There's a bunch of stray/feral cats that like to visit our house looking for food. Among them was this large black cat that my mom liked to call "Guardian". He was the friendly and vocal sort, and he'd jump onto a bench on our porch to get within petting range. I'm pretty sure he'd been visiting our house for at least a year and a half, probably longer.

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I have several perennially ongoing PM chains with some users on the site. I critique Tzardok's Fate series-based Magic cards. I bounce story ideas around with Speckle. I offer advice on one of Ultra-the-HedgeToaster's in-development projects. And, until recently, I discussed things with princeps. I'd link to

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There's an amazing radio personality out there named Stuart Maclean. He worked for CBC Radio and owned a chunk of it too. It's Canada's official radio station in a way. He had a radio program called 'The Vinyl Cafe' It was akin to listening to your favourite old relative or perhaps catching up with a dear friend. He told rambling silly stories, gentle and bittersweet by turns, other times so funny tears would flow from laughter. He featured musical guests, always ones he felt were exceptional

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It's okay now.
You can close your eyes.
You're safe now.
No more pain.
No more pinpricks and needles to deliver cold shots of insulin, day after day.
No more half-blindly running into chairs.
No more needing to stay still and calm, unable to even play with the toys you once threw around.
Last night, you came to me in a dream, watching me silently as I relived your final moments, easing out your final gasps on the carpet upstairs.
And you were okay then.

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Brian Is Gone But Not Forgotten

Brian was a fun-loving balloon. He enjoyed throwing parties for his balloon animal friends. He was always the life of the party. He brought joy to all of the young fillies and colts of Equestria with his balloon antics.

He was so well loved that he won the most coveted 'Best Balloon Animal' title eight years in a row.

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