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doing my part to piss off the religious right

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What's your favorite Charles Mudede post?: The sexist one with the boobs
Frank Gehry or Rem Koolhaas
Barsuk or Fantagraphics
Too many teeth or No teeth at all
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5:47 PM yesterday

mr. herriman commented on Puggle: Love It or Shove It.

Seandr, the pound/shelters/rescues have puppies too. Come on. They get litters and pregnant dogs all the time. Those pregnant dogs wouldn't have their pups aborted so often if people like you were willing to set their biases aside. Yeah a lot of dogs end up in shelters because of behavior or aggression problems, but nobody's asking you to take on one of those if it doesn't fit with your lifestyle/family. But don't tell yourself there aren't a ton of perfectly adoptable, healthy, trainable puppies waiting for families at the rescues. That's just some self-serving bullshit right there.

3:19 PM yesterday

mr. herriman commented on Puggle: Love It or Shove It.

SPG @10: ha :)

my friend adopted a shepherd/lab mix, truly a mutt if ever there was one - seriously, shepherd/lab crosses are a dime a dozen. but a few people insisted on calling her a "Star Lab" as if it were a breed of dog. we lol'd and lol'd :)

best/worst designer breed name award goes to "schnoodle" if you ask me.

3:12 PM yesterday

mr. herriman commented on Puggle: Love It or Shove It.

i've heard pretty consistently that this is one "designer breed" (aka mutt) gone horribly wrong - they're adorable but other than that they feature the worst health and behavior aspects of both breeds combined. they end up in shelters all the time because they're super loud and destructive. but goddamn, they're cute.

and yes, what @1 said. don't go to a breeder! always adopt shelter dogs! even if you're a breed snob you can usually find one of what you're looking for with just a little effort. there are purebred dog rescues all over the place. seattle purebred dog rescue is a logical place to start.

May 19

mr. herriman commented on Slog Overnight.

Yeeeeah, no. I know I'm a crazy animal lady and all, but pet-on-mouth kissing is disgusting. I'll let my dogs lick my cheeks and my chin when they're really feeling the love, but never right on the mouth. Yuck.

May 17

mr. herriman commented on I, Anonymous.

@6/9: i read it as being written by a woman about her sister. why do you think a man wrote it?

May 17

mr. herriman commented on It's Spring! Who's Ready for Street Harassment?.

@98: no, chalk that up to 3 a.m. posting - I glossed over some important details. As I said, I was not threatened or offended by what he said. But to clarify, it wasn't a sincere compliment, it was a drunken, closing time, somewhat in my face remark which I just smiled at and moved on, and I don't think that was the wrong reaction, even if he probably said it to every other woman he passed on his way home that night, whether they're clearly with someone or not (which I was). My point was simply that it took my kid about .02 seconds into the story to recognize that the guy was a total douche behaving badly, which I think is a good sign in the larger scheme of things.

Telling him about the complete stranger who suggested to me in line at a bar recently that "I hear you can move to the front of the line if you show the bartender your tits" provably would have been far more educational for everyone.

May 17

mr. herriman commented on Black Market Elimination Fail: Draft Pot Rules Call for Ban on Hash and Hash Oil.

p.s. how long does it keep? it doesn't look the same as it did when i found it. it was in a little plastic jar which i stashed up high in a cabinet after figuring out what it was. i came across it again when i was cleaning the other day and it looks all dried out now.

May 17

mr. herriman commented on Black Market Elimination Fail: Draft Pot Rules Call for Ban on Hash and Hash Oil.

i found some hash on a bench on volunteer park a while back, if anyone wants it :)

May 17

mr. herriman commented on It's Spring! Who's Ready for Street Harassment?.

i've had a lot of stupid shit happen to me along these lines, and always wished i'd said something back. (or punched a motherfucker when there were actual hands involved). but even now i still just smile and nod and move away, only to kick myself repeatedly after the fact. i'm still so fucking programmed, and i hate it.

my daughter is 13 now and all smiles and curves and looks older than she is, and i know exactly what she's in for, which breaks my heart. i hope i'm doing enough to teach her, in spite of myself, and i'd like to think that if anything ever happened to me in front of her that i'd be able to unleash on the guy to set the example, but so far i've not been tested.

but on a bright note: one night, coming out of some club, random guy on the street says to me, "oh my god, you look AMAZING." which, truthfully, after a few drinks and knowing that i was safe and all, just made me smile, because hey, who doesn't like that kind of feedback, right? high five, cute self. well, somehow or other this came up in conversation with my son (14) the next day, and his first question was, "did dad punch him out?" yeah, yeah, he still thinks i need a big strong man to fight my battles for me, which is not awesome, but i was encouraged by his first reaction being "THAT IS SO NOT OK."

so the herrimans have a way to go yet, but we're getting there.

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