intertwingly

From Second Chance Pet Adoptions:

Allie is a wonderful girl...she is still a bit shy in new situations, but loves to play. She was the first of the group to play with toys, and has been a bit of a loner since. She does play with her siblings, but not so rough and tumble like the others. She will come and sit with you on the couch, but is not too keen on being held a lot.

How long she gets to stay at the Ruby household depends entirely on whether or not she triggers my wife's allergies.

When we first got married, we would visit my father in Pennsylvania.  Despite having cats and dogs, we were assured that there was one room that they never went into that we could sleep in.

Later that night, we sought out the local hospital.  The only thing open was the emergency room.  Not being very sure of ourselves at the time, we sat outside and debated our options.  Ultimately, we went in.  The nurse who greeted us gave some sage advice: if you can't breathe, it is called an emergency.  After a shot of Epinephrine, the symptoms subsided.  We spent the rest of the night at a hotel.

Subsequent visits to my father produced similar results.  By the third time, the hospital staff got to know us.

Last year, momma kitty, a stray, started showing up in our back yard.  Much to our surprise, my wife was not alergic to this cat.  We left food on the back porch, which attracted some unexpected visitors.

Two weeks ago, I bumped into Graham Glass of TME in San Francisco.  We didn't talk much about SOAP.  Instead we talked about possums and birds eggs.