Hello all. I have a 65 lb Shepherd chewing on a stuffed alligator toy. She is parked on my legs in bed and making it very difficult to sleep in more or get up.

I think I will watch tennis for a little and then go catch a matinee of The Mechanic. And I need to make sure Red is on my Netflix queue.

We watched Red the other night. OMG. I squeed like a little girl it was so awesome.

Speaking of squeeeeing. Read Patton Oswalt's tweets from his viewing of The Mechanic last night. Or search for the hashtag #stathamvapors. Hilarious.

I woke up this morning with a horrible aversion to sunlight and a not-quite-yet migraine. Lovely. I had plans for today. Outside plans. Meds have been deployed.

I want to see Red. Need to figure a way to make that happen.

In occasionally there are good things in Georgia news, it is mid-60s, breezy, sunny, and glorious. I spent 3 hours doing hard yard work and didn't even notice the time passing. And I'm about to go out and do it again.

(I apologize to those of you who, like my mother, have 3 feet of snow right now. You may mock me in August.)

I adored Red. I think I need to own a copy. There's competence! And funny! And most of the antagonists have layers! It'd make a terrific TV series.

This needs to be a movie or something:

(eta: the khukuri is a traditional knife used by the Gorkha)

Lone Nepali Gorkha who subdued 40 train robbers

Gorkha soldiers have long been known the world over for their valor and these khukuri-wielding warriors winning the British many a battle have become folklore.

A retired Indian Gorkha soldier recently revisited those glory days when he thwarted 40 robbers, killing three of them and injuring eight others, with his khukuri during a train journey. He is in line to receive three gallantry awards from the Indian government.

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The band of about 40 robbers, some of whom were travelling as passengers, stopped the train in the Chittaranjan jungles in West Bengal around midnight. Shrestha-- who had boarded the train at Ranchi in Jharkhand, the place of his posting--was in seat no. 47 in coach AC3.

“They started snatching jewelry, cell phones, cash, laptops and other belongings from the passengers,” Shrestha recalled. The soldier had somehow remained a silent spectator amidst the melee, but not for long. He had had enough when the robbers stripped an 18-year-old girl sitting next to him and tried to rape her right in front of her parents. He then took out his khukuri and took on the robbers.

“The girl cried for help, saying ´You are a soldier, please save a sister´,” Shrestha recalled. “I prevented her from being raped, thinking of her as my own sister,” he added. He took one of the robbers under control and then started to attack the others. He said the rest of the robbers fled after he killed three of them with his khukuri and injured eight others.

During the scuffle he received serious blade injury to his left hand while the girl also had a minor cut on her neck. “They had carried out their robbery with swords, blades and pistols. The pistols may have been fake as they didn´t open fire,” he surmised.

left my bedroom door open last night (feared being so tired i would miss my alarm and oversleep, cats don't allow oversleeping) and woke up with 12 lbs of feline on my arm. Again. 4 hrs later my arm still aches. why the awkward balancing act crazy cat? (younger cat was sensible and slept curled up against my butt. As one expects from a cat.

Okay, Shrestha is MADE OF AWESOME!!!! And I would totally watch that movie.

Sometimes when I sleep on my side, my kitty will lay on top of me. So every time I move a little bit, she struggles to remain balanced on top of me.

It works better when I sleep on my stomach and she lays on my back and/or butt. But usually she sleeps on my hand/wrist, so I can give her belly-rubs.

billytea, I think we've found Ryan's Christmas gift!