The Perils of Cat Ownership, as Specifically Related to the Pursuit of a Hobby

Posted By on October 3, 2011 at 7:30 am

I started, several months ago, on the construction of the Mayflower. Shortly after beginning, I was rudely interrupted by a tax audit, for which I had to clear off the work table.

Once the audit was complete and the table set up again, I realized I was having rather a lot of difficulty seeing what I was doing. A new prescription for bifocals having been acquired and attended to, I set to work again.

Work has progressed, albeit very slowly. This is helped, in no small part, by the presence in the house of two* of the most curious creatures imaginable. At every step along the way so far, they have sought to intrude, inspect, or inject themselves into the process.

This has, as you might imagine, slowed progress considerably. Nonetheless, a proper posting of the Mayflower’s progress will be published in the near future.

* OK, OK, three, technically… but Mycah is too old and creaky to get up on the table.

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A Week’s Worth of Twitter Updates

Posted By on October 2, 2011 at 4:27 am

  • OK, why is it no one has told me how awesome AMC's "The Walking Dead" is? I thought you cared about me. #
  • Why yes, I *do* suppose I ought to take my medications at some point today. #
  • The GOP Herman Cain candidacy is an existential treat to the Democrat party. Discuss. #tcot #
  • It's 3:54am and I'm snacking on a matzoh cracker with peanut butter. I suspect I'm breaking one sort of rule or another. #
  • Monday morning blog post ready to roll. It took way too long to put together. #
  • Fresh Prince Hal #ShakespeareanBands #
  • Somewhere in Heineken HQ is the person who greenlit their recent TV ad campaign. That person needs to be hung, drawn and quartered. #
  • Questions: Does pepper spray come in 55 gallon drums, and why hasn't the NYPD ordered a gross? #redeye #
  • You know who's glad North Carolina doesn't have a recall provision for elected officials? Perdue, that's who. http://t.co/zKUQeDSt #
  • OK, who's the wise guy that told Alan Simpson there's a movement afoot to draft him for 2012? Be nice to an old man, please! #redeye #
  • RT @PolarCoug: Obama is the reason God created the middle finger. // No, that was Carter. Obama is why we have two of them. #
  • Updated – Thus Spake Russ: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being Barack Obama – http://t.co/yiQ8IYhY #
  • It's noon on Wednesday. Go ahead, ask me when the last time I slept was. Go on, I'll wait. (I sure as heck won't be sleeping.) #
  • Ramble, ramble, ramble. #
  • OK,I think if I go to bed now I might be able to sleep until, oh, maybe November. #
  • These "Extreme Couponing" people are insane. Not eccentric, not "a little off" – I mean bats**t crazy. #
  • RT @tinastullracing: Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. #
  • Top Ten Best Things About Being Disabled – http://t.co/BGqLVtB9 #
  • I hate it when the HD TV channels broadcast shows in 4:3 instead of 16:9. #FirstWorldProblems #
  • I can't tell if these strips of wood on my ship model are supposed to be 3/16" or 4mm. Dang. #FirstWorldProblems #
  • RT @CharmaineYoest: MT @JackYoest New in the National Catholic Register, Congress Investigates #PlannedParenthood http://t.co/EmrAYU7F #
  • Vote to give this idea 10K: HELP SAVE THE CATS AND THEIR HOME! Help fund our shelters daily needs! #pepsirefresh @Pepsi http://t.co/9VwF0PEQ #
  • I'm sick to death of being hectored with "green" this, "sustainable" that. You want conservation? Let market forces handle it. #
  • No one ever pointed to East Germany or the USSR and said, "y'know, that's an ecological paradise." Not China or the Norks, either. #
  • FTFY. // RT @RightGirl: I've done this in the past, and was proud to do it. http://t.co/wa2wrMVU Child rapists SHOULD be executed. #
  • My shift is over in 5 minutes; though I usually know in advance, tonight I have no idea what I'm going to cook for dinner. #
  • It seems I've developed laryngitis. I wouldn't even have noticed, until "Hello, Mycah kitteh" came out as "[scratch squeak wheeze.]" #
  • Noob router tip: when the login banner tells you, ALL CAPS, that you MUST do a thing, it's not just a cry for attention. It really means it. #
  • Dear @foxnews, having Alan Colmes on any program in any capacity is enough to get me to change the channel. #

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