I finally went to an “In The Flesh” reading last night. Goddamn was it hot. It was also very fun. And who can’t like a night where there are cupcakes every where?

I had an excellent time with people, and got to see Marcello - alas, it had been far to long since the last time we got to hang out. ^_^ I do adore that boy. It was also awesome to see Sakura Sarashi having some good times on her date with a pretty boy, hehe!

I also met a sweet seeming boy (ah, and all tall and skinny and such, ya’ll know me) who I passed my email information to – after I walked into a wall. Yes, apparently I need to whack into things before I can work up the huevos to give a boy my info. But hey, whatever works.

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Rats are bringing out the best in kids with autism – found via the Ratties Community on Live Journal.

“Henry Cicconi, 6, of Canonsburg, has been working regularly with the rats for about 14 months now.

“When Henry started here, he didn’t talk. Now he calls the animals by name,” said his speech therapist, Lisa Haines.

The long hair of Ms. Haines brushed the table top while she worked with Henry and one of the rats.

“How many rats?” she asked.

“Two!” Henry responded. “Moe! Moe! Moe!”"

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Abby – Mom won’t discuss sex with daughters

Dude. It sounds like the question writer is writing about my mother here.

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Five terrible Substitutes for Lube – The Naked City

“Lots of people feel like it’s cheating to use lube – but I say, the wetter the better. There are a lot of great lubes on the market today, and a growing number of them are available in drug stores, so you never have to set foot in a sex shop if you don’t want to. Despite that, people still use household materials as lube, and this is almost always a bad idea.”

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Pictured: Smoothie the bald squirrel that has vets scratching their heads – Daily Mail

See? Squirrels are just rats with furry tails and better press.

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Tabby Cat Terror of Black Bear – BBC

Yeah, this is OLD. But a friend sent it to me, because it is FUCKING HYSTERICAL.

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Hey, Mom, the Rabbi Approved My Tattoo - The New York Times

“According to a 2007 poll of 1,500 people conducted by the Pew Research Center, 36 percent of 18- to 25-year-olds and 40 percent of 26- to 40-year-olds have at least one tattoo. Still, even Larry David was so haunted by the cemetery edict that he wrote an episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” in which he pays off a gravedigger to have his mother reburied in a Jewish cemetery despite a small tattoo on her behind.

But the edict isn’t true. The eight rabbinical scholars interviewed for this article, from institutions like the Jewish Theological Seminary and Yeshiva University, said it’s an urban legend, most likely started because a specific cemetery had a policy against tattoos. Jewish parents and grandparents picked up on it and over time, their distaste for tattoos was presented as scriptural doctrine.”

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Police – ‘Greatest Dad’ Shirt worn to sex meeting – Associated Press

That’s almost a hipster like level of irony.

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Woman Finds Tattoo On Her Body After Surgery – Fox News

“Dr. Kirshner’s lawyer says he routinely uses rub-off tattoos on his patients when he completes surgery. “He likes to kid with the patients. The patients seem to enjoy interaction. It was in that spirit he placed it on the patient.”

But it’s the placement and purpose of the rose that this patient questions.

“Believe me there was no significance to a rose. It was probably just the first sticker the doctor picked,” said Agre.”

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Teen’s special needs trike stolen from garage – Chicago Sun Times

“Every day Allison Babiarz would hop on her red trike and take a spin through her Crystal Lake neighborhood, happy that she was able to ride despite her cerebral palsy and seizures.

Allison’s father Michael was so moved by his only child’s enthusiasm, he even bought his wife Kim a bike on Mother’s Day so they could all pedal down the street together.

But the family bike rides will have to wait.

The $2,000 Versa trike, designed for children with disabilities, was swiped from the family’s unlocked garage over the weekend.

“It made me a little bit sick in my stomach and then I cried,” Allison, 13, said Monday. “I was like, ‘Why did this happen to me?’ It really hurts because this is the first bike I could ride independently.”

This really pisses me off. How could anyone steal something like that?