It finally appears to have stopped raining out there. Yesterday (and all through the night until just a few minutes ago), I was starting to wonder if it would ever stop, and I guess we’re lucky it wasn’t a little later in the year, ‘cuz if it had been snowing, we’d have gotten a good three feet (and right now, I’d settle for two good feet. Arh!). There’s been some big-time flooding around, and they had to open up some dams (‘cuz that’s what they do around here). We got nothing compared to what they got down in the Carolinas, though; parts of North Carolina got a foot of rain. I’m no expert, but that’s a lotta friggin’ rain.
If I lived in Delaware and was still up in the air as to who to vote for for Senate, I think this 2002 photo of Christine O’Donnell with Ozzie Osbourne would probably seal the deal for me. I’m not really an Ozzie fan per se, but I was big in to Black Sabbath back in the day, and I’m assuming Christine was, too (at least in her witchcraft days). Though back when I was crankin’ ‘War Pigs’ and ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’ in the school library (and generally getting kicked out for it), Christine was probably only about 5 years old. But I’m sure she got the call from Satan at a young age (like Damien).
The counter-clockwise (depending on what direction you’re coming from; from in here, it’s counter-clockwise) progression of pain is nearing the end (I hope) of its vicious cycle. What started out at my right foot, moved into my right shoulder, then jumped over to a tooth on the left side of my face has now worked its way down to my left foot. Actually, right now, everything from (and including) my left knee on down to my foot is pretty much killing me. Kinda sucks, and this wet weather probably isn’t much help, either. Only two questions remain: how long will it last, and what’s next?
It’s gonna be cool this weekend, but dry (so they say; I never trust ’em). So tomorrow should be a good day for the dogs to go play with their cousins (and for me to play with my tractor – goodness knows I won’t exactly be up for doing much walking). Today, though, needs to be dealt with first.
From the “That’ll Never Happen” file, Michael Moore’s “Five Ways the Democrats Can Avoid a Catastrophe and Pull Off the Mother of All Upsets”
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MICE!!!
My cats, the ones for whom mousing is beneath their dignity, have by dint of their very presence, kept us mouse free. But, my neighbors who have no cats are mouseful…mousious…sharing their homes with them.
We used to have lots of feral cats, but the cat feeding lady has been forced to move her feeding station (some landlords objected) and the cats have moved with her. The growing number of raccoons who now call our backyards home, are at least keeping rats away.
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You know why physics is awesome? When you turn work in and it isn’t stapled together, it gets thrown out. Fantastic!
Be careful, Sue. Some of those mice might have human brains. I hear it’s happened before.
Human brains! Perhaps we can make a deal with them. Of course if they’re Republican mice they’ll simply obstruct any negotiations. Being a Democrat, I’ll just give in.
The fucker threw away part of my lab. He said they toss ’em out at the UW too. I wonder if assholes like that were re-counting ballots in Florida in 2000.
“Hey look, this box of ballots is labeled differently from the rest. Let’s toss em.”