Things I Learned Today

[rolanni]

1. Do not ever, under any circumstances whatsoever, and especially if days&days&days have gone by with no problem, trust Microsoft Publisher not to screw you. (So, OK; I knew that. Call it a lesson relearned.)

2. If you shove in the catch tray of the Lexmark multiuse thingy over there on the work table, you will never, but never, be able to pull it out again.

3. There's a fandom for My Little Pony.

4. A device exists which is called a shedding rake, and boy does it get fur outta cats.

4a. This is the exact device Mozart has been telling me and telling me to acquire so he didn't have to beat me up every time I tried to brush him.

5. Even a late WorldCon will be upon you before you can adequately prepare for it.

Comments

[alemya.livejournal.com]

The shedding rake - we need one so badly that it's not even funny. It's not the long hairs who are shedding (though they do enough of it), it's our two male shorthairs. We took Stucco (tuxedo alpha) to the vet today for a shot and he left two cats' worth of hair behind. The white countertop was black when we were finished! Is the rake the one that looks like a flea comb, or is it bigger?

As far as the MLP fandom? I'm afraid so. It rather stunned me when I found out. A good friend of ours is a MLP fanatic, and we mailed a small herd off to her yesterday. She's mentioned the MLP fiction writing, shows, fanfic, slash...

I can only just stare in amazement, then go hide in my pile of cats. ;)

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Is the rake the one that looks like a flea comb, or is it bigger?

We got ours at Pet Quarters. It's a flexible loop of metal with fine teeth on one side and coarser teeth on the other, and a leather handle. All of the cats adore it and the fine teeth got jaw-dropping amounts of dead fur out of Scrabble, who is the shortest shorthair we've ever had.

Picture here (http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023690&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302025565&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441777730&bmUID=1093386410888)

[christymarx.livejournal.com]

A shedding rake! I need this! Theseus has the Fur From Hell. I bought another tool that was supposed to deal with and it sorta works, but not enough.

[sraun]

trust Microsoft Publisher

You do realize that including the word "Publisher" there is being unnecessarily specific, don't you? ;-)

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Pffft!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

MLP *slash*?

Ooookaay.

I use a shedding blade on King, my shepherd-lab mix. He has a serious undercoat that seems to shed year-round. The blade is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen, a looped blade about an inch wide with shallow teeth along one edge. My word, does it get rid of undercoat. The first time I used it, I thought I'd wind up with a chihuahua by the time I finished.

[ellayn.livejournal.com]

MLP *slash*?

I just Don't Want To Know.

Going to scrub out my brain now.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I'd like to second this....

Shedding Rake is just a fine toothed saw

[moon-happy.livejournal.com]

Be careful with the shedding rake on cats. You CAN strip them, especially the longer haired ones, to the skin...oddly, with their complete cooperation! On dogs, it just seems to get the undercoat.
Signed,
The voice of experience, whose cat DID finally notice and proceeded to lick the bald spot raw.

Re: Shedding Rake is just a fine toothed saw

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Ack! Thanks for the warning! I'll be careful not to over-spoil anybody, even though they all seem to love the feel of the little metal teeth through the fur.

Mozart especially went into this Zen-kitty thing; purring and offering his belly up to the blade. I'm thinking the best use may be as a warm-up, and after he's zoned get down to cases with the brush.

[ellayn.livejournal.com]

Even a late WorldCon will be upon you before you can adequately prepare for it.

Amen. I am discovering the same thing.

Doesn't help that I'm moving household and starting a new job the week before.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

No pressure though, right?

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

MS Publisher. Very evil. I once tried to create a 1/3 sheet flyer with it, and ended up going out and buying PageMaker to finish the project. Evil, plus MS knows what you want to do and how to do it. I like a little more control than that.

Had to go and browse pictures of Sphinx kitties, omigod so cute, look just like dragons before the wings pop out.

[jiffysquid.livejournal.com]

I'm told that petting Sphinxes is much like petting hot water bottles. I've heard a lot of interesting reactions to Sphinx pictures, but I think your dragon description is the most flattering I've heard.