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[quote who="little-whip" comment="44"]I hope your neighbor is willing to help, maybe you can trade some babysitting services for her assistance.[/quote] Heh...As much as I complain about Bella, I'm not sure that would be like trading Honolulu for Hades. :SURPRISED: Imagine my article written instead about two ferocious little beasts whose behavior is quite identical to what I describe, but with the added advantage of opposable thumbs and the ability to talk bac

Reply to What is EVOLUTION, anyway? in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

Just curious, as I assume from your post you're quite well-versed in the subject: I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that evolution, especially the macro-side of things, often happens as an accident that turns out to be beneficial. That changes on a genetic level are often the result of some random outside force (cosmic and elemantal radiation being the prime suspects), and that those changes create subsets within a species, and that the subset with the new-fangled beneficial

Reply to What is EVOLUTION, anyway? in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

[quote]I do not understand why someone would come to that conclusion. I went to a church school when I was younger, and I heard all those stories. I even prayed to the Christian flag. But throughout the whole experience, I retained my ability to see the world clearly. In 5th grade, I made the decision that the bible was a bunch of stories. How do some people not ever leave those ideas behind? Confidence in that macroevolution happens is a lot like confidence that a rotting banana peel was once a

Reply to Why Puppies Suck in Dogs JoeUser Forums

little-whip, Thanks for the advice. I'll share it with my wife and we'll get on that potty-training plan ASAP. She's been good with her crate, and even at 10-hour stretches has had only two or three minor accidents inside it. But maybe we could get our stay-at-home-mom neighbor next door to come in and let her out in the middle of that stretch. We're doing most of what you mentioned (she's taken out at least once an hour when we're home, since we both smoke but don't d

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[quote who="little-whip" comment="40"]Oh and 'Bella' means 'beautiful' in Italian. [/quote] My wife grew up with a dachshund named " Daisy " (who passed a few years ago), and in her honor wanted to name the puppy something flowery. As a joke, and in keeping with my article, I suggested " Belladonna " (which I'm pretty sure is a poisonous plant, and which I'm also pre

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[quote who="Tova7" comment="38"]They worked....those ics of the baby are older right? That's no two year old...heh.I love the one of the puppy with the shoes....haha [/quote] Heh...Yeah. The pics of Gabbie are very old. We've just been sending all her recent pics straight to the mailing list of our family and friends, instead of hosting them on the gallery. All the pics of Gabbie on Picasa are of her first few weeks. Certainly looks nothing like that now. <

Reply to Why Puppies Suck in Dogs JoeUser Forums

Let's see if this works instead. Here's a link to pictures of Bella and Gabbie : Picasa/misterme Let me know!

Reply to Why Puppies Suck in Dogs JoeUser Forums

Thanks for all the advice, even (and especially) little-whip. BTW, great poem. :LOL: I'll see if I can get the pictures linked correctly (they worked the other night, but Picassa must use some kind of dynamic adressing, so they don't work now). Just an update for those that are interested: We're getting Bella (and ourselves) into some training classes. We've already checked into PetSmart for that, but I was wondering if anyone had any feedback on their program versus others, o

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If I can figure out how to do this, I'll attach a few pictures of the little monster here. So here goes: <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/misterme/SAl-10rgWAI/AAAAAAAAAC8/JRw3slxlSGU/bella_shoes.jpg" alt="" width="255" he

Reply to Why Puppies Suck in Dogs Stardock Forums

For what it's worth, my article was a rant--a way to vent frustration in dealing with an immature animal. I could almost as easily have written about my daughter, except it would probably have gotten a much more critical look, and I find it much harder to focus on just her faults (because, she's, well, my daughter). I probably <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-seri

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[quote who="little-whip" comment="19"]I don't know whose 'advising' you, but I'd seek a second opinion, lol. In most cases, cherry eye does not require surgery (unless the prolapse is severe) and it doesn't cause blindness. It can cause chronic dry eyes, requiring the use of daily lubricating drops.You really need to educate yourself.In regards to enduring the temporary smell of vinegar as an alternative to the permanent funk of old urine that's soaked through the carpet padding into the subf

Compatible with Vista? in IconX WinCustomize Forums

Is IconX compatible with Vista? Are there any known issues. I'm sure this has been answered in this forum before, but I can't seem to drill down to the IconX forum on this site. Must be doing something wrong...

Reply to Game Review: Star Wars: Jedi Academy in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Jedi Academy was certainly the best of the Jedi Knight series of games, and I'll also agree that the lighsaber combat in the game was terrific. But by far my favorite Star Wars game for the PC was Knights of the Old Republic I . It had it all: Force powers galor, great combat, and an incredible story (especially if you chose toward the end to completely give over to the Dark Side; no game has actually brought me to tears before or since, when I was forced to cu

Reply to Why Puppies Suck in Dogs JoeUser Forums

Little-whip: I knew it was too much to ask to post this thread without at least one flame. Which is why I didn't ask. Bella was too young for obedience school when I checked into it a couple of months ago. Since then, she has developed "Cherry Eye", a malady that causes a swollen fold of skin to protrude over her eyeball in the bottom corner. She will need to have surgery to correct it, since it can cause blindness if left untreated. When I inquired about obedience school agai

Reply to Impulse Blogging Options in Virtual Communities Stardock Forums

I have to admit that I'm in the dark on the whole RSS thing. I see it as a much-touted feature in the Internet Explorer 8 beta, and there are mentions of it everywhere now, and for awhile, but I don't understand what it is or why it's so important. Even my cell phone has an RSS-feed feature, though again, I don't get it.

Reply to Why Puppies Suck in Dogs Stardock Forums

[quote who="Jythier" comment="8"] I dislike animals that live in my house. If an animal is someone else's, that's fine with me. Keep it away from my place.My wife wants to own a dog someday. For the kids, she says. Well, it's my stuff it's going to ruin, and I'll end up being the one taking care of it, and I don't want one. So I won't let one in the house. [/quote] I thought the same thing until recently. Honestly, my wife's whining and pleading and suppo

Impulse Blogging Options in Virtual Communities Stardock Forums

So if you're reading this, it's likely you've already stumbled across the Community pane of Impulse and have experienced the exceptionally clean, inviting, and user-friendly interface of ImpulseDriven (the engine behind the blogging feature of Impulse). There have been some discussions of why some articles posted to JoeUser.com don't show up here on ImpulseDriven. The answer from on high is that, while similar engines, only certain categories are shared between the two, confining Impu

Reply to Why Puppies Suck in Dogs Stardock Forums

Thanks for all the advice (and the surprising lack of flaming...). I'll check out the Dog Whisperer website. I think at some point we're planning on taking Bella (short for Belladonna...isn't that a poisonous plant, btw?) to PetSmart for obedience training, but she's still too young right now. Maybe things will get better after that. I have raised kittens, and I'll tell you that in every single way, they are far easier than rearing a puppy. We use a baby gate on the stair

Reply to Posting to JoeUser With Windows Live Writer in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Sweet program. But what's with the girl looking longingly at the doofus next to her on the download page for the program? I don't get it.

Reply to My Six Word Story in Fiction Writing JoeUser Forums

A bird crapped on my head.

Reply to JoeUser vs. ImpulseDriven in Virtual Communities Stardock Forums

Hey, why can't the categories of ID being customizable, like the categories of skins at WC? I'd much rather do my blogging and reading from within Impulse (it's prettier and seems much more stable, even in beta, than IE8, Firefox, or Safari). Have the current categories be the defeault, but allow users to go into preferences and add Politics or Religion or Like Journals or whatever if they'd like. That would be much mo

Why Puppies Suck in Dogs JoeUser Forums

Okay. I know I'm likely to get flamed for the title, and content, of this article. But I just have to vent. Puppies suck. And I'll tell you why: No household pet on the planet is more destructive, less disciplined, and smells worse (all the time, not just occasionally like a skunk) than a rotten, god-forsaken, evil little puppy. In 34 years, I'd never had a puppy. I remember growing up with dogs, but they spent most of their time in the back yard, and came into the house only

Changes in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I can’t believe it’s been almost four years since my last blog entry. I think I foreshadowed that in my first few attempts at journaling my life, some nonsense about how many things I start but quit sometime soon thereafter: exercising, diets, etc… But here I am four years later. What’s become of my life? I still eke out a few hours a week of time for the things I used to enjoy: playing my Xbox 360 or some silly PC game, browsing the internet (usually WinCusto

Reply to JoeUser vs. ImpulseDriven in Virtual Communities Stardock Forums

I much prefer the color-scheme for ImpulseDriven over JoeUser. Quite honestly, though, the interfaces are almost identical (it's just the brown vs. grey thing). They seem to look and operate the exact same (in my limited usage). I do wish at least that the "Life Journals" category were represented on ImpulseDriven. I can understand the Religious and Political categories being dr

Reply to Missing Blog Articles? in Community Stardock Forums

[quote who="Zoomba" comment="1"]ImpulseDriven.net uses a slightly different subset of categories from WinCustomize or even JoeUser. If you posted to categories that are not on ImpulseDriven.net, they will not appear on your blog here. For example, if I posted an article to the Religion category on JoeUser, it wouldn't show up here since ImpulseDriven does not include the Religion category.[/quote] Ah...B