FMC 3.0

So apparently Sunny had another one of her ‘mornings’ where she doesn’t eat her breakfast and is generally wonky. Well, as I got home, I watched her put up her front paws on a chair in the kitchen, and pull the leftovers of her breakfast onto the floor and go to town. I suspected that it had happened once before, but I always credited Mousse with the caper. Guess I was wrong.

Winter is finally coming. Hopefully it will stay this time. I’m looking forward to 30 degree sleeping weather.

Oh, and in New Zealand, they’re fighting traffic cameras that detect speeding because the cameras register speeds for a stationary brick wall. Think we can go after the red light cameras claiming they’re color blind.

Oh, and since I’m not much on content today, I thought I’d throw in eye candy. (And this is mostly for Mikey.)

He’s gonna thank me later. I guess my countrymen (well, countrypersons) aren’t all bad afterall.

That’s a whole new record. For sure. That’s total inbound calls on the overnight last night. It was a fun one. Hopefully the rest of the week will be calmer.

Nighthawk rolled over 9k this morning on the way to breakfast. It’ll be over 10 by Christmas. Looks like I need to schedule an oil change.

Oh, anyone got a good idea for a game that can be played via phone, say to kill time on a road trip? I gotta friend needing ways to kill time on long drives.

As you may have noticed, the comics list gets longer and longer. One word of warning - the Comic Flem is pretty off color, so prepare to be offended. I guess they’re all read at your own risk. I think its amazing that some people can be that witty and creative with the same subject matter over time. Oh, one more note - for Something Postitive, I recommend trying it the same way I was told to - start at the first one. If you laugh, or aren’t completely offended, keep reading.

Also, Nighthawk has another cargo credit to its quickly expanding list - a Christmas Tree. It’s also up over 8900 miles. Looks like it will need the first Oil Change before Christmas.

I saw Derailed over the weekend - rather predictable, but Clive Owen made it worth it, as usual. Jennifer Anniston was actually kind of sexy, not an adjective I’d lightly use for a Friends alum.

Also, going to a full week is gonna suck. The last few shortened weeks were damn spiffy. Oh well, guess its the regular grind, although the holiday slow down will be nice. Anytime now.

Lastly, in typical Delaware fasion, Mother Nature can’t decide what season she wants it to be. We’re still flip flopping betweem fall and winter. I wish it would either stay warm, or freeze its ass off. Again, anytime now.

One of the better days of the year. Hope you all had as good a meal as we did. I got asked earlier this week what I was thankful for. I think my answer was “family, television, and legos. And of course, Internet porn.” That’s a pretty dumbed down list. There’s also computers, the Internet in general, and friends. Of course, that’s not necessarily in order.

I think I may be caught up on Lost (Warning: Spoilers). The back story on Ana was fun in a dark kind of way, and the inevitable reunion was finally complete. Well, mostly. I also kind of liked how they gave Maggie Grace a guest star credit for her role of ‘Corpse’. Now that we’ve had an answer that The Others only took the good ones, we need to find out the bad stuff everybody did. I’m really curious about Bernard and his wife. Also, there’s something story wise missing about Jack and Ana. That unspoken interaction tells of more of just an airport bar chat. I’m gonna place my money on the mile high club.

Speaking of TV, did anyone else notice Dr. House’s address?

Other than that, it should be a quiet weekend from here on out. Hopefully.

So my mother made an unexpected vet appointment for Mousse this morning. Apparently he woke up lame, and just not being himself. Once I got home, I saw for myself, and Mousse was definitely not Mousse like - not walking properly, not really wanting to lie down, and whimpering a whole lot. Turns out his aging hips are doing just that - and he somehow aggravated them last night, and they were hurting like all get out. So he’s on pain drugs and vitamins. And a diet. Not too bad, but it’s not going to get much better from here on out. Hip dysplasia doesn’t just fix itself over night, so it’s the top of the downward spiral.

It’s been a long time since I was in the Vets office. Actually, it was right around the holidays 4 years ago. Wait, redoing the math in my head, it’s five years. Holy Cow, has it really been that long? Has it been 5 years since Maggie died? Of course, the time I was at the vet before that was the September before, when we lost Murphy. It wasn’t an easy drive to make yesterday, going to a place that I remember with such sorrow. At least coming out with Pup in tow was a nice change of pace.

Now that I know I have a teary audience member or two, time for other news:

No matter what you may hear, do not mix the flavors of banana and pumpkin. I just saw my mom throw out a pristine dessert for taste issues.Nobody who tasted it liked it. Personally, I just wonder why you’d want to corrupt banana with pumpkin. That’s right, I won’t touch the traditional Thanksgiving dessert. Apparently there is cherry pie in store for me, so I’ll be OK.

Oddly enough, I finished a lot of my Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving. It’s truly kind of weird. I even willfully walked into a store yesterday to investigate an idea. Not to purchase something I’d already thought of, but just look into it. I have no idea what’s coming over me.

Oh, and did you see what Ariel Sharon did over in Israel? Can you imagine the chaos here if John McCain did the same thing? It’d be farking amazing.

Lastly, the NWS had originally said it was going to snow here today, but I don’t see much chance of that happening. But now that I have 4 wheel drive and a really heavy car to beat up the snow in, I say bring it on.