A serious request for advice

[bobby.]

Oh I'm sorry Sarah! I've been following this thread and hoping for a happy ending. :(

[John Junk]

I'm sorry too sarah.  And I'm sorry I said you were the jank.  I didn't know what I was saying.  Seriously.

[Emily]

I'm sorry to hear that as well.

Sounds like the residents of Maine have a lot of things disrupting their peace lately:

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/travolta%20upsets%20maine%20locals%20with%20jet%20noise_1029197

I hope there is a bright side to your situation, and that you can take comfort in it.

You should give yourself credit for all of your hard work you've done. Though it didn't bring the results you wanted, you had to go up against a lot in a short amount of time. I think that under the circumstances, you put forth a tremendous effort and you should be proud of that.

Maybe this sounds naive, but its difficult to make big changes when so much control is out of your hands. And persuading other people to see your point of view can also be hard.

So, keep your chin up, and enjoy the present landscape as much as you can.
Take the boxers out on the town!

[Sarah]

Take the boxers out on the town!

The boxers leave me today, which adds to my sorrows.  Indeed, I'm so sentimental right now (many little bouts of weeping over the last couple of days because the puppies are to depart, and the poor things are being regularly startled by the flash as I take their pictures) that Grimlock's ballad made tears come to my eyes.  All in all, I'm feeling quite jank today, John (in the sense of "like a pussy").

[Laurie]

Sarah, have you considered salting the earth those jerkos purchased?

[Richard_From_CHI]

Sorry Sarah,

You know if you have that amount of support you might want to consider pooling your resources and find a lawyer to try and appeal the ruling.

Richard

[kenkwan]

Sorry to hear the bad news.

[Emily]

sorry to bring up the boxers (again).

maybe you can somehow keep one, or adopt one from another family of boxers?

[Sarah]

Well, the other reason I can't keep the boxers is that one is already able to climb out of my dogpen, and the other will likely follow in his footsteps as soon as he grows a bit.  (Mind you, if they got along with my cats, I would happily have raised the height of the pen--another course of 4 ft. rabbit wire would have done the trick--and kept them both.)  At least, they'll be moving to adjacent houses, so they'll still get to see each other (they are such lovely friends--the smaller one is gently gnawing on his brother's foot at the moment--it would be most sad to break them up completely), and they'll be with people they already know.  No, I just have to be brave and hope that they'll be okay in their new homes. 

I tell you, though:  I don't see how people can bear to have foster children. 

[Rainer]

If cats were ducks (with apologies for the horrible soundtrack)

[youtube=425,350]PzyXtDVc_yw[/youtube]

[Sarah]

Want more of a taste of Lubec?  Go here, and check out in particular "Golfing with Eddie," "Summer BBQ with the Masons" and "Howard's House."   I know just about everyone interviewed, in particular John and Ed, in the first video, and Howard, in the last.  And in a few days, on the same site, there'll be a video devoted to my enemy, the developer, that will show you all exactly what all the fuss has been about.  You'll even get to see my garbage cans!  (I'll post again when it shows up on the site.)

I want you all to understand even better why I'm so pissed off.

[Emily]

this week's nyer has a cartoon about the situation in Lubec:

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2007/05/14/cartoons_20070507?slide=8

it's not HILLARIOUS, but its relevant.
also, how do i make the above url appear as a one word hyperlink?
thanks.

[Laurie]

[ürl=http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2007/05/14/cartoons_20070507?slide=8]Unfunny cartoon[/ürl]

Ditch the umlaut/dieresis/whatever mark and you have this:

Unfunny cartoon

MAGIC!

[Emily]

thanks.