first lines

Time for the first line meme! Because I need to organize my head.

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Coming up with ideas? So not my problem.

not everything we touch dies

Via ihasahotdog, a happy update on some of the dogs rescued in the 2008 Michael Vick bust.

Project Valkyrie: waterlog

55 minutes, 36 laps.
294 miles, 31 laps.

Lovely empty pool. It occurs to me that my definition of "personal space" may be a little . . . how shall we put this? Extreme.

one more reason for the Ben Jonson Memorial Fundraiser

I went by the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital today to pick up Ben's ashes. I spoke briefly to the vet who had taken care of him, about the autopsy results (not final yet, but it looks like it was most likely lymphoma). As I was getting ready to go, the vet said, "Wait, wait--I think I have something for you." He disappeared and came back with a ClayPaws plaque they had made for us of Ben's paws. Please note: we didn't ask them to do this--wouldn't even have thought of it. They just did it. It may be the nicest damn thing a stranger has ever done for me, and it made me cry there in the waiting room.

I am so grateful to them, and I'm glad I have a way to say thank you.