Love that second pic ("Stop me if you've heard this one before...").

I actually gurgled at that one. Massive attack of cute.

Is it heated?

I only wish. A heated toilet seat might just be my soul-losing perfect moment. But this one has the added bonus of being shockingly cheap (thanks Target!) and coordinating with the wood of the bathroom cabinet.

My oomph took the Eh! train to Slacktown today.

A dangerous precident. Then again, it was the first day since quitting the law firm that featured no obligations. So, maybe I shouldn't worry too much.

I think tomorrow, however, I am going to take myself down to the Library of Congress reading room. The most gorgeous office in the universe. And helpfully far from the interbunny and pooch related distractions.

Now I'm craving root beer like a mofo.

Send Emmett to the corner store.

JZ, does Matilda have your eyes?

Having just watched "Hot Shots" again, I had to snerk.

There's something nice about getting all cold and wet, and then getting home and climbing into a nice, hot bath....

Is it raining out there, tommyrot? Of course, I left my umbrella in my car...

That Matilda sure is a cutie-pie.

I have a VERY exciting evening planned. I will reveal more details later, and you will all wish you were me, I tell you what.

Dammit, I wish I were you most of the time anyway!

I'm "working from home" tomorrow while my new bedroom furniture gets delivered. I'll actually have to work, is the problem. I might actually try to do some work tonight, to get it out of the way. Or I'll just laze around like I always do.

Is it raining out there, tommyrot? Of course, I left my umbrella in my car...

Yeah. I was just on the edge of the storm, so it might miss you.

I have a ups package waiting for me. Somewhere. Now to figure out how to get it. May ask them to leave it with my neighbor. Of course, they didn't say when they tried to deliver it. This is the only day this week there WASN'T a UPS truck arriving as I got home. Of course.

My kitchen is unpacked. I'm eating soup.

Upper sixties predicted for Saturday. I LOVE THIS WEATHER.

In other Eat It news:

WASHINGTON - Hours after taking control of Congress, House Democrats disclosed a plan they said would strengthen homeland security after five years of complaining that Republicans weren't doing enough.

Democrats say their legislation bill would implement the unfinished 9/11 Commission recommendations that fall under the Homeland Security Committee's jurisdiction.

The bill would require private companies to prepare for terrorism and the government would have to inspect cargo on passenger planes and shipping containers leaving the largest ports. Airport screeners would be given whistle-blower protection, money would be set aside to develop technology for detecting explosives at checkpoints and an appeals process would be established for airline passengers mistaken for terrorists on watch lists.

Democrats have said the Republican-controlled Congress didn't implement the commission's 41 recommendations aimed at improving safety after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

The commission itself met a year ago to hand out failing grades to the government, giving an "F," for example, to improving airline passenger screening and homeland security spending for cities considered most at risk of attack.

The bill will be debated and voted on Tuesday — without going through the committee process — as part of the Democrats' "100 hours" plan to quickly accomplish their priorities.

Republicans objected to the speed with which the Democrats are moving.

Get this, the legislature is passing legislation that makes the country work better. The Republicans think this is crazy fast because in the last five years they did nothing on this subject. That's their idea of appropriate speed.

Ha ha Republican congresspeoples! You sucked his cock and did what he wanted and now you lose.

Pelosi is kicking ass and taking names.

Those Democrats sure are crazy, voting on bills all willy-nilly.