pescifish

[Ymir's blood]

pescifish passed away this morning. She had a series of strokes beginning in mid February. The cause was an infection in her heart which the doctors were unable to identify and antibiotics were unable to stop. She spent the last two weeks at home with family members, friends and her cat Mojave.

Her wishes were to be cremated and her ashes spread on the hill behind her house. Her sister indicated to me that those wishes will be carried out.

[maddog]

:wish:

I can't say anything right now.

#2167

[Ymir's blood]

YouTube - Dead Can Dance - The Carnival Is Over

[BrotherMan]

Thanks for letting us know, Yb.

:unsad:

[livius drusus]

I can't believe this. I thought she was doing okay. Horrible horrible ...

[Ymir's blood]

She asked me to keep quiet about the strokes but her sister and I agreed today that something should be said now.

[livius drusus]

What about her pets? Flutter and Mojave and the dogs?

[Leesifer]

I'm totally lost for words. I had no idea.

[wildernesse]

I am so sorry to hear this.

[beyelzu]

Im sorry to hear it as well, I knew she was in poor health, but it saddens me. I will miss her.

[curses]

:hug: yb

She will be missed.

[Ymir's blood]

What about her pets? Flutter and Mojave and the dogs?
The dogs have been kenneled since she was hospitalized. When she first came home, they were brought back for day but then taken away as Sadie tried protecting her from the caregiver. I really don't know what will happen to them.

Her sister was looking after Mojave until recently and may take her permanently. They seemed to be do well together.

I don't know about Flutter. She has been in a bird 'kennel' since it started.

[curses]

If there's anything we can do to help the pets, let us know.

[Ymir's blood]

If there's anything we can do to help the pets, let us know.
Ok. I will probably contact her sister in a few days and see how everything is going.

[Watser?]

I am sorry to hear this, it's quite a shock.

[ceptimus]

This is horrible news, but thanks for letting us know, Yb.

[Garnet]

I'm so very sorry to hear this. Pescifish was one of the finest people I ever had the pleasure of interacting with. I will miss her a great deal.

[Master Taran]

All I can say is this sucks big time.

[viscousmemories]

Wow, I had no idea. Thanks for letting us know.

:(

[ms_ann_thrope]

:( Thanks for letting us know, Yb. I hope pesci knew how much she will be missed.

[Goldie]

This is heartbreaking news. She was a favorite from way back.
Wow. Just.... awful. :(

Thanks for letting us know.

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

My jaw is hanging open here. Oh my God.

:( YB, pass along our love to her family, would you?

[lisarea]

This is horrible.

I'm really going to miss her too.

[ravenscape]

Oh wow. I'm so sad to read about this.

giving up modding IIDB's NARP forum with pesci was the hardest thing about leaving that place.

[256 colors]

Very sad news. RIP pescifish. <><

[biochemgirl]

Oh my gosh. Thanks for letting us know yb. What a sad day indeed :(

[Corona688]

Dammit. I wondered why Pesci'd been so quiet lately. :(

[Plant Woman]

I am so sorry to hear this, she was one of my favorite peeples at II.

[Crumb]

:( So sad. Thanks for letting us know, Yb.

We'll miss you here at :ff:, pesci. :pescmeat:

[LadyShea]

Ensign Steve called me with the news (thanks again for the call babe). I had no idea about the strokes and it's all quite a shock....and it sucks.

[fragment]

:tear:

Bye, fish. I'll miss you.

[JoeP]

I had my head in my hands on reading that.

What a sad loss.

[Pinecone]

But no. pescifish??! no no.

[The Lone Ranger]

Damn.

Just ... damn.

[godfry n. glad]

I cry.

My loss.

My sadness.

My joy gone.

Goodbye, :pescmeat:

I shall miss your sage counsel.

You had the guts to go where few else dared.
I'm glad I knew you.

I cry.

:cryhome:

[Shelli]

Oh wow.. What a shock and a loss. :stunned: :=(

She was a very caring and giving person. She'll be missed. :mourning:

[BigBlue2]

:wander: Like everyone else, I am shocked and saddened by this news. On a personal note, pescifish was my first FF Secret Santa and I got a lot of really nifty stuff from her. She was a kind, intelligent and thoughtful lady and I will miss her presence a lot :sadbye:

[Legs]

Oh, I am so sorry :cry:

[Petra]

Oh, no!

Pescifish was wise and good and generous and lovely. This is terrible, terrible news. I had no idea she was so ill. :(

I don't know what to say... :cry:

[Ari]

:unsad:

[lpetrich]

Sorry to learn of that :( :( :(

She was one of the long-time IIDBers, and I remember her from there and from a 2002 Las Vegas meetup.

[slimshady2357]

:(

Wow, just... wow :(

[Qingdai]

I'm very sorry to lose her.
I've been worried about her.
Please tell us if we can help her animals get a home.

[Lauri D]

Such sad news :( To echo LadyShea, thanx ES for letting me know by phone to sort of break the news. Sorry I couldn't reach you right back.) I am sorry to say I didn't know of her most recent issues as we'd fallen out of regular touch in the last couple of years, but I am happy to have had the pleasure of knowing her and hanging out on several occasions as part of the larger "SoCal" contingent. She was a very generous woman (at one of our get togethers, I mentioned how much I loved El Torito's sweet corn cake and she mailed me several packets of the mix to make it) and a lot of fun to converse with. She had a lot of good jalapeno-including recipes as well :)

RIP :fishie:

[Julie]

Oh man Pesci! I'm at a loss for words. Meeting Pesci and ES was my highlight of my trip to California last year. Thank you for letting us know. Please let her family know that she will be missed.

Blah

[Rambler]

This sucks. She used to come to #infidelchat, and people would call her fishfish. Haven't seen her in years. Wish I had more words.

:(

[Garnet]

Uthgar has asked that the message be passed that he is thinking of her family right now and that this is sad news.

[Widget]

What a shame, I did not know her but I can see she was loved by many here.

[Ari]

and that is something I'm constantly amazed with on this forum.

[ChuckF]

This is very sad news. I didn't know pesci very well but she seemed a very caring and smart person. :(

[SharonDee]

Wow, I'm floored. Thanks, ES, for calling to leave me the message about pescifish. Any other weekend I could have talked to and commiserated with you. But I'm practically incommunicado here in the 'Bama boonies. :(

I still can't get my head around it. I feel like I just freakin' saw her, but that was almost six months ago.

Those of you who were closer to her than I was, I am so sorry you're suffering this loss. She was a very good friend to have on your side.

[JamesBannon]

Bugger! She was such a nice lady. My sympathies to family and friends.

[Stormlight]

Oh man, I had no idea. This sucks. :(

[Adam]

Oh, crap. No words.

[viscousmemories]

Pesci was extremely generous, donating a substantial amount of her time and money to the development and ongoing sustainment of this forum. She was also one of few :ff: members I met personally on several occasions, and I regret that I wasn't a better friend to her while I had the chance. I was looking forward to telling her I just bought the George Foreman deep fryer and sharing recipe ideas with her.

That said, I'm a little pissed that I wasn't made aware of her condition, by her or anyone else. I'm sure I couldn't have done much but I would have done what I could to make her last days more pleasant and to let her know I cared. I fully understand the many possible reasons I was left out of the loop and I'll get over it, I'd just like to make my feelings known in case a similar situation should arise with any of you other fuckers.

RIP :pescmeat: :(

[JoeP]

Hadn't pesci been struggling with her health for years? Sight especially? She was probably fed up with talking about it.

[Farren]

Thanks for letting us know YB. Another one here who knew pesci from II days. I'll miss her.

RIP Pescifish, you were loved by people the world over.

[viscousmemories]

Hadn't pesci been struggling with her health for years? Sight especially? She was probably fed up with talking about it.

She had and I'm sure she was; that's one of many valid reasons I can imagine for why I wasn't told. I just wanted to go on record that I would prefer to know if/when any other of my friends here are terminally ill.

[davidm]

:( So sad. I know that pescifish and maddog were friends IRL, too.

[Megatron]

...fuck :(

[Doctor X]

Wow.

Wish there was something I could write.

--J.D.

[inland wave]

I am so sorry to hear this as well. I told Ding last night and he is still trying to wrap his head around it. Please let her family know that she will be missed and that Ding and I are very sorry for their loss.

[Ymir's blood]

Hadn't pesci been struggling with her health for years? Sight especially? She was probably fed up with talking about it.

She had and I'm sure she was; that's one of many valid reasons I can imagine for why I wasn't told. I just wanted to go on record that I would prefer to know if/when any other of my friends here are terminally ill.
I'm sorry if you were hurt by my silence. Ensign Steve wanted to say something earlier, so please don't hold anything against her.

When pescifish told me to keep it quiet, the health issue was serious (she was in the hospital) but not known to be life threatening. A further stroke took her ability to speak and also made it impossible to safely correct the infected heart valve. I spoke to her regularly after that, but she wasn't able to say anything to me now was she able to write out any messages to be relayed. Up until last Monday, I deluded myself with the hope that she would recover and didn't question my decision to follow her early request. After that, I was wrapped up in plans to fly out there.

Please accept my apology, no snub was intended.

[Ymir's blood]

Hadn't pesci been struggling with her health for years? Sight especially? She was probably fed up with talking about it.
Her health had taken a serious downturn over the last six months, quite possibly related to the auto-immune disease that affected her vision. The doctors suggested but were unable to confirm that it might have been responsible for the heart issues, but prior to that she was having kidney trouble as well as problems with her blood sugar.

Along with some other things, this led her to insulate herself somewhat from other people.

[Clutch Munny]

Crap.

My condolences to everyone who lost a friend or loved one in her.

[viscousmemories]

I understand, Yb. It's a terrible position for you to have been in and I'm sorry.

[Caligulette]

This is so horrible. My condolences. She was a gracious lady.

[Dingfod]

Damn, I'm going to miss that gal. I write this with a tear in my eye, well now two or so. I've met few people in real life or online that were as wise and caring as Pescifish. A couple months ago when expressed that I was worried about my job, she offered me a place to stay in exchange for handyman services. She had confided to me that she trusted my advice on a number of things, misguided person that she was. I don't even trust myself that much. Trust me, the world is not a better place with her gone.


Warren

[Deadlokd]

She was one of the wisest people on this forum. :(

[Angakuk]

Fish was quality people. We encounter few enough such people in our lifetimes. We are enriched for having known her and impoverished by our loss.

[MonCapitan2002]

That is a sad thing to hear. I happened to like Pescifish even though we may have disagreed with each other at times. My condolences go out to her family.

[LadyShea]

I am heartened by the fact that her generosity was noted by everyone who knew her. I was a recipient of her generosity many times. May we all leave something like that behind.

[Ymir's blood]

I've made an inquiry to her sister via email about the various questions and concerns, as well as letting her know of the love and support shown. She hasn't responded as yet, but is doubtlessly busy with arrangements.

I do know that she is setting up an online memorial on MySpace. I will pass the link along once it is available.

[Sock Puppet]

Damn. I just found this thread.

Goodbye, fish-fish. You will be missed. :cry:

[One for Sorrow]

I am so shocked and saddened right now. I feel so privileged to have met her a few times in real life. She was a genuinely kind, generous, all-around wonderful person. I can't really think of much to say. More later.

I hate this. :(

[livius drusus]

Thank you, Yb, for all you've done and are doing.

[Smilin]

dammmmmm.....

Fish-fish....

I enjoyed corresponding with her in the countdown thread...

She is missed....

:lovefish:

I'm at a total loss for words....

my thoughts go out to all her friends and family....

Shit....

[Thalia]

I heard the news and came straight here to share my condolences and to say how very sad I am. I hadn't spoke with her since leaving another board a year ago but she touched my life.

I'm so sorry for those of you who knew her better than myself and for her family. The world is a lesser place without Pesci in it.

[Shake]

:sadnana: Saw this over at FRDB. Very sad news, indeed. I considered her a friend. :sadcheer:

[Demimonde]

I am so sad to read this. I had only just met her, and she seemed to be full of life. A vibrant person and a very sweet lady.

I am sure she would be happy to know how many people she touched and will cherish her memory.
My condolances to all.

:sniffle:

[D. Scarlatti]

Fuck.

[Ymir's blood]

An update on the pets.

The two dogs, Sadie and Titus went to a rescue run by a friend of pesci.

Her sister is adopting the cat, Mojave.

Her sister-in-law and brother are adopting Flutter.

The memorial service is going to be held in May, a few days before pesci's birthday. Her sister asked if I could get some ideas about who would conduct a service for an agnostic. I'm agnostic and don't know. <!that's a freebie, have at it>

[Qingdai]

Well a Unitarian would be pretty standard for an agnostic service. The most religious people in my family have Unitarian services.

"The extent to which the elements of any particular faith tradition are incorporated into one's personal spiritual practices is a matter of personal choice in keeping with Unitarian Universalism's creedless, non-dogmatic approach to spirituality and faith development."

from Unitarian Universalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism)

[Dingfod]

My mom's Unitarian memorial service was quite nice, they called it "a celebration of life", very neutral as far as beliefs. And that's what it was about, her life, not the fact that she was dead or about any afterlife, though there was one woman who said she was sure that if there was a heaven, our mom would be in it.

[godfry n. glad]

UU is good. Universal Life is located there. Rev. Dahlia is in that region, isn't she?

[LadyShea]

Google "Secular Celebrants" and/or "Secular funeral officiants", they are all over.

[godfry n. glad]

Universal Life (ULC) is active in her part of the country...Modesto, CA.
They can be contacted via email at generalcontact@ulchq.com. They might know of an active minister in her area. (Emphasis on 'might'.)


LadyShea's idea is better.

[Tanda]

Damnit, damnit, damnit. :ffcry:

Life is fucking ridiculously unfair.

I'm so, so sorry.

[viscousmemories]

Rev. Dahlia is in that region, isn't she?
She lived in Austin last time I talked to her, but it's been over a year so I don't know.

[cappuccino]

Oh god, I just read the news. I had to read the OP several times for it to properly sink in.

I remember her from so many years ago from early days of IIDB. I remember her as a wise and generous person, so full of love and giving. She was somebody I wanted to emulate as I grow older and hopefully more wiser and generous.

Reading her posts almost always made me feel better, even when they weren't directed to me.

I'm just saddened and saddened for the people who knew her well, it's just a shocking and major loss.

I'm young and it sucks that I'll be living for many (hopefully) more years without hearing from her again.

I have to say, it's a little bit overwhelming for me right now, several people I know personally in my life has passed away the past two years including another very wise and grand elder dame. Now we've lost another grand dame.

Farewell, you will be missed.

[One for Sorrow]

Thanks for stating what I've also been feeling so well, capp.

I looked through all of her pictures of her home remodel last night. She clearly was planning on having years ahead of her. I wish she could have had those years.

[cappuccino]

I'm thinking we should do something for pescifish in her memory. Maybe pooling funds to purchase a tree or some bit of public property like a bench or object to dedicate to her.

Didn't she post a list of recipes? We could collect them and compile them into a booklet.

Just something to honor her memory.

[Garnet]

I've carried the news of pesci's death to a few other forums. I never knew how many lives she had touched. One person said that having a conversation with pesci was like getting a series of hugs. The words people use to describe her are wise, caring, loving, funny, smart, warm, generous...and on and on in the vein.

I read the various threads about her in various places and my eyes well up with tears at the outpouring of grief at her loss and the remembrances of how she touched so many people. She was a truly remarkable person. We are all richer for knowing her and poorer for her loss.

[livius drusus]

We're definitely going to do a memorial donation drive of some kind, cappuccino. Ymir's blood is looking into what would be most in keeping with pesci's wishes then I'll start a new thread about it.

[Plant Woman]

I went to a celebration of life for a friend who died of cancer. Someone made up a board of photos showing her doing activities throughout her life. Many of us got up and told sweet to funny stories about her. It was the best memorial I ever went to complete with food and drink and good company. That would be my wishes instead of a service.

Did pesci ever say how she would like to be remembered?

[LadyShea]

Ensign Steve, you still have those pics of all of us at Quarks?

As for memorial donations, I should think some kind of domestic animal rescue or welfare organization. Pesci was a pet lover and worked with rescue herself

[Ensign Steve]

Ensign Steve, you still have those pics of all of us at Quarks?
Yep.

http://gallery.ensignsteve.com/gallery/011104

[Nullifidian]

The memorial service is going to be held in May, a few days before pesci's birthday. Her sister asked if I could get some ideas about who would conduct a service for an agnostic. I'm agnostic and don't know. <!that's a freebie, have at it>

I only just heard about it. I'm absolutely shattered by the news. My condolences to all her friends and her family. :(

Some secular humanist groups have trained humanist celebrants who can officiate at marriages, funerals, and the like. I'd contact a group like the American Humanist Association or the Council for Secular Humanism and see if there's anyone in her area who could do a secular funeral.

Edited to add: Here's a website affiliated with the AHA where you can find humanist celebrants (http://www.humanist-society.org/).

[maddog]

I went to a celebration of life for a friend who died of cancer. Someone made up a board of photos showing her doing activities throughout her life. Many of us got up and told sweet to funny stories about her. It was the best memorial I ever went to complete with food and drink and good company. That would be my wishes instead of a service.



The same day that I last went to visit pescifish, I also attended a memorial for another friend that was exactly like this -- house full of food and friends, a special toast, oral remembrances, a dvd photo montage, and albums lying on the coffee table for perusal.

#2168

[Ymir's blood]

Thanks for stating what I've also been feeling so well, capp.

I looked through all of her pictures of her home remodel last night. She clearly was planning on having years ahead of her. I wish she could have had those years.
Yes. The kitchen remodel wasn't quite finished when she went to the hospital. I don't think it was ever started up again.



Did pesci ever say how she would like to be remembered?Not that I'm aware of.

Her sister has set up an page on her Myspace as a tribute. This is the link she gave me: The Chain is Off the Door (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=90416650&blogId=478369229)

[LadyShea]

Delete

[Ymir's blood]

She is thinking of a 'Comic Taoist' at the moment. I've suggested UU as an option however.

[freemonkey]

I've been away for a few days and am only just now reading about this. I'm shocked. Pesci was such a lovely person and I will miss her.

[Chris Porter]

This is terrible news. I will miss her. Thank you for letting us know.

[Rationalia]

RIP, pesci.

Thanks for all you gave, on FF and elsewhere.

[seebs]

I'll miss her. I knew about the sight problems, and I also knew that her attitude towards physical ailments was spectacularly healthy. If I'm ever sick, I hope I deal with it half as well. (Or even better than that.)

[Kael]

I hardly knew her, but from what I saw she was a very kind person, and the testimony of those who did know her certainly reflects that. My condolences all around. I'm not certain who lost the most, those that knew her, or those that will now never get the chance.

[Dingfod]

I hardly knew her, but from what I saw she was a very kind person,But sometimes brutally honest, which hurt. But, when you boiled it down, she was usually right.

... and the testimony of those who did know her certainly reflects that. My condolences all around. I'm not certain who lost the most, those that knew her, or those that will now never get the chance.The kindest words of all.

[JamesBannon]

This should be a sticky somewhere, at least for a while.

[lpetrich]

Someone has posted that she has an old home page (http://thefishnet.org/pescifish/index.html). So if you are interested, you can go there and see some pictures of her pets and of a wayward snake.

[Ymir's blood]

The date for the memorial service has been set as Saturday, May 16th. Those wishing to attend, please contact me and I can give out the details.

[Sauron]

This is just so sad. There is so little light and goodness left in the world these days, that losing even one such person is too great a sacrifice to bear. :sigh:

If we do a memorial or something, I think it should be the kind of memorial that makes her friends and family stop and ask themselves "Hmmm. Did pescifish do this? Because it certainly looks like her handiwork."

[Kevlar]

Jaw... is... dropping...

Dear lord! How the hell did I miss this!

OMG, she was so cool... we had a lot in common... fuck me!

[LadyShea]

How did the memorial go, did it happen on May 16th?

[Ensign Steve]

It was really beautiful. Tears and laughs, like a good celebration should be. It was really amazing to meet everybody and just see how many lives she touched, and how deeply. For example, there were people there from her job 15 years ago. (I think if it were me, there wouldn't be people from the job I left last week, know what I mean?) I don't know, it's hard to describe or explain, but I think it was a great tribute to her life.

Apropos of not very much, her birthday's tomorrow. Try not to be caught off guard if the forum software pops it up on the days birthdays.

[maddog]

pescifish's sister gave me permission to post some information for her friends about "what happened."

I attended the memorial on May 16, 2009, and it was lovely. They waited a few weeks and did it up right. There were laughs and tears and many remembrances. In the "memory book," pesci's sister included a timeline of the illness that took her so quickly, and also a kind letter from the attending physician that explained the pathology:

"The “What Happened”

Sometime during the weekend of February 14, Cynthia had a clotting stroke, which caused symptoms of a paralyzed right hand

She went into urgent care on February 16th. With nothing showing on the CAT scan, doctors sent Cynthia home with an arm brace saying she had carpal tunnel in her right hand. She went to work on February 17th.

February 18th, Cynthia had a severe headache and continued right hand paralysis so she stayed home from work. By 10:30pm she was so disoriented we went again to urgent care, where the MRI determined Cynthia had had a stroke. She was admitted to the hospital, experiencing paralyzed arm, and an inability to process numbers and vision.

Doctors felt that she had an infection of the heart, which was causing vegetation around her aortic valve. The vegetation was throwing clots through her body. Cynthia was started on a course of strong antibiotics.

February 22, she has a spleen stroke, damaging spleen tissue.
February 28 she is sent to a nursing care facility for rehab from strokes.

48 hours later Cynthia has another stroke creating loss of speech and vision, jumbled numbers (like not udertanding how to use a phone) and arm paralyzed again.

Cynthia is transferred to the heart specialty hospital of Kaiser where it is determined that she is not a good candidate for a valve replacement. Cynthia asks to go home.

Cynthia goes home to 24-hour care on March 10.

March 16, Cynthia has another stroke which leaves her unable to walk, her arm is paralyzed, she is not able to talk, swallowing comes back slowly, numbers are jumbled as well as vision.

March 18, Cynthia is put on hospice care.

March 20, a clot is thrown to her leg causing all her toes to turn purple.

March 21- Cynthia takes her last breath"

The doctor's letter:

"Again, I want to express to you my condolences again but also my thanks for including me in Cynthia's memorial. I will be unable to attend.

But I did just get the final autopsy result from PC Kaiser and it is a true surprise but also fits with what was happening.

I will give you my interpretation and have included the report below. I underlined a section and made the text red on the main diagnosis.
I believe when Cynthia was still in the hospital that I told you that I had never seen an endocarditis (heart infection) with all three leaflets of the aortic valve involved. That I wondered if this were something else like an autoimmune disease, but we reviewed the workup and nothing beared that diagnosis out.

But this autopsy report reveals that Cynthia had cancer, a cancer which spread from another part of her body to her heart and aortic valve. The pieces flicking off the valve seem to be pieces of tumor. That explains why the antibiotics did not stabilize the process and also why she had so many strokes. It also probably explains why Cynthia wanted to get home so badly because she probably knew that she didn't have much time left.

I will be passing this information on to the residents and fellows that were involved in her case because it is a lesson for all of us on what we can do medically but also what we should do when patient's requests don't fit with what we would want but know we should do.

I'm am glad that Cynthia made it home to enjoy her beautiful home, her wonderful family and her loving dogs."

I'll miss my friend tremendously.

#2191

[seebs]

:(

But :) to have known her. She was kind.

[Qingdai]

Thank you maddog.
I wondered how come she had gone downhill so fast.
She seemed to be good about seeking care.

[godfry n. glad]

*sniff*

[MonCapitan2002]

That's sad. :(

[Ymir's blood]

On Sunday, a group of us went to the Shamballa Big Cat Preserve not far from her home. I believe she supported it financially, and wanted to go on the tour but never managed to.

Here (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/browseimages.php?c=131) are some photos I took. There was also one of Ensign Steve being pestered by a weird looking bird that we were told was some form of goose. I didn't upload it, but you might pester her for it.

[livius drusus]

COUGH IT UP, ENSIGN.
:loud:

[Magoria]

I have ton of photos of that stupid bird.

[Ymir's blood]

I have ton of photos of that stupid bird.
You certainly fed it enough. :wink:

[Dingfod]

I have ton of photos of that stupid bird.That's a lot of pixels.

[Ensign Steve]

I can see it, can you?

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5448&d=1242770142

It's an attachment to a PM to me, so it's possible only I can see it. Let me know. As blood will testify, he was after my fucking cheetos! Okay, well, my :sammich:, Maloria's fucking cheetos. He was agressive as hell.

No kitty, this is my pot pie! No kitty that's a bad kitty!

[MonCapitan2002]

No. I can't see it at least.

[Ensign Steve]

Okay, this should work.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5454&stc=1&d=1242879099

[MonCapitan2002]

The bird is :aww:.

[Dingfod]

It's a Chinese duck, I think.

[Deadlokd]

What'd you do? Throw acid on it's face? It just wanted a nom!

[Ensign Steve]

I would tear off your face for a nom, man. Don't underestimate that beast.

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

You look good in those glasses. :^^

[Deadlokd]

:bunnythrust:

Or really :beyelzuthrust:

:dancebey:

[Watser?]

It looks like a dodo. :zombie2:

[Leesifer]

I thought so too Watser?

[livius drusus]

Like a miniature, white, cancer-faced dodo. :aww:

[viscousmemories]

Thanks for the update, y'all. I would have liked to attend but a) flying: bleh, and b) i was driving to Michigan to attend my brother's second wedding.

[Demimonde]

Great pix Ymir! I am in love with the poor leopards, both of them. Beautiful creatures who deserved better.

Sounds like they are a great cause. Big cat rescue is an expensive prospect and vital until laws are changed. I remember reading that in Texas alone there are estimated to be 3,000 tigers kept by the public. It is only an estimate though because unlike my dogs which must be registered, big cats and other exotics do not.

[Qingdai]

I think that's a Muscovy duck, or a close relative. Ducks interbreed a lot.

[Adam]

Great pix Ymir! I am in love with the poor leopards, both of them. Beautiful creatures who deserved better.

Me too. The position Savannah is sitting in and the look on her face reminds me a lot of the way my cat Fiona acted when I first brought her home from the shelter.

[Demimonde]

OMG! I didn't see this last page. It's Jeebus!

When I was in highschool, my friends and I would go to this park and hang out. There were lots of ducks there, including one ugly monster of a creature. The first time it came around and startled one of my friends, he cried out "Jeebus!" (The friend, not the duck.)

Hence the name. He was a sweet guy though, kinda shy, but eventually he got pretty bold around us. I think that people would usually treat him badly since he was so ugly. I had forgotten all about the matyr Jeebus duck. :goose:

[LadyShea]

I think that's a Muscovy duck, or a close relative.

I saw some of those doing some mating dance in our river and was all like "What the fuck kind of swimming mutant turkeys are those?"

[Ymir's blood]

I think that's a Muscovy duck, or a close relative. Ducks interbreed a lot.
The filthy bastards.

[Qingdai]

They are just open to new experiences,....