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?

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?

Have you got a Carmax out there? They were really easy to deal with when I got my (nearly new but used) car a few years back. There are some very reasonable new car options these days. Friends of mine have gotten Nissan Versas, Honda Fits, and Toyota Yaris in the last couple of months and they are all happy with their choices.

I looked into Carmax immediately, and the closest one is in Sacramento, apparently. Boo.

Nissan Versa! Like Hiro!

Nissan Versa! Like Hiro!

Hah! I'd forgotten that! Perfect! My friend who just got one LOVES it. It's compact but surprisingly roomy inside. She's over 6' and does not feel cramped in it at all.

I strongly recommend CarMax. They were a dream compared to the normal used car buying experience.

Nissan Versa!

When I was doing Zipcar, the Versa was my favorite car to take out in my neighborhood. Really fabulous little car.

George IV's corination was on a Thursday. I think you're most certainly safe.

Jeez, people are making me hate them today. I pulled a couple of articles for a professor's RA on Friday. She just interrupted my lunch (opening my closed door and saying, "Hi, So-n-so said you might be in here!") to tell me I pulled the wrong article because the author's name was wrong -- and she points to a similar name printed on the last page of the article.

I just had to explain to a law student that she was looking at a footnote.

Nissan Versa!

We just bought one in August- it's a really nice car, I lurves it. We liked the Honda Fit as well; they were more or less the same price, we liked them both equally, but we got super low financing on the Versa, case closed!