Good morning. Hey, looks like it's my turn for the dizzy spells. I wonder if I can blame my cat?

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Torrey says schizophrenics are more likely to have curled up with a feline friend during childhood, and theorizes that spores of the feline parasite Toxoplasma gondii -- present in cat droppings and swallowed or inhaled by pet owners -- could be the culprit.

You know, I know it's just a newspaper reporting the gist of a scientific study and all, but you'd think that they would at least mention the whole "well, we're pretty sure there's a genetic component to schizophrenia too" side of things. Because I am sure a newspaper can come up with a way to say "diathesis-stress model" in a conversational way.

Not just because of how irritating it would be if quasi-informed readers went on an hysterical panic about cat butts causing mental illness, but because if we can isolate a stressor that kicks off incidence, then we might be able to create targeted preventive measures. So, not All Cat Butts Exiled Forthwith, but, test the cats in at-risk households for toxoplasmosis (or whatever it might end up being).

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Like Beth and JZ, I am happy about the election results, though not the election and its costs.

Me too. Though we needed yet another mayoral race, so the election was going to happen here.

I don't much like Teh Ahrnold though. He needs a few minutes on the timeout corner.

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It took me three tries to leave this morning. Forgot lunch. Forgot something I cannot forget. Had to check mgmt's key to make sure it worked on my door. I think I really flustered the russian guy who was coming to replace the toilet.

Let's just hope they don't trash my bathroom or let the cats out.

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Only, in Israel, since most moms are Jewish, we call it "Polish mom".

That's really funny. I always love knowing that kind of cross-cultural stuff.

And, honestly, thanks to the class that I'm taking, I'm so excited about all these things I want to write that spending money on a trip to Bora Bora or Vienna or wherever would be a waste.

Yay, Kristen.

She's come a long way, but I love the caption accompanying this article's picture.

OK, that was hilarious, but that site gave me a pop-under, even with two blockers, that started talking to me and freaking me out.

Plan for the day: Have showered and breakfasted already. Next, put in laundry. Then homework for tonight. Then other homework for later. Seriously.

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David - my daddy was a meteorologist.

Also, there were tornado watches not too far south of me. Weird weather needs to be paid attention to.

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It does give a whole new explanation for crazy cat ladies.

See tag.

Boo-yah!

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Good lord. I just got an email that because of Thanksgiving, timesheets are due today, not Friday, I guess so we get paid before the holiday, not after. An email at 10 about them being due at noon. An email that was sent to mostly part-time employees. @@ Luckily, I think I can get enough people to do me a favor that I'll still get paid, but come on, people.

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OK, that was hilarious, but that site gave me a pop-under, even with two blockers, that started talking to me and freaking me out.

That site tried to get me to install something.

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Photo adventures of a bad cat: [link]

Need to get some work done, I do.

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