The truth about cats revealed!

Posted By on September 4, 2011 at 3:11 pm

Simon’s Cat demonstrates the truth about working at home with cats present.

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I know this is true because, every day since I restructured my work area to give my two computers more desktop real estate, I have had what might be referred to as visitations, much like what Simon’s Cat demonstrates.

In a feline parallel to Parkinson’s Law, one might say that cats expand to fill the space available to them.

Packet has also been known to unplug the monitor connected to my employer-issued laptop.

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A Week’s Worth of Twitter Updates

Posted By on September 4, 2011 at 4:27 am

  • My all-time favorite!! // RT @Lileks: Watching that "Star Trek: Next Generation" where the starboard nacelle is venting plasma. #
  • The work day has barely begun and I'm already ready for a siesta. Today is going to be a looong day. #
  • 6 hour conference call finally over. I'm sure I still have time for another, in the opinion of everyone I work with. #
  • Sure, it's the first of my days off this week, with no appointments, but really, did I need to stay up this late watching Korean sci-fi? #
  • My legs have picked today to be all spasmy… spasmful… spasm-er-iffic. Whatever. The muscles fire for no good reason. #
  • I unfollow for excessive ALT key use. // RT @RightGirl: Just had to unfollow someone for EXCESSIVE use of CAPS LOCK. #noMERCY #
  • It's not a good idea to lean your face down too close to Kismet when he's being friendly. He headbutts – flings himself – rather forcefully. #
  • Let's see… fed the cats, got my groceries, napped, fed cats again… yup, so far today is a win. #
  • Early vet appointment, so I took meds and went to bed early. 3 hours later, neuropathy & no sleep. Time to start the coffee. Dagnabbit. #
  • Was Audrey Hepburn the prettiest woman ever seen on the silver screen? I am inclined to say she was. #WarAndPeace #
  • RT @BertrumThumbcat: Practicing landing on my feet. All cats can do that, you say? Yes, well, I'm wearing roller skates. #
  • The vet has come and gone. Mycah's excessively rapid weight loss has stopped, & her pulse is lower, too. Probably going to adjust her meds. #
  • OK, I'm already down about 12 hours of sleep so far this week. I'm outta here – I can watch #RedEye on the DVR tomorrow. #
  • No program belongs on the History Channel if it posits, with a straight face, alien visitation as an explanation for pyramid construction. #
  • OK, I *knew* something was wrong. It's after 11pm and it's only 72 degrees out. Head for the hills, it's Global Cooling! #wereallgonnadie #
  • Tonight's version of Wonder Neuropathy Power: extreme itching. Crap crap crap crap crap. #
  • I weep. RT @CatsPolitics: Meep! RT @stringbox: Meryl Streep! RT @AgStateSense: keep! RT @stringbox: jeep! RT @StarTrekWrek: peep! #
  • Typical phone call at work: "OK, now swap the flash card to the new chassis… STOP IT, YOU IDIOT… no, no, that was directed at my cat." #
  • I'd really like to be able to turn off the nerves in my legs whenever they are being particularly obstreperous. Like, say, right now. #
  • That's one of my wallpapers. // RT @GAVIN_J_PORTER: vry nice #ME3 Default FemShep painting from Patryk Olejniczak. http://t.co/LBLSywL #
  • Sarah Palin will never be a viable candidate for POTUS unless/until she can control the pitch of her voice. There, I said it. #tcot #

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