I can't help but think that acquiring a second cat is akin to acquiring a second wife:

"Yes, Honey, I know he's cuter than you, younger than you, skinnier than you and sorta sexier than you, but really I love you both equally."

So far, my First Cat is not buying the Woo that I am Pitching.

Pasha returned to SYTYCD!!!

Really, there aren't enough exclamation points.

1. It is warmish outside. I don't mean it was warmish about 3 p.m., when it hit 102 degrees and stayed there for a few hours. I mean right now, at 9:30 at night, it's warmish out. 96 degrees. I do not know why I went to the gym. I could have just sat in my house and sweated since I'm too cheap to turn on much AC ( Read more... )

I do not care to post of work-related matters here, because a) these sorts of things have a way of winding back to the source and b) I'd rather post about other things anyway.

But today. Oh, today. How I have screwed you up.

About a month ago, I was issued a company iPhone in acknowledgment of the work I do so that the boss can reach me easier when ( Read more... )

Greetings friends, neighbors, strangers-to-whom-I-haven’t-spoken in 562 years!

I’m sure you have forgotten me, so let me reintroduce myself. My name is Rose, and I’m a geek.

Lately, I’m a geek who travels for work, and I’m starting - today! - a blessed entire four weeks of no travel, thus I have time to update my journal. I have two stories. ( Read more... )

A disaster befell me a year ago: I bought a house and decided to do most of the work on it myself. I did not take into consideration the knowledge that 1) I am lazy; 2) I work a lot; and 3) when I'm home from work I'd rather read than do housework of any variety, even the home remodeling type.

Nevertheless, painting has been called for the last two ( Read more... )

And your cat! And everybody's cat!

But wait, first I must 'splain why I have been incommunicado so long. It appears that a virus has infected and nearly destroyed my computer. I write to you now from a Kinko's because I have such exciting news.

During the holidays, I visited my friend Dawn in St. Louis. She's one of the guardians of a feral cat ( Read more... )

This video has more than 2 million hits. Maybe some of you haven't seen it, either. It's a flash mob invading a food court with the Hallelujah chorus.

When I was a child, one of my favorite writers was Rosemary Sutcliff -- and thinking back I have no idea what a writer of such adult themes was doing in my junior high school library. Anyway, I was thrilled to learn that one of my favorite books from my still-favorite writer is being made into a movie.

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While I was out of town for 19 days, the time changed. Guess who got up an hour early this morning, finally figured it out, went back to bed and is barely going to make it to work on time now?