And then she showed me her sleeping yet animatronic cat on her desk, which she insisted was a great stress relief. I thought she just meant that stroking the fur felt nice, but it actually starts to stir in its sleep and breathes in and out like a sleeping cat.

Oh, that sounds nice to me. All the pleasure of a cat at the office without the need for a litter box or a food bowl or listening to endless "Meers!" of boredom.

it's a database design thing. I am having trouble going outside the boundaries of my precious, precious templates. I mean, we customize our databases a lot, and I've done that. But this is totally different, and I can't make my brain work, and it's already tired and angry about all the school reading I have to do, and the 5 page paper I have to write this weekend, and I am having a hard time moving past all this negativity which is obviously not productive.

I think I'm going to go get a cup of coffee and a cookie.

And then she said, "And these are my babies..." in a baby talk voice and pointed out the pictures of her cats. And then she showed me her sleeping yet animatronic cat on her desk, which she insisted was a great stress relief. I thought she just meant that stroking the fur felt nice, but it actually starts to stir in its sleep and breathes in and out like a sleeping cat

I'm sorry. I'm laughing really, really hard over here. This couldn't be more perfect if your life were a movie like, oh, Office Space.

When I get done rolling on the floor, my sympathies.

It's always disconcerting when the young hotties are related to you.

Or are dating your daughter.

This couldn't be more perfect if your life were a movie like, oh, Office Space.

::clutches stapler to his chest::

I'm laughing really, really hard over here.

Well, as long as you're getting some joy out of it.

Lunch with friend in 90 minutes!

The baby voice with the cat photos is a warning, but in the bounds of normal. The RoboCat? Weird. And also, a strange use of disposable income.

There was an American kid at Delphi today wearing a shirt that said "Greek Week '04." I wonder if he wore it because he was in Greece, or did he bring it because it's a favorite shirt and didn't think about non-frat meaning? Would he wear it in the Castro?

The baby voice with the cat photos is a warning, but in the bounds of normal. The RoboCat? Weird. And also, a strange use of disposable income.

There's that whole weird world of Expensive Shit For People With Terrible Taste. Like back in the 80s those sweaters with insane appliques that sold for $700?

Hec, have you been taunting the cat gods again? That is too funny.

Is it a Swingline? I met somebody online who called herself Milton something, but she didn't get the joke and made me feel really stupid for going on about staplers.

Hec, have you been taunting the cat gods again? That is too funny.

I have been scritching cats with more than usual frequency, having been to Deb's house in the last month. What more do they want?

Is it a Swingline?

Shit! I went to look and it's missing. KHAAAAANNNNNN!!!1!!