the damned cat kept trying to curl up on my head

I love my cat-hat. I don't sleep as well if my cat isn't curled up against the top of my head.

I actually got up this morning because the damned cat kept trying to curl up on my head and it was pulling my hair.

Certainly anti-sedentary, and still not making a case for cats.

Of course, Cashmere's dog is making a rough slog of the dog advocacy these days.

mock all you want mr. sensitive west-coaster. Mock my perfectly normal-sized fists as they pummel you. Possessed with the spirit of chuck norris, they will hurl unmentionable damage to your person.

The cats on the other hand are not so passive. They leap, claw, hiss, swipe, and run about chasing the dead people they see.

Dogs are so much easier to anthropomorphize than cats.

State of the Union speech is coming up soon. Schedule your TV viewing accordingly.

Every White House speechwriter, current and former, knows the traditional State of the Union formula: a laundry list of ideas, many of them destined to die in the bowels of some Congressional committee room. (In 2004, Mr. Bush proposed sending humans to Mars, a plan that even Republican strategists mock today.)

The pretense that Bush is going to be anything but the lamest of lame ducks is interesting. He's not going to be able to do anything in the next two years. By this time next year, they'll have be hiring guys at the gas station to be his press secretary as all the rats leave the sinking ship.

Gas station...Fox. Six of one... Although I'm gonna miss Countdown's witty "Snow" captions.

He's not going to be able to do anything in the next two years.

Besides, you know, attack Iran.

Dogs are so much easier to anthropomorphize than cats.

Because they have loving hearts! Also if they had opposable thumbs they'd play in Stooges cover bands.

Mock my perfectly normal-sized fists as they pummel you.

Ha Ha! ::holds clementine up to msbelle's fist which is dwarfed by comparison::

Possessed with the spirit of chuck norris, they will hurl unmentionable damage to your person.

No one will mention this damage because it will be unremarkable.

The cats on the other hand are not so passive. They leap, claw, hiss, swipe, and run about chasing the dead people they see.

Well, I have to admit that does constitute a danger of tripping me. Perhaps if I were lured to the top of the steps while they were hunting phantoms and I didn't want to accidentally step on one they could constitute a danger.

Dogs are so much easier to anthropomorphize than cats.

Dogs are for people who don't have the self-confidence to cope with cats. A cat will not cut you any breaks, will not give you the look of "Yeah, you're a dork, but I love you." A cat demands that you be strong enough to cope with a creature who loves you on its own terms.

State of the Union speech is coming up soon. Schedule your TV viewing accordingly.

Right. Schedule something else to do during the State of the Union so as not to destroy television by pitching heavy objects at Mr. Monkeyface.