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Agree on the taxpayer burden relief, but part of me was hoping he'd become some really big and smelly guy's bitch....

Not sure what I feel.....though wish perhaps this happened before he kidnapped anyone.....

We went up there (and to Quebec City) in July, a very good time. There's an on-off bus tour from Gray Line that's pretty good, we had a pass that allowed us to do it for 2 days. Stops off at several places, has a tour guide, and buses run fairly often (I think every 15 minutes or so, you can get on anytime with your pass/bracelet; but that may be times during peak summer times). Was great for a "taste" of many things, and we often stopped for a couple hours at various spots. We went to the Chihuly Glass exhibit at the art museum, was pretty amazing, not sure if still there (edit: there through October 20th per web site). The Notre Dame Church and Church at Mont-Royal if you're into that (even as a Jew who's not a big sightseer, I was interested in both). Walking street near old town waterfront was fun, some decent restaurants and touristy shops. We didn't go to Swartz's Deli but to another place for the smoked meat - which was corned beef as we know it in US. Well done, and tasty for sure, but I was a little underwhelmed based on flowery descriptions I had heard previously. We even enjoyed a local farmer's market (huge) in one of the neighborhoods.

Hours of fun: http://thechive.com/category/funny_hilarious_photos_pictures/cat-saturday/

Ah, a perspective thing. I was thinking it was in the distance, now I get it! And....yeesh..... EDIT: you should have had curds and whey with your wine.....

Cleaning out my phone's data, some pics from other parts of the internet, don't THINK I saw them here, apologies if so.

Oh, one more....a counselor at camp in 1978 stole my Kiss Alive tape! STILL working that one out!

One of my favorite memories is when I was on AOL via a 2400 baud modem....met a woman in FL who liked a lot of the same music I did. We ended up sending each other mix tapes, with hers having the obligatory heart over the "i" in mix. The songs were so-so but she was very sweet....and, I may still have that cassette somewhere. But in thinking, it may have been damaged during a basement flood several years back.... But anyway....happy birthday cassette. You were a huge part of my formative music years....

Sympathies for Simon's passing, a nice rescue story.....and I agree, many say "not for a long time" or even "never again" but so many times it would be great for human and cat(s) alike to adopt again soon.

Happy belated!

Wow, sorry to hear that Dan....looks like quite the character....

Wow, I remember reading this around the time of the SCO situation....totally forgot about it afterwards. Too bad, was a great resource back then, I imagine it was great for all the time since.....

Very cool, great view....!

Had some good "in office, not in meetings" time so far this week: Lou Reed - Rock And Roll Animal Jesca Hoop - The House That Jack Built Happy Rhodes - Warpaint and Ecto Enya - The Celts The Fall - The A-Sides Got a lot done to some great music!

Forgot to post yesterday, looks like #6 was 50. Very Happy Birthday, hope it was a great one!

Hope it's a great day, a prelude to some wonderful things coming soon!

Nothing like a nice lap kitty! Glad she will take over is getting used to things.....

"Remembering" Elvis Presley on the anniversary of his death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x2n9mR3SSs

Good luck Nate, hopefully no further visits will be required after this (last?) one. Regarding naps: many years ago we were implementing a new Finance system in our Japanese subsidiary. The Controller there was a smart and nice gent Yanaga-san. EVERY day of the 2 weeks I was there - and I was told it was basically every day - he would stop work at pretty much precisely noon, eat a brown bag lunch for 5-10 minutes, and then simply fold his arms on the table, rest his head, and nap for the remainder of lunch hour. Always back up by 1:00. I can still picture him to this day.....certainly one of the more relaxed and easygoing people with whom I've worked.

Yes, noisy cats can be fun and not fun. Of our two cats, one is a pretty noisy one; he will come right up to me and meow in my face, and the SECOND I move my hand to pat him will purr like a machine. But it does get annoying when we're trying to go to bed, or early in the morning.

Crap, sorry to hear Nate. Hope the situation resolves soon, and you can sleep peacefully sans racket(s)

Yeesh, bummer to hear, but glad no major incidents so far. Maybe the bat-proofers will do you and neighbor - or perhaps several neighbors? - for a discounted rate....

That cat looks rather regal!

^^^ Cool. I heard that internally in the pseudo Morgan Freeman voice

Thanks for that Ric. Great read, the book is on my list now too