Zen it's a Kitty pheremone, it mimics the pheremone that they use to mark their territory so if you have the Feliway the cat thinks everything is home.

They mark (with their faces) all over the place; surely they already know this is home! I've tried the spray and it doesn't have any noticeable effect. I don't know if it's worth trying the diffuser. I want something to calm them down.

(I'm not passing the buck, I just grew up where insurance was only necessary where you were making payments on a car, and was a bit loosey goosey)

Yes, as I not-so-fondly remember when a fellow from New Hampshire rear ended me and had no insurance. So that sucked for me.

I kinda feel like a slug for doing nothing (except my swim) all day today, but at least my upper lip is down from its Lisa RInna proportions, and I can no longer see the bags under my eyes without a mirror.

Are there still states where insurance isn't required? I remember when my aunt got hit by an uninsured driver and got totally screwed, but I didn't think you could do that any more.

LIVE FREE OR DIE

Oy vey. Finally at the place we're staying the night (not a hotel, not my choice, don't wanna talk about it), and trying to check in for the flight tomorrow. I'm silver medallion on Delta, and I should get three free bags, but they're telling me it will be $160 to check three bags. Not an option, Delta! These bags are coming with me!

Oh, man, Julie, that whole thing sucks.

Augh, I'm weary. Also, I'm on a jury. At least it's likely to be both interesting and short (my big nightmare is getting trapped like one of my poor college friends did - flew home for the summer after a tumultuous freshman year, got called to jury duty her second week back, and ended up on the jury for an intellectual property dispute between two large corporations that lasted 7+ weeks; we talked just after they had finally, finally reached a verdict and been released, and she said, "They were boring and nasty and we hated both of them and if we could've voted everyone in the entire case guilty we would have").

I was safe until 3:30 - at 2:30 Juror #1 admitted that he is a strong proponent of jury nullification, and the judge first thanked him courteously for his candor and then kicked him briskly to the curb and lectured everyone else in the room about how it's not a bad idea necessarily, but it's a complex idea, and as this is neither a debate club, Nazi Germany nor the segregation-era American South it's not the time or place to get into it, and please don't do it again because it's 2:30, we've gone through 20+ potential jurors, and at this point debating PhD-level theoretical scenarios is just wasting everyone's time.

Then the fire alarm went off and they had to evacuate the entire building (SF County Superior Court, 7 stories) for an hour. Then we all trooped back in, and they called my damned name.

The rest of the week should be interesting, anyway.

I missed FaceTime happy hour on whatever day we did it, but I am on now and have an adult beverage. my brother cracks me up. and that convo is over so anyone wanna happy hour.

Shrift, are you an executive life ruiner now?

People have been singing "We Are The World" all afternoon and evening.

TAL did a segment last week on ASMR [link] At the end of it, I turned to J and said, "Wait, are you telling me you don't have that tingly sensation when someone whispers or speaks quietly in an accent? I thought everyone did." This totally explains why I saw every episode of Bob Ross painting. So, how many Buffistas get that feeling? I am going to try using some of these youtube videos when going to sleep and see what that does.