Same here, Kathy. No sugar please.

I didn't make coffee this morning for the first time in forever. Made tea instead. I've been downing a 12 cup pot of black coffee before lunch then having tea and/or diet pepsi in the afternoon. Figured it was about time I cut out a bit of that caffeine.

Right now I'm drinking a Mike's Hard cranberry lemonade. Very yummy. They don't sell wine in grocery stores here so I bought the Mike's instead. Tasty change of pace, but still a wino at heart.

They don't mention that the menu will also include other items.

See, I thought getting the steak was a surefire Wolfgang Puck opportunity, but it was poor steak and the worst mashed potatoes ever.

Two nights ago, I took a damp kitchen towel and rubbed it over the carpet. Between the living room and the dining room, I harvested a full plastic grocery bag full of black cat hair. So, the vacumn cleaner is definitely not working on the hair front.

Kathy, we use the One Sweep broom for the pet hair. Sorry for the annoying sound on the website. You can find them on sale at CVSs for $10. They're really good for picking up the hair.

That made me happy.

That's a kick-ass review!

Owen and I are watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles before he goes to bed. Friday nights are late bedtime so we can hopefully sleep in a teeny bit tomorrow morning.

Thanks, Cashmere! I'll have to stop by and pick one up, because that kitchen towel thing was a real pain in the neck.

Reason 45 brazilion why I hate people sometimes:

Someone from the NY office called at 5:05, asking if I could help him with stuff "that he didn't think would take that long". The stuff? Find out the date 4 cases regarding tender offers were filed, and for those 4 tender offers, were the prices of the tender offer ever raised, and were there ever any other offers made from other companies, and oh yeah, all of these things happened in 1987 or 1988. That shouldn't be a problem, should it?

I' managed to laugh at him, which I think is a giant ass gold star for me.

Damn right it is.

Seriously.

He seemed so confused about why it might take more than an hour, even after I told him none of what he wanted was available online.

He seemed so confused about why it might take more than an hour, even after I told him none of what he wanted was available online.

Laughing is better than reaching through the phone lines and punching him in the throat.

I'm catching up on Mad Men. I swear, I can feel myself getting lung cancer just watching this show.

Yeah, I know. And sometimes I wonder why I like to watch it anyway since I only like these people for seconds at a time and usually I need at least one hero in my shows. But it's interesting. and the production design department rules. What's the deal with the fifties and having a gold tree on your wall? I've seen it in actual fifties films so I know someone really did it. Why?

Laughing is better than reaching through the phone lines and punching him in the throat.

I went with option three- let the library bosses deal with it on Monday. My reach isn't what it used to be.