Mondays

Monday has never been my favorite day of the week. Today I woke up in a very foul mood. I don't know why. I had a nice weekend in spite of the rain. The good doctor and I had a wonderful Saturday filled with fun, good sex, brunch, birthday cake, more good sex...did I mention the good sex part?

Sunday was relaxed, lazy and filled with rain. I napped with the beasts, read a book, and basically did whatever the hell I wanted, which was in the main, nothing.

So, then why this morning do I wake full of piss and vinegar (as my Aunt Edie used to say). Grrrrring and gritting my teeth and glaring at the world? I want mayhem. I want boiling in oil. I want flaying--flaying is always good and it really pisses people off.

As I said in a friend's LJ this morning.

I.want.fricken'.mayhem.and.grevious.bodily.harm.

The bloodthirsty henchwench, who obviously needs a boatload of more coffee.

Religion and Politics

This weekend, well yesterday really, I read a good chunk of Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter. I'd bought this book as a holiday gift for the Good Doctor and he kindly loaned it to me when he was done reading it. Because the content of this book is in the forefront of my mind, I found this article on the CNN web site to be interesting too. I've a lot of regard for both Jimmy Carter and Madeline Albright. And long before and long after them, weighing the balance between Religion and Politics is always on my mind. I am certainly NOT an atheist, but I do believe in the Separation of Church and State and I worry increasingly that we are heading to Religious Totalitarianism at a very furious pace. Apparently I'm not the only one. I ran across this article titled Saving Secular Society in In These Times.

I'm reminded of advice I once received by a close friend: When in doubt, leave the country.

Lazy Cyber Geek

14 lbs of dry cat food $13.98
16 lbs of dry dog food $14.78
14 lbs of cat litter $ 9.55
20 oz, litter deodorant $ 6.58

Having over 40lbs of PetCrap delivered to the house so I don't have to kill myself in the rain hauling it all home with no car.

Well worth $9.95 delivery fee for Albertsons.com

:P

X-posted to note_to_cat

To the Feline DemiGods of the Household:

Yes. The dog has a ball. It's not a very interesting ball, but she apparently loves it as she has never loved any other toy--since the last one. This is why she hovers her nose over it and grumbles at you if you get too close. Take note, she does this to me too. She.is.a.dog. This is what they do.

She does not want you to touch her new ball. She does not want me to touch her new ball. She wants us to some how magically throw it so she can chase it without any of us touching it. Again, I repeat, She.is.a.dog. This is how they think.

She will get over it. In the meantime, quit antagonizing her. You may enjoy hearing her growl and whine. I do not. If she snaps at you I am going to giggle and point; not come to your rescue. Fair warning.

Signed,

The gift giver of toys, cat weed and gooshy food.

Curiouser and Curiouser said Alice

Purported internal company documents describing what an AT&T whistle-blower has alleged is a secret system allowing the National Security Agency to snoop into innumerable e-mail messages have been published online by Wired News.

The Web site, www.wired.com, claims to have published the full documents submitted by Mark Klein, the star witness in a case brought against the telecommunications giant by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Klein, an AT&T technician for 22 years until he left in 2004, has said previously he saw equipment installed at the company's San Francisco facility in 2003 that would allow the National Security Agency to screen huge volumes of customers' Internet messages.

The documents that Klein said supported his claim were ordered held under seal last week by Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker while he considered the government's assertion that the group's lawsuit endangers state secrets.

Breaking news on the Chron.