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Sudden outbursts of excitement.
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Hello again, friends.

Thank you for the support that you have bestowed upon Geddy today. When I got home from work, I scratched him under the chin for each of you. He promptly began chewing on my Steve Madden boots, quite obviously in protest against the fact that you couldn’t all be here to get big, wet kisses on the nose.

A few friends, mostly Sam, have insisted that we set up a way for people to contribute to Geddy’s recent vet bill (see this post for more information) without spending several hundred dollars on one of two guitars - my only assets. 

So, if you’re into that sort of thing, here’s this:

(Or try this link if that button doesn’t work)

Here are some other organizations that are very well worth your time, energy and financial contributions. Please consider supporting them before or as well as our situation:

The Mustard Seed

Kiva

Red Cross

Doctors Without Borders 

GMO OMG

Anyone who donates to Geddy’s vet bills will receive a 4x6 glossy print of his super cool xrays, and any other photos of him that you would like. Supporters in Victoria will also receive a personal visit from The Working Man himself, at your home or place of business, during a time that works for everyone (mostly you).

Email me if you have anything to say about what we’ve got goin’ on, or if you know how to minimize pet/exam/money stress. jessianne.reeves@gmail.com

xo

JA&J&Geddy

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Wife, dog, friends, come together.

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Steady Diet of Vegan
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Got bored today after my hockey team lost and decided to drown my sorrows in domain purchasing. If you wanted to be a pal, you could reblog this for your vegan pals, or at least click through to give me the stats bump. I’d do it for you.

xo

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Picked this up today. Brings the Billy Joel record tally up to 6. Halfway through the real discography but about 3/4s of the way through the good records.

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Working on her campaign for Wife of the Year.

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You’re wrong as the deuce/And you shouldn’t rejoice/ If you’re calling him Seuss/He pronounces it ‘Soice’

Theodore Geisel’s college buddy Alexander Liang’s rhyme teaching you the right way to pronounce “Dr. Seuss”. (Apparently, “Zoice” was also acceptable)

(via Mental Floss)

I know this to be true. But "Seuss" just sounds so right!

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45 Amazing Facts for National Trivia Day
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  1. Jim Cummings is the voice of Winnie the Pooh. He calls sick kids in hospitals and chats with them in character.
  2. In the mid-1960s, Slumber Party Barbie came with a book called “How to Lose Weight.” One of the tips was “Don’t eat.”
  3. The Constitution does not require the Speaker of the House to be a member of the House. Yesterday Colin Powell got a vote.
  4. The first webcam watched a coffee pot. It allowed researchers at Cambridge to monitor the coffee situation without leaving their desks.
  5. When asked if he knew the speed of sound, Einstein said he “didn’t carry such information in my mind since it’s readily available in books.”
  6. Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive.
  7. Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins also wrote for Clarissa Explains It All.
  8. The last time a Republican was elected president without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was 1928.
  9. When three-letter airport codes became standard, airports that had been using two letters simply added an X.
  10. There is a word that rhymes with orange! Sporange is a botany term that means “spore case.”
  11. The original Space Jam website still exists.
  12. In 1979, Japan offered new British PM Margaret Thatcher 20 “karate ladies” for protection at an economic summit. She declined.
  13. Before Google launched Gmail, “G-Mail” was the name of a free email service offered by Garfield’s website.
  14. During the Cold War, the U.S. considered airdropping enormous condoms labeled “Medium” on the Soviets.
  15. Nikola Tesla on Thomas Edison: “He had no hobby, cared for no amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene.”
  16. Kentucky tweaked its Wildcat logo in 1994 after people complained the tongue was too phallic.
  17. The final speech by Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird was done in one take.
  18. When New Jersey’s Action Park sent crash-test dummies down its looping waterslide, the dummies were dismembered.
  19. In 1980, Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
  20. The “Where’s the Beef?” lady (Clara Peller) lost her job in 1985 after doing a Prego ad in which she “found the beef at somewhere other than Wendy’s.”
  21. Just before the Nazis invaded Paris, H.A. and Margret Rey fled on bicycles. They were carrying the manuscript for Curious George.
  22. In Super Mario Bros., the bushes are just clouds colored green.
  23. When fruit flies are infected with a parasite, they self-medicate with booze—they seek out food with higher alcohol content.
  24. In colonial America, lobster wasn’t exactly a delicacy. It was so cheap and plentiful it was often served to prisoners.
  25. Crayola means “oily chalk.” The name combines “craie” (French for “chalk”) and “ola” (short for “oleaginous,” or “oily”).
  26. The Pittsburgh Penguins made Mister Rogers an honorary captain in 1991.
  27. Ben & Jerry originally considered getting into the bagel business, but the equipment was too expensive.
  28. Liz Sheridan, who played Jerry’s mom on Seinfeld, wrote a book about her love affair with James Dean.
  29. Until coffee gained popularity, beer was the breakfast beverage of choice in some parts of the United States.
  30. In 1493, Columbus thought he saw mermaids. They were “not as pretty as they are depicted, for somehow in the face they look like men.” (Probably manatees.)
  31. When the Westboro Baptist Church protested a soldier’s funeral in Oklahoma, their tires were slashed. People in town refused to repair them.
  32. Taco Bell is named for its founder, Glen Bell.
  33. In a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill, Admiral John Fisher used the phrase “O.M.G.”
  34. In 2007, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said there was “no chance the iPhone is going to get any significant market share.”
  35. An early ATM was deemed a failure because its only users were “prostitutes and gamblers who didn’t want to deal with tellers face to face.”
  36. Even Fidel Castro hated New Coke, calling it “a sign of American capitalist decadence.”
  37. Bob Ross on his Air Force career: “I was the guy who makes you scrub the latrine…who screams at you for being late to work.”
  38. William McKinley was on the $500 bill, Grover Cleveland was on the $1,000, and James Madison was on the $5,000.
  39. Truman Show Delusion is a mental condition marked by a patient’s belief that he or she is the star of an imaginary reality show.
  40. In 1973, Mao Zedong told Henry Kissinger that China had an excess of females and offered the U.S. 10 million Chinese women.
  41. Judge Judy reportedly makes $45 million a year.
  42. During the first Super Bowl in 1967, NBC was still in commercial when the second half kicked off. Officials asked the Packers to kick off again.
  43. The male giraffe determines a female’s fertility by tasting her urine. If it passes the test, the courtship continues.
  44. Tenor Luciano Pavarotti’s standard contract required that there be no noise or “distinct smells” in the vicinity of the artist.
  45. Cookie Monster is not changing his name. In a 2012 episode he said, “We’ve got to stop this Veggie Monster rumor before me reputation ruined.”

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