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Cake day: July 1st, 2023



  • The 80’s and 90’s were my formative years, so “my dudes” has taken on a gender-agnostic meaning in my view (anecdotal evidence alert), so much so that I address whoever I’ve got in my team for a given day:

    • A team full of guys? “Good morning my dudes”;

    • A team of mostly guys and some women? “Good morning my dudes”;

    • A team of mostly girls and one or two guys? “Good morning my dudes”;

    • A team full of girls? “Good morning my dudes” (maybe “dudettes” but then I feel I’m making an exception based on gender which seems demeaning, so dudes is safer);

    • A team of a guy, a girl, a rabbit in a hat, and a dog? “Good morning my dudes”;

    • A team full of Avril Lavignes? “hey hey you you I don’t like your girlfriend”;

    • A team full of people I don’t know because it’s dark? “Good morning my dudes”.

    I am a simple person.














  • That’s super awesome - both for the fostering, and for paying the cat tax in advance!

    I like the idea of getting an adult cat - a bit bigger, a bit wiser, and a bit warmer to the idea of having a bed and a human to call their own.


  • Man I’d love to be able to do that and give cats a good run-in for their twilight years but I don’t think I could - partly because one of the household is allergic to cats; but mainly I don’t think I could deal with the repeated emotional devastation of having to let them go at a much higher rate than a “normal” pet owner.

    Fair play to those that do. Pretty ballsy.