At least it feels like it has only been 6 hours since Christmas. I made the
mistake (or maybe it was the outstanding choice) of giving DH a DVD copy of
the first season of the TV show 24. Somehow we missed that season.  I have
lost track of anything I was supposed to do this week ...

I am looking after a co-worker's cat for 10 days.
His name is Nisse and he is 11 years old.
His mom said 9 but her daughter Agnes says 11. She is 10 and I think she
knows if Nisse is older or younger than her.

We had to push our holiday down the calendar a bit. Louie got an allergic
reaction of pure evil from some Chinese food my boss provided for the holiday
party, which neither of us knew had shrimp. Unlike our seafood-loving cats
(four of them anyway: Sabrina is allergic to seafood but ...

We've been getting visits from a little grey boy over the past couple
of months. He's got a white bib, white paws, and the tip of his tail is
white.  It's hard to tell if he belongs to someone or not, as he is
skinny but not too skinny. I'm guessing he's no more than a year old.

He's in the hospital.  When he was visiting last week he mentioned sometimes
feeling short of breath (close your dirty minds!) but then he always said
he'd feel better.  Turned out he couldn't get a prescription for a dieuretic
refilled while he was in NY dealing with some stuff ...

Like most of you, I've been rather depressed with how commercial the season
has become.  So I would like to start something here, with this group, and
hope it spreads.
I propose that next winter's Holiday Season, we each pick a project and work

Well, we've managed to pull through the recent unpleasantness. Our juice is
back on, still have trouble getting anything Usenet on the Apple. Isn't RPCA
available through Google or something? And oh yeah, we now have our phone
back, and a mountain of cleanup expenses to go with the ...

My condolences to Tish and her dad, and the rest of their family on
Potjie/Jet's passing.
Since it *did* make me feel better when Natasha crossed the bridge
recently, I've started a group and lit a candle for Potjie. Due to