhere. Let me know if you find any.

I kinda want to know what the 152 queries the stats page isn’t showing me are.

Dr. Horrible, revisitedJuly 19

So, I’m going to comment briefly on the characterization and plot in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, but since I know some of you want to avoid spoilers until the DVD comes out, I’ll be putting the commentary on a separate page.

Here you go. Spoilers ahoy!

Dr. HorribleJuly 19

I have discovered the highest concentration of awesome on the Internets. Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, the story of a D-list supervillain (Neil Patrick Harris), his arch-enemy (Nathan Fillion), and his love interest (Felicia Day). Created by Joss Whedon and various relatives (Zack, a screenwriter; Jed, a composer; and Jed’s fianceé Maurissa, an actress), Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is a three-part musical created solely under the Whedons’ auspices. (“Freedom is glorious. And the fact is, I’ve had very good relationships with studios, and I’ve worked with a lot of smart executives. But there is a difference when you can just go ahead and do something.”)

DHSAB was unleashed upon an unsuspecting populace on July 14, and will be free to view until the end of the day tomorrow, so get it while you can! The episodes are also available (and will continue to be so, I imagine, after tomorrow) from , for $1.99 a pop.