2011-04-01

eredien: Dancing Dragon (Default)
2011-04-01 12:21 pm
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ThinkGeek's GM Munchkin Cats

So, I normally like ThinkGeek's products (honestly, who can't like a company that sells things like lightsabers?) But I can't imagine what possessed them (or how legal it is) for them to sell live animals.

They say that these animals are a responsibly-bred offshoot of the Munchkin Cat, but the creation of the Munchkin Cat itself as a new breed has itself been surrounded by so much controversy that I really think it would be irresponsible for ThinkGeek to offer even regular Munchkins, much less a genetically engineered version of the same. If you want a cheap, easy-to-care for item that fits neatly inside your Ikea bookshelf and matches your pillows, you should get a plant, not a cat. Its enclosure isn't even recyclable!
I debated with myself about linking to this product page [warning: disturbing image], because I didn't want to legitimize this by linking to it, but I think it's important to see what we're up against.

How to call ThinkGeek out on their inhumane treatment of cats: I've written ThinkGeek's customer-service email letting them know that I plan on reporting them to the Humane Society, and am posting this so you can, too. Please feel free to copy and paste to your own site.
eredien: Dancing Dragon (Default)
2011-04-01 10:03 pm

Heat, Doctor, Tarot

Not a joke: the heat in my apartment is out again. I would complain to the landlord, only my roommate still hasn't given me the contact info. Of course this happens just as I'm starting to recover from the two-week mystery sickness. And 3 feet of snow get dumped on the ground. ...Can't I have nice things yet? At least Tokai has some nice heat pads.

In other news, does anyone have recommendations of doctors around Davis that take MassHealth? I am thinking about getting at least a second opinion for the upper respiratory/ear crap that has been plaguing me on and off for a solid year now.

Also, in another kind of health, does anyone I know want to do a tarot reading for me? I know that's a little weird, but it's something that I'd like to try. My usual methods of figuring out what's going on with my life and subconscious aren't working really well--or rather are telling me things I already know in an endless loop that it's doing me no good to think about on waking--and I think it might be useful to bring in a different set of symbols, and one less finely-honed to me. A trepanning, rather than a blood-type-matched transfusion. I've never really done tarot before, except once, and it didn't work too well; the person doing it had to switch from cards to stones. It might be a little...weird.