Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

Argle Bargle

One step out the door. I'm requested a medical leave today, something I should probably have done two months ago when I fell into the Slough of Despond *shudder*

Maybe I put it off because the round of paperwork, phone calls, and permission is so daunting,  argle bargle. I have been waiting two months  (TWO MONTHS) for a medical appointment with a specialist because the only way to be seen any sooner would have been to check myself into a hospital. Which I very seriously considered, but then I decided to hold out as long as I could.

Is it an omen that when I got home the cat had barfed on the bathmat and peed on a blanket in his basket on the porch? I think I need to take him to the vet, poor baby.

Literecy Cat is Amaized...

First I learned what emo meant; now, I've been turned on to cat macros, lolcats and invisible bikes.
Anil Dash explains the lolcats phenomenon in "Cats Can Has Grammar." I sent Dave McRaney's article to my linguist friends because it analyzes leetspeak. It is featured on the site I Can Has Cheezburgers?. Of course, there is a Flickrpool of cat macros.

But my current favorite manifestation is loltheorists over at Livejournal (featuring Socrates, Judith Butlers, Nietzsche, Searle, Derrida, and many more!) Of course, now we must revisit the Monty Python International Philosophers match (Germany vs. Greece).

Here's a cat macro I made of Leo with the image from the first post to this blog ("Don't make me use the eyebeams!")

Hazards of winter

A cat with static cling. Not happy.

Poor Leo!

Not so sure about this snow stuff.

He tried so hard to fit into the toiletries case so he could come to Spain with us, but no luck.