I've got an automatic food dispenser. It runs on batteries, so I can program feeding times into it. They get fed twice a day, at the same times everyday.

Hey, so does my cat! Actually, he has two. They are both carbon-based semi-autonomous household appliances, and they run on Coke Zero. He's programmed one to feed him at 5:30 am and 9:00 pm, and the other to feed him at 8:00 am and 5:30 pm.

He's developing a spot-feeding dispenser, but it's not tall enough to reach the food yet.

zOMG. too stuffy - laughing hurts.

I kind of have to own this: Pop Up Books of Phobias.

Well, damn. My prof *still* hasn't assigned me to a group for the assignment that is due online at 6pm today. And, no one has posted their work yet, so I have no idea how much work I should even put into this thing.

I was actually looking forward to this assignment, but now I'm just stressed about getting it done before I go to work.

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Ok. A few people have posted the assignment due today. I know I'm an overachiever, but people, two sentences? We're supposed to be re-writing a Bible story from the woman's point of view. Some aren't even re-writing the story, they're just saying, "This isn't ______'s point of view, because..."

I think it's a really good thing that I usually just don't see other people's work. And, maybe I'm beginning to understand why I get as good of grades as I do...

What about the coronations were you wondering, if you still want me to delve into my brian. Which, I have to warn you , is not firing on all systems yet.

One detail that's worrying me is whether there's a specific day of the week where coronations are supposed to happen (or not happen). I really want the one in my book on a Tuesday, and if it has to be on a Sunday, the timing of that section of the story will be absolutely shot to hell, and I'll have to completely rework the lead-in.

Queen Elizabeth (current) was coronated on a Tuesday, so you should be good. It doesn't have to be any particular day of the week.

My kitty is free fed so there's generally only howling when it gets empty.

However, she's taken carrying her sock toy around and yowling like she's about to die and won't stop until I come and pick her up. I think she's still jealous of McKay the Laptop.

I'm in the back office right now because my replacement is at my (i mean her) desk. This morning I introduced her to the phrase "nibbled to death by ducks" as the ducks were early risers today. i can't find some papers that were in my purse, I think they fell out at home. i got to work and my keyboard wasn't working, took me three tries to find one to work. The file cabinet broke and I'd given my keys to my coworker and realized this morning that they are safely locked in his file cabinet and of cours emy keys are in his locked filing cabinet in the locked office. Luckily I scrambled around and found keys. Then there was a circuit breaker out and I couldn't get power to anything.

Plus the machine is out of diet coke. That's like the final indiginity of the day. I'm currently suffering with real coke.

My car wouldn't start this morning. Gah, not this again. I changed the fuel pump last year! It can't be that! Everything else is not supposed to be failing already! I got it to start after a few tries, but I hate living on edge like this, wondering if it's going to start each time I try now.

I've been considering buying a new (well, new used, probably) car. My parents want me to anyway, and I wouldn't mind having something better. Any suggestions?