In Current News...

Today is crispy out! There's just a whisp of fog this morning and the temperature last night dropped below 50 degrees for the first time in probably a week! Still, no rain in the forecast, but I had a brisk walk with the dork doggie. She, like me, loves brisk weather.

My house is officially in that pre-move chaos zone of piles everywhere! ARG. I emptied the two wardrobes, they get picked up today. once they're out I'll actually have that space to start stacking boxes. I'll get non essential stuff packed up and out of the way this afternoon and hopefully clean some tomorrow. I have tumbleweeds blowing through right now, mostly made up of pet fur. I'll tackle those as soon as I can unbury my vacuum cleaner!

Frankenkitty still worries me. Mostly because the antibiotics are making her sick and we have at least one more week of them, before I can have her x-rayed and assessed for surgery. She's happy enough when she's not yerping. It's the yerping that gets to me. And, naturally, she's such a DRAMA QUEEN in the process. If I wasn't so tired of being on my knees with Resolve, Febreeze and a scrub brush, I'd find it funny! I'm going to boil up some brown rice with beef broth and try mixing that with the Iams soft food I bought her...and see if that helps her stomach any. I've never tried to feed rice to a cat. I'm not sure she'll eat it, but, it's worth a shot.

Meanwhile Dork doggie is miffed at me. I emptied my wardrobe and piled all the clothes on the bed so she doesn't have anywhere to sprawl. Mean ol' wicked mommy! :)
Neither does mommy...which is even more incentive to get mommy off her ass and to doing things!

See, there IS a method to my madness. Bruuuhahahahaha!

BEFORE I FORGET

A very Happy Birthday to sylverpenny Who is "DIS" many years old today! She shares a birthday with one of my favorite cousins. All the best and many, many happy returns Penny!

More Twists in California Death Row Cases

Prosecutors of a Stockton man scheduled to be executed this month alleged for the second time Friday that his lawyers -- one of them Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton -- had submitted forged documents in support of their application for clemency.

Attorneys for Michael Morales offered statements Tuesday from six of the 12 jurors who voted to sentence him to death in 1983, saying they now want Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to spare his life or that they would not object to clemency. But on Friday, the San Joaquin County district attorney's office submitted statements from five of the jurors saying they had never made any such statements or talked to anyone representing Morales.

Two of the jurors said their names were misspelled on the purported declarations. One said she appeared on a radio program Thursday, opposite one of Morales' lawyers, and reaffirmed her support of the death sentence -- only to learn later that she was one of the jurors identified by the defense as backing clemency.

All five jurors said they still favor executing Morales.

I have to wonder if this article would make news if Kenneth Starr's name wasn't attache to it? It SHOULD, but I have to wonder.

Notes to self:

Instead of buying more Ziplock storage containers, try cleaning out the science projects in your fridge a LEETLE more often, Red. Sheesh!

Oh, and when did olympic medals become the size of CDs? Complete with center holes?

I own too much shit.

I am a pack rat.

I have 4 frying pans and only one 2 oz sauce pan.

The dog does not need 4 bowls.

Oh, and remember, the finicky, frankenkitty hates brown rice.

That is all.

This scene kills me every time.

BlackAdder III: Sense and Senility:

Baldrick: Is that the door?

Edmond: Oh, don't worry, it's just the actors.

(Continued rapping. Blackadder pours himself a cup of tea.)

B: My uncle Baldrick was in a play once.

E: Really?

B: Yeah, it was called *Macbeth*.

E: And what did he play?

B: Second codpiece... Macbeth wore him in the fight scenes.

E: So he was a stunt codpiece. (sips his tea) Did he have a large part?

B: Depends who's playing Macbeth.

Wire Tapping Investigation

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 — Federal agents have interviewed officials at several of the country's law enforcement and national security agencies in a rapidly expanding criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding a New York Times article published in December that disclosed the existence of a highly classified domestic eavesdropping program, according to government officials.

The investigation, which appears to cover the case from 2004, when the newspaper began reporting the story, is being closely coordinated with criminal prosecutors at the Justice Department, the officials said. People who have been interviewed and others in the government who have been briefed on the interviews said the investigation seemed to lay the groundwork for a grand jury inquiry that could lead to criminal charges.

The inquiry is progressing as a debate about the eavesdropping rages in Congress and elsewhere. President Bush has condemned the leak as a "shameful act." Others, like Porter J. Goss, the C.I.A. director, have expressed the hope that reporters will be summoned before a grand jury and asked to reveal the identities of those who provided them classified information.

Mr. Goss, speaking at a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Feb. 2, said: "It is my aim and it is my hope that we will witness a grand jury investigation with reporters present being asked to reveal who is leaking this information. I believe the safety of this nation and the people of this country deserve nothing less."

Full article found here.

From The Sneeze

I thought this ode to Franklin to be a wonderful little piece of inspiration.