Let me chime in with my belated woo-hoo! That's awesome news, Heather!

V. cool mention!

BTW, whatever probs you were having with your server before -- I can now read this at work! WooHoo!

: )

Yay!! Kick-ass, woman! I knew you could do it!

Whoo-hoo! And big congrats on the honorable mention; that's fantastic!

Congrats on the honorable mention! Yay! And hope you feel better soon :(

Ah, we're just thrilled to have you back. And congrats on being mentioned honorably! Total coolness!

I heard that she's been cut off from the net by her new non-disclosure agreement with the G-p.

This is why we need the EFF, people, so that the Heather Shaws of the world can fight for their right to update their journals.

Really? I thought she'd gone to Acapulco to learn cliff-diving.

Heard she's gone on tour with the Ice Capades.

Say, whatever happened to Heather Shaw?

Heck, if I divested myself of material possessions, I wouldn't be able to have a journal of spiritual self-discovery! Unless, of course, I accessed Journalscape via the library or something.

;)

Holly's baby's father is off on a, ahem, journal of spiritual self-discovery, having divested himself of his material possessions (except the cash he got for selling said possessions, of course).

Heather: You oughta update! Those "future cats" are very much present cats now!

Is Holly's baby's father around? I may know have known him some years back. Nice baby!

Yay! Kittens good! Ours are getting gangly, but still cute as buttons.

Ah, fresh kittens. Sweet.

All our current crop of cats came from some rescue group, beit the Humane Society or some other regional non-profit org. My only warning: in my experience, shelter kittens can sometimes have diseases they've picked up from the other cats in the shelter, not unlike the way kids put in daycare for the first time catch what's going around with all the other kids. Miles had a host of problems (anemia, hyperglaucimic, malnourished, some breathing retrovirus), Andy had ringworm (that was not fun), and the three whee white 'uns all had a mild eye infection. These five came from three different shelters over ten years, so I think it's universal.

This isn't designed to squash your enthusiasm. God knows, any future cats we adopt in the years to come I'd like to get from the pound, but it's better to be prepared.

Hey Heather,

I'm not quite sure what your suspicions about the microchip are. But I think you're wondering if they work or not. I used to watch a lot of Animal Planet. And I mean, A LOT, and on the various shows, when they find a stray, they scan for the chip and the information does come up and they do find the rightful owners! So it does work. I don't watch so much Animal Planet these days though. I've been watching National Geographic Channel. Lots and lots of Mummies!! And some hottie adventurers, can't forget that one.