Inflation Rant

I was just reading this http://www.squidoo.com/OffshoreOilDrilling and it got me to thinking…

The gas prices are gone crazy, but it isn’t the gas prices themselves that are the big problem. The price of gas has caused everything else to skyrocket.

I mean something really has to be done. Last December I was paying $7.89 for 50lbs of corn for my chickens, and last week I paid $16.39 for 50lbs. Last summer milk was under $3 a gallon. This summer I stopped buying milk after it went over $5.50 a gallon. Last sumer oranges were 10 for a dollar, this summer they are $1.25 per orange! Pomergrants were .99c last year, they are $3.99 this year. Why? Because of the trucking shortage. Truckers can’t afford gas to ship food to the stores, stores are raising prices because their shelves are not being restocked.

Did you know that in December it cost me $30 a month to buy catfood, and now just 6 months later it cost me $90 per month for the same amount of catfood! That’s triple the about in less than 6 months!

It was on the news last night that the food prices have gone up so much that people can no longer afford to pay their daily bills. They said there are home for closers at a rate of 8,000 per day, as a result, and they expect that number to rise over the next 2 months…. that’s more for closers per day than we saw in the 1920’s, which says to me that if something isn’t done, and done soon, we are going to be hit with a second great depression and it’ll make the last one look like a pleasant daydream.

I do question however, the fact that Texas and Alaska are already drilling enough oil for the country and yet we are not using it, because we are sending it overseas. Seems to me like it’d save a lot of money and bring gas prices back down under $2 a gallon.

Another thing, Canada produces just as much oil as Iraq… why don’t we buy it from Canada?

Another thing… did you know that 78% of the money we pay for gas prices if tax? It is not the actual oil price that is cause the gas prices to go up as much as it is the sky rocketing taxes that the gov is adding on top of the base price of oil. There should be a cap on how much taxes they can charge for gas. I am so sick of the government lately.

The gov needs to start using the oil from our own country instead of buying overseas, AND they need to cut the gas tax.

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Inflation Rant

I was just reading this http://www.squidoo.com/OffshoreOilDrilling and it got me to thinking…

The gas prices are gone crazy, but it isn’t the gas prices themselves that are the big problem. The price of gas has caused everything else to skyrocket.

I mean something really has to be done. Last December I was paying $7.89 for 50lbs of corn for my chickens, and last week I paid $16.39 for 50lbs. Last summer milk was under $3 a gallon. This summer I stopped buying milk after it went over $5.50 a gallon. Last sumer oranges were 10 for a dollar, this summer they are $1.25 per orange! Pomergrants were .99c last year, they are $3.99 this year. Why? Because of the trucking shortage. Truckers can’t afford gas to ship food to the stores, stores are raising prices because their shelves are not being restocked.

Did you know that in December it cost me $30 a month to buy catfood, and now just 6 months later it cost me $90 per month for the same amount of catfood! That’s triple the about in less than 6 months!

It was on the news last night that the food prices have gone up so much that people can no longer afford to pay their daily bills. They said there are home for closers at a rate of 8,000 per day, as a result, and they expect that number to rise over the next 2 months…. that’s more for closers per day than we saw in the 1920’s, which says to me that if something isn’t done, and done soon, we are going to be hit with a second great depression and it’ll make the last one look like a pleasant daydream.

I do question however, the fact that Texas and Alaska are already drilling enough oil for the country and yet we are not using it, because we are sending it overseas. Seems to me like it’d save a lot of money and bring gas prices back down under $2 a gallon.

Another thing, Canada produces just as much oil as Iraq… why don’t we buy it from Canada?

Another thing… did you know that 78% of the money we pay for gas prices if tax? It is not the actual oil price that is cause the gas prices to go up as much as it is the sky rocketing taxes that the gov is adding on top of the base price of oil. There should be a cap on how much taxes they can charge for gas. I am so sick of the government lately.

The gov needs to start using the oil from our own country instead of buying overseas, AND they need to cut the gas tax.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Want to read more? Check out my Squidoo Lenses:

Ekography: EelKats Lensography and be sure to find out about
My Lord Sesshomaru Costume!

Obsessed? I’m Not Obsessed… REALLY, I’m not!

When Next You See Me I’ll Look Like This:

This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat

Inflation Rant

I was just reading this http://www.squidoo.com/OffshoreOilDrilling and it got me to thinking…

The gas prices are gone crazy, but it isn’t the gas prices themselves that are the big problem. The price of gas has caused everything else to skyrocket.

I mean something really has to be done. Last December I was paying $7.89 for 50lbs of corn for my chickens, and last week I paid $16.39 for 50lbs. Last summer milk was under $3 a gallon. This summer I stopped buying milk after it went over $5.50 a gallon. Last sumer oranges were 10 for a dollar, this summer they are $1.25 per orange! Pomergrants were .99c last year, they are $3.99 this year. Why? Because of the trucking shortage. Truckers can’t afford gas to ship food to the stores, stores are raising prices because their shelves are not being restocked.

Did you know that in December it cost me $30 a month to buy catfood, and now just 6 months later it cost me $90 per month for the same amount of catfood! That’s triple the about in less than 6 months!

It was on the news last night that the food prices have gone up so much that people can no longer afford to pay their daily bills. They said there are home for closers at a rate of 8,000 per day, as a result, and they expect that number to rise over the next 2 months…. that’s more for closers per day than we saw in the 1920’s, which says to me that if something isn’t done, and done soon, we are going to be hit with a second great depression and it’ll make the last one look like a pleasant daydream.

I do question however, the fact that Texas and Alaska are already drilling enough oil for the country and yet we are not using it, because we are sending it overseas. Seems to me like it’d save a lot of money and bring gas prices back down under $2 a gallon.

Another thing, Canada produces just as much oil as Iraq… why don’t we buy it from Canada?

Another thing… did you know that 78% of the money we pay for gas prices if tax? It is not the actual oil price that is cause the gas prices to go up as much as it is the sky rocketing taxes that the gov is adding on top of the base price of oil. There should be a cap on how much taxes they can charge for gas. I am so sick of the government lately.

The gov needs to start using the oil from our own country instead of buying overseas, AND they need to cut the gas tax.

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How to Start a Publishing Company
Self-Publish vs Vanity Press vs Traditional Publisher

All donations to Star Log go either to The Rabbit Hole Fund and/or The Pidgie Fund. The Rabbit Hole Fund is raising money to start a small retail clothen shop, while The Pidgie Fund buys food for pets in Southern Maine.

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Inflation Rant

I was just reading this http://www.squidoo.com/OffshoreOilDrilling and it got me to thinking…

The gas prices are gone crazy, but it isn’t the gas prices themselves that are the big problem. The price of gas has caused everything else to skyrocket.

I mean something really has to be done. Last December I was paying $7.89 for 50lbs of corn for my chickens, and last week I paid $16.39 for 50lbs. Last summer milk was under $3 a gallon. This summer I stopped buying milk after it went over $5.50 a gallon. Last sumer oranges were 10 for a dollar, this summer they are $1.25 per orange! Pomergrants were .99c last year, they are $3.99 this year. Why? Because of the trucking shortage. Truckers can’t afford gas to ship food to the stores, stores are raising prices because their shelves are not being restocked.

Did you know that in December it cost me $30 a month to buy catfood, and now just 6 months later it cost me $90 per month for the same amount of catfood! That’s triple the about in less than 6 months!

It was on the news last night that the food prices have gone up so much that people can no longer afford to pay their daily bills. They said there are home for closers at a rate of 8,000 per day, as a result, and they expect that number to rise over the next 2 months…. that’s more for closers per day than we saw in the 1920’s, which says to me that if something isn’t done, and done soon, we are going to be hit with a second great depression and it’ll make the last one look like a pleasant daydream.

I do question however, the fact that Texas and Alaska are already drilling enough oil for the country and yet we are not using it, because we are sending it overseas. Seems to me like it’d save a lot of money and bring gas prices back down under $2 a gallon.

Another thing, Canada produces just as much oil as Iraq… why don’t we buy it from Canada?

Another thing… did you know that 78% of the money we pay for gas prices if tax? It is not the actual oil price that is cause the gas prices to go up as much as it is the sky rocketing taxes that the gov is adding on top of the base price of oil. There should be a cap on how much taxes they can charge for gas. I am so sick of the government lately.

The gov needs to start using the oil from our own country instead of buying overseas, AND they need to cut the gas tax.

Work From Home, Is It Possible?
The Goldeneagle
How to Start a Publishing Company
Self-Publish vs Vanity Press vs Traditional Publisher

All donations to Star Log go either to The Rabbit Hole Fund and/or The Pidgie Fund. The Rabbit Hole Fund is raising money to start a small retail clothen shop, while The Pidgie Fund buys food for pets in Southern Maine.

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Inflation Rant

I was just reading this http://www.squidoo.com/OffshoreOilDrilling and it got me to thinking…

The gas prices are gone crazy, but it isn’t the gas prices themselves that are the big problem. The price of gas has caused everything else to skyrocket.

I mean something really has to be done. Last December I was paying $7.89 for 50lbs of corn for my chickens, and last week I paid $16.39 for 50lbs. Last summer milk was under $3 a gallon. This summer I stopped buying milk after it went over $5.50 a gallon. Last sumer oranges were 10 for a dollar, this summer they are $1.25 per orange! Pomergrants were .99c last year, they are $3.99 this year. Why? Because of the trucking shortage. Truckers can’t afford gas to ship food to the stores, stores are raising prices because their shelves are not being restocked.

Did you know that in December it cost me $30 a month to buy catfood, and now just 6 months later it cost me $90 per month for the same amount of catfood! That’s triple the about in less than 6 months!

It was on the news last night that the food prices have gone up so much that people can no longer afford to pay their daily bills. They said there are home for closers at a rate of 8,000 per day, as a result, and they expect that number to rise over the next 2 months…. that’s more for closers per day than we saw in the 1920’s, which says to me that if something isn’t done, and done soon, we are going to be hit with a second great depression and it’ll make the last one look like a pleasant daydream.

I do question however, the fact that Texas and Alaska are already drilling enough oil for the country and yet we are not using it, because we are sending it overseas. Seems to me like it’d save a lot of money and bring gas prices back down under $2 a gallon.

Another thing, Canada produces just as much oil as Iraq… why don’t we buy it from Canada?

Another thing… did you know that 78% of the money we pay for gas prices if tax? It is not the actual oil price that is cause the gas prices to go up as much as it is the sky rocketing taxes that the gov is adding on top of the base price of oil. There should be a cap on how much taxes they can charge for gas. I am so sick of the government lately.

The gov needs to start using the oil from our own country instead of buying overseas, AND they need to cut the gas tax.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

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Customer Service

Does anybody care about it any more??

Business folks like you and me care, sadly most sellers on eBay are not business folks, but rather someone selling stuff they found in their attic, because it’s easier to sell it on eBay rather than host a yard-sale.

I do not sell on eBay, buyer only, but off eBay I am in costumer service as well: 7 years as a door to door salesman, and than since than in doors as a sale associate. Retail sales repping is “my thing”. I love doing it. I was a door-to-door sales rep for 7 years, loved it to pieces, quit due to family emergency, but I may take it up again, because I loved that job so much. Since than I got another job temping as a sale associate for a department store. Like my first job, my second one involved pitching sales and getting costumers to buy. All in all I’ve got 10 years experience pitching sales and I love doing it. My job is to find out what customers want and keep costumers happy, because that is the job I enjoy doing the most of all.

I pride myself in my ability to keep costumers happy… though my manager does not like the fact that that sometimes means I send them to another store! o.0 I love what I do, sadly, as you pointed out, costumer service is for the most part a thing of the past. The other girls I work with are all fresh out of high school or college and they are working retail “until something better comes along”… these girls come and go a dime a dozen and worst of all, they could not care less about the costumers.

They rarely smile, they do not engage the costumer in conversation, they never fold the cloths before putting them in the bag, they never wrap fancy prom gowns in tissue paper and pack them in boxes, they never leave the cash register to help a costumer try on a dress in the fitting room, and twice I’ve seen girls actually tell costumers to leave because they did not like the costumer!!! (a cross dresser, each time… which the store has a no discrimination policy and it says right in it that we can not discriminate against trans gendered folks… hey, we sell fancy dress items, the cross dressers are going to shop here! the sales girls need to get used to it or get a new job!)

In my experience it is the young people that are the trouble… they do not care about the costumer, they hate their job, they take out their hatred for their job on the costumer, they feel like they are in a rut, costumer service suffers because they refuse to respect their job and take it seriously. They act like spoiled brat punks instead of professional business men and women.

On eBay, the lacking in business professionalism is worse, because the seller can sell underwear in their underwear and it’s that casual aspect of eBay selling that causes sellers to not think they are business professionals. Sad but true.

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How to Start a Publishing Company
Self-Publish vs Vanity Press vs Traditional Publisher

All donations to Star Log go either to The Rabbit Hole Fund and/or The Pidgie Fund. The Rabbit Hole Fund is raising money to start a small retail clothen shop, while The Pidgie Fund buys food for pets in Southern Maine.

Customer Service

Does anybody care about it any more??

Business folks like you and me care, sadly most sellers on eBay are not business folks, but rather someone selling stuff they found in their attic, because it’s easier to sell it on eBay rather than host a yard-sale.

I do not sell on eBay, buyer only, but off eBay I am in costumer service as well: 7 years as a door to door salesman, and than since than in doors as a sale associate. Retail sales repping is “my thing”. I love doing it. I was a door-to-door sales rep for 7 years, loved it to pieces, quit due to family emergency, but I may take it up again, because I loved that job so much. Since than I got another job temping as a sale associate for a department store. Like my first job, my second one involved pitching sales and getting costumers to buy. All in all I’ve got 10 years experience pitching sales and I love doing it. My job is to find out what customers want and keep costumers happy, because that is the job I enjoy doing the most of all.

I pride myself in my ability to keep costumers happy… though my manager does not like the fact that that sometimes means I send them to another store! o.0 I love what I do, sadly, as you pointed out, costumer service is for the most part a thing of the past. The other girls I work with are all fresh out of high school or college and they are working retail “until something better comes along”… these girls come and go a dime a dozen and worst of all, they could not care less about the costumers.

They rarely smile, they do not engage the costumer in conversation, they never fold the cloths before putting them in the bag, they never wrap fancy prom gowns in tissue paper and pack them in boxes, they never leave the cash register to help a costumer try on a dress in the fitting room, and twice I’ve seen girls actually tell costumers to leave because they did not like the costumer!!! (a cross dresser, each time… which the store has a no discrimination policy and it says right in it that we can not discriminate against trans gendered folks… hey, we sell fancy dress items, the cross dressers are going to shop here! the sales girls need to get used to it or get a new job!)

In my experience it is the young people that are the trouble… they do not care about the costumer, they hate their job, they take out their hatred for their job on the costumer, they feel like they are in a rut, costumer service suffers because they refuse to respect their job and take it seriously. They act like spoiled brat punks instead of professional business men and women.

On eBay, the lacking in business professionalism is worse, because the seller can sell underwear in their underwear and it’s that casual aspect of eBay selling that causes sellers to not think they are business professionals. Sad but true.

Work From Home, Is It Possible?
The Goldeneagle
How to Start a Publishing Company
Self-Publish vs Vanity Press vs Traditional Publisher

All donations to Star Log go either to The Rabbit Hole Fund and/or The Pidgie Fund. The Rabbit Hole Fund is raising money to start a small retail clothen shop, while The Pidgie Fund buys food for pets in Southern Maine.

Customer Service

Does anybody care about it any more??

Business folks like you and me care, sadly most sellers on eBay are not business folks, but rather someone selling stuff they found in their attic, because it’s easier to sell it on eBay rather than host a yard-sale.

I do not sell on eBay, buyer only, but off eBay I am in costumer service as well: 7 years as a door to door salesman, and than since than in doors as a sale associate. Retail sales repping is “my thing”. I love doing it. I was a door-to-door sales rep for 7 years, loved it to pieces, quit due to family emergency, but I may take it up again, because I loved that job so much. Since than I got another job temping as a sale associate for a department store. Like my first job, my second one involved pitching sales and getting costumers to buy. All in all I’ve got 10 years experience pitching sales and I love doing it. My job is to find out what customers want and keep costumers happy, because that is the job I enjoy doing the most of all.

I pride myself in my ability to keep costumers happy… though my manager does not like the fact that that sometimes means I send them to another store! o.0 I love what I do, sadly, as you pointed out, costumer service is for the most part a thing of the past. The other girls I work with are all fresh out of high school or college and they are working retail “until something better comes along”… these girls come and go a dime a dozen and worst of all, they could not care less about the costumers.

They rarely smile, they do not engage the costumer in conversation, they never fold the cloths before putting them in the bag, they never wrap fancy prom gowns in tissue paper and pack them in boxes, they never leave the cash register to help a costumer try on a dress in the fitting room, and twice I’ve seen girls actually tell costumers to leave because they did not like the costumer!!! (a cross dresser, each time… which the store has a no discrimination policy and it says right in it that we can not discriminate against trans gendered folks… hey, we sell fancy dress items, the cross dressers are going to shop here! the sales girls need to get used to it or get a new job!)

In my experience it is the young people that are the trouble… they do not care about the costumer, they hate their job, they take out their hatred for their job on the costumer, they feel like they are in a rut, costumer service suffers because they refuse to respect their job and take it seriously. They act like spoiled brat punks instead of professional business men and women.

On eBay, the lacking in business professionalism is worse, because the seller can sell underwear in their underwear and it’s that casual aspect of eBay selling that causes sellers to not think they are business professionals. Sad but true.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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My Sesshomaru Twits

I just joined Twiitter today and looking at my list I can tell already it’s going to be a long line of Sesshomaru Twits. LOL!

Here’s a copy of my first posts…

I’m heading out… got 14 cats to feed, a 16th cen reenactment Noh Kosode to embroider, and more research to do for my next Squidoo lens

EelKat @GiantSquidNews your url link is saying “404 page not found”, you might want to check it and repost it. about 2 hours ago from web in reply to GiantSquidNews
EelKat @chefkeem that http://gistweb.com/web.php is great! I just tried it out and I can see using it to brainstorm ideas to write about. Thanks! about 2 hours ago from web in reply to chefkeem
EelKat I just updated my Squidoo page: EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success / http://tinyurl.com/4jb2vt about 2 hours ago from Squidoo
EelKat well, it’s started… still under construction, but published, so you can what I’ve got there so far. I’ll write up the rest of it tonight. about 2 hours ago from web
EelKat I just updated my Squidoo page: What People Buy / http://tinyurl.com/6ezdeh about 2 hours ago from Squidoo
EelKat @calliecat cupcakes sound good right now… chocolate with cream cheese centers… yummy! about 3 hours ago from web in reply to calliecat
EelKat as if 313 lenses was not enough… I just had an idea for another one to track what people buy off my lenses… off to make it now. about 3 hours ago from web
EelKat I’m awake again and back online about 3 hours ago from web
EelKat I just updated my Squidoo page: Lord Sesshomaru Costume: Part II / http://tinyurl.com/5dr7cz about 10 hours ago from Squidoo
EelKat @zzztimbo me too! the sun is coming up and I haven’t even gone to bed yet! YIKES! about 10 hours ago from web in reply to zzztimbo
EelKat I just updated my Squidoo page: Lord Sesshomaru Costume / http://tinyurl.com/2yrw3e about 10 hours ago from Squidoo
EelKat InuYasha ended… I can get back to what I was doing now, which is reading lastest posts on http://fourhourworkweek.com… about 11 hours ago from web
EelKat @Rock_The_Ice yep… true, all my favorite men are psychotic killers: Sesshy, NegaDuck, Sweeny Todd… I’m seeing a pattern here. LOL! about 11 hours ago from web in reply to Rock_The_Ice
EelKat Sara dead…. Sesshy sliced her in half. Not good to love this guy. about 11 hours ago from web
EelKat I forgot what a bloody episode this was… pathetic humans all dropping like flies left and right. Why do I like such evil villains? about 12 hours ago from web
EelKat You know, Sesshomaru’s got a heck of a track record… all his women wind up dead. about 12 hours ago from web
EelKat My signature episode is on. YAAAY! “The Woman Who Loved Sesshomaru” Best episode ever!… sad one though, she dies at the end. about 12 hours ago from web
EelKat @Rock_The_Ice I can’t InuYasha comes on in 15 minutes about 12 hours ago from web in reply to Rock_The_Ice
EelKat @Rock_The_Ice LOL! it’s 4:47AM where I’m at… I’m lucky I’m still typing at all! about 12 hours ago from web in reply to Rock_The_Ice

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

My Sesshomaru Twits

I just joined Twiitter today and looking at my list I can tell already it’s going to be a long line of Sesshomaru Twits. LOL!

Here’s a copy of my first posts…

I’m heading out… got 14 cats to feed, a 16th cen reenactment Noh Kosode to embroider, and more research to do for my next Squidoo lens

EelKat @GiantSquidNews your url link is saying “404 page not found”, you might want to check it and repost it. about 2 hours ago from web in reply to GiantSquidNews
EelKat @chefkeem that http://gistweb.com/web.php is great! I just tried it out and I can see using it to brainstorm ideas to write about. Thanks! about 2 hours ago from web in reply to chefkeem
EelKat I just updated my Squidoo page: EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success / http://tinyurl.com/4jb2vt about 2 hours ago from Squidoo
EelKat well, it’s started… still under construction, but published, so you can what I’ve got there so far. I’ll write up the rest of it tonight. about 2 hours ago from web
EelKat I just updated my Squidoo page: What People Buy / http://tinyurl.com/6ezdeh about 2 hours ago from Squidoo
EelKat @calliecat cupcakes sound good right now… chocolate with cream cheese centers… yummy! about 3 hours ago from web in reply to calliecat
EelKat as if 313 lenses was not enough… I just had an idea for another one to track what people buy off my lenses… off to make it now. about 3 hours ago from web
EelKat I’m awake again and back online about 3 hours ago from web
EelKat I just updated my Squidoo page: Lord Sesshomaru Costume: Part II / http://tinyurl.com/5dr7cz about 10 hours ago from Squidoo
EelKat @zzztimbo me too! the sun is coming up and I haven’t even gone to bed yet! YIKES! about 10 hours ago from web in reply to zzztimbo
EelKat I just updated my Squidoo page: Lord Sesshomaru Costume / http://tinyurl.com/2yrw3e about 10 hours ago from Squidoo
EelKat InuYasha ended… I can get back to what I was doing now, which is reading lastest posts on http://fourhourworkweek.com… about 11 hours ago from web
EelKat @Rock_The_Ice yep… true, all my favorite men are psychotic killers: Sesshy, NegaDuck, Sweeny Todd… I’m seeing a pattern here. LOL! about 11 hours ago from web in reply to Rock_The_Ice
EelKat Sara dead…. Sesshy sliced her in half. Not good to love this guy. about 11 hours ago from web
EelKat I forgot what a bloody episode this was… pathetic humans all dropping like flies left and right. Why do I like such evil villains? about 12 hours ago from web
EelKat You know, Sesshomaru’s got a heck of a track record… all his women wind up dead. about 12 hours ago from web
EelKat My signature episode is on. YAAAY! “The Woman Who Loved Sesshomaru” Best episode ever!… sad one though, she dies at the end. about 12 hours ago from web
EelKat @Rock_The_Ice I can’t InuYasha comes on in 15 minutes about 12 hours ago from web in reply to Rock_The_Ice
EelKat @Rock_The_Ice LOL! it’s 4:47AM where I’m at… I’m lucky I’m still typing at all! about 12 hours ago from web in reply to Rock_The_Ice

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!