My Brother found a stray black cat (with sort of red highlights) at the 7-11... no collar or tag. There's now a found notice at the store, and the bro gave kitty a bath and a can of tuna. (I wouldn't let her near newt.. I don't want a repeat of what happened with Fritz a couple of years back. She can talk to Newt through the window until she gets a checkup. She's *very* affectionate with my brother. Why not? He's a doll, and fed her a whole can of tuna... she got a little bowl of Newt-kibs now too. Wolfed them down like there was no tomorrow. He's becoming very attached already…






There's a Comet coming, visible to the naked eye! Naked-eye Comet for the New Year Two amateur astronomers have discovered a comet that should brighten over the next few weeks.

Great Character Actors this sort of reference is useful to me It's nice to put a name and a bio tot he face you've seen a thousand times in assorted movies. When used in conjunction with imdb, it's quite handy.

Poor Man's Megalomaniacal Super-Villain World Domination Video Wall A clever way to use Windows Active Desktop feature, along with web cams and other pushed feeds, to make a really cool real-time desktop.

Work's Holiday party is tomorrow.

That = free lunch, and being paid to chitty-chatty with the other folks there. (That's why I prefer to have the Christmas Party during work hours... get paid to feed your face, plus, I don't have to make any effort to go anyplace else.

It looks like I'm getting a Day off Christmas Eve, probably. (It might be a half-day for some, but I come in late-shift.) There's a bonus.

I got my Mail-prezzies sent off today. Luck willing, they'll make it there by the top of next week.

Thank you, Kay, for the lovely Snowman card!