Cute and Small and Ready to Brawl

#2: "hi [professor], hope you're doing well! unfortunately, I'm [sick/stuck at work/dead] and won't be able to submit [assignment] by [due date]. could I please have an extension? if not, is there anything else I could do to make up this credit? thanks so much, [op]"

The FIRST SENTENCE is the thing you want the recipient to do. Do not make them guess.

I want to let you know about ... (This email is to inform someone of something not to ask them to do anything)

Could you please do ... (This is a request. You want them to do something).

I'm looking into x and wondering if you can help me (this is also a request but for information instead of an action).

People do not want to read an email and even if they do read it, most people are skimming and not interested. Tell them what you want first, then provide context or other information (when you need a thing is often key). If the email is informational, you can even add "you don't need to do anything, this is just to keep you informed!" People will appreciate not having to figure out what you want from them.

If you can't articulate what you want the recipient to do with the message, you are not ready to email them. I read too many emails where I have no idea what the person wants from me.

For @poketcg-art's hoenn redraw event!

Original card under the cut

a sunny castform i did for @poketcg-art ‘s hoenn pokédex collab !! ^_^

Currently available chinchillas, rats, and mice at Tiny Whiskers Animal Rescue in Minnesota. We also have more male mice who will be available soon after their vet checks, and more animals come in all the time, so follow us on facebook or instagram for live updates!

You can read more on Petfinder here

You can apply for adoption here

We are a 501c3 small animal rescue based in Minneapolis. We are able to meet within a 1-2 hour driving distance for adoptions, schedule permitting.

TOP 10 USA TURTLES!!!

Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), family Emydidae, MN, USA

ENDANGERED.

photograph by (@charleywildlifephotography)

North American Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta), family Emydidae, northeastern US

Endangered.

photograph by Bob Ferguson

Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), family Emydidae, MD, USA

ENDANGERED.

photograph by E. Schertler

Pacific or Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata), family Emydidae, California

Vulnerable, due to habitat destruction/degradation and introduction of invasive species (like the Red-eared Slider).

This species was extirpated from Canada. It once ranged into British Colombia.

This is the only species of NATIVE freshwater turtle still found in California. (Other species have been introduced.)

photograph by Yathin S Krishnappa 

Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys t. terrapin), family Emydidae, northeastern coast of the United States

* Diamondback terrapins live in coastal salt marshes along the east coast of the U.S.

Photograph by Todd Pierson (@twpierson)

Razor-backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus), female, family Kinosternidae, southeastern U.S.

photograph by Grover Brown

Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina), family Cheydridae, in a cypress swamp in the eastern U.S.

photograph by Mac Stone Photography

Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), family Chelydridae, southeastern U.S.

This is the heaviest freshwater turtle in North America. The largest verified alligator snapper weighed in at 113 kg (249 lb).

photograph by Eric Soehren

Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone s. spinifera), family Trionychidae, WI, USA

photograph by Bruce Danz

Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone m. mutica), gamily Trionychidae, Missouri, USA

The Leafy Seadragon

Gato Colocolo aka Pampas Cat (Leopardus colocola), family Felidae, central Chile

This is a first record of this cat for this region.

Malayan White-banded Awl (Hasora m. malayana), family Hesperiidae, Coeliadinae, Pang Sida National Park, Thailand

I just want to catch spelling errors and accidental double spaces and repeated phrases and whenever I use the wrong too/to or affect/effect and shit. But no. They've shoved AI up the ass of every grammar checking software out there and now they all fucking suck and make the most random, obnoxious, nonsensical suggestions.

I get why people keep saying this (and other versions of it like "Use Adobe alternatives" and "Use Google product alternatives."). But here's the problem: I do not create in isolation. Even my own 100% personal projects are getting sent to other people whether it's editors or printers or beta readers and unless every single person in that train is using the same products, things can get wonky.

Libre Office and Word handle formatting differently on the back end, which can completely break documents if you move them back and forth between the two. So if I write in Libre Office but my beta readers are still using Word, when I send them a manuscript for review there's a good chance things won't look right and my beta reader will not actually be reviewing what I sent them.

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They all lived happy lives.

Unfortunately, we lived in a state park that happened to have cougars, and cars traversing the area.

Three of them died by car or cougar and one caught rabies and had to be shot. We still have 11 cats wandering our property and being fed even though we moved.

Are you sure we are “Negligent” because that seems like a fucking great life to me. Humans feed you, you can go wherever, and all your kids are taken care of in a warm box in a shed.