Goats, gripes, and grasping for greatness

Yes. Russell is allowed to graze the fruit bowl, and my salad bowl too, since I don't eat avocados.

Here's a less-than-complete, but still useful list of foods that you should not allow your pets to eat, and also the reasons why.

"Bell must have seen this dozens of times, Miles guessed, but the herm was surely as entraced as any newcomer. It wasn't just a lover's smile that illuminated Bel's eyes. Yes. You would not be loving her properly if you did not also love her improvident, lavish, spendthrift excellence. No jealous lover, greedy and selfish, could hoard it all; it had to be poured forth upon the world, or burst its wellspring."

-- a reflection on Nicol's dulcimer performance during the ballet in Diplomatic Immunity, by Lois McMaster Bujold

In case you missed it, the first xkcd book is available!