Meanwhile -- the car has decided to run and skid all over the house , including tables. stuff has flown.

Sweetie, I dearly hope you mean the cat has decided to run and skid all over the house.

sara, jackhammers before 7AM is fundamentally WRONG on so many levels.

A couple of years ago, we endured several months of bridge re-building two houses away -- it was mitigated by the contractors being unusually careful -- like, for instance, you could set your watch by the jackhammers starting up at 8 AM promptly. They were also good about making sure we knew when there would be Big Equipment coming in so we could move our cars and so on.

Just one more reason why I like Somerville! Which comes down on the asses of city contractors if they don't behave....

No, it will not be done when I get home. This started in September, mind you. And then they didn't do anything for a month after the first round of tear up the street and break gas lines. I expect more of the latter, anyway. Got a faint whiff of gas walking down the street this morning (I have to park a block over.)

Yes, i meant cat, not car.

I'm not supposed to be up yet.

Ha. I just read on the cities web site -- they no longer maintain 'street trees'. It is the homeowners responsibility. Hopefully this counts as a tree hazard.

In other feline news, I found a Very Dead mouse on the landing this morning. All three cats seem happy to take credit, but Chumley in particularly is now haunting the landing in case the ex-mouse returns.

So, they put disinfectant stuff (like Purel but foamy and "enriched") in all of the elevator lobbies here at work. I tried it this morning, and it just made me have to wash my hands and use lotion. I think I will stick to washing my hands from now on.

Happy birthday, Burrell and Calli - a day late.

I'm very glad Tommy's cat is ok!! And very happy Tommy is not smooshed dead by the clueless driver! Sheesh.

According to my books, the inner ear bones have developed and the baby can now hear me! So I celebrated by buying this yesterday to read to my belly.

well, the down but still connected wire -- is attached to my neighbors house. I could fix this in seconds, but I don't know what this wire is. I called 911 because I can't get anything in the city before 8. I wish I knew if this really was an emergency.

It was the phone line. The very nice fireman moved the limb and shifted the wire so I can get out. My neighbors aren't home, but the fire dept had dispatch call the phone co so the can fix the stretched wire.

and now I can go find coffee.

Emma Caufield has a webcomic. The title of the strip, (if not necessarily the content) is NSFW.