I am in my sleep clothe, lounging cardigan, and fluffy cat ensemble. Comfy FTW. But now I have to get off the couch & do yoga, since running is clearly Not Happening this morning.

I am in sweatpants and a reasonable top. Had to clean up a bit to go next door and borrow stuff.

Sending wishes for a much better day today for the Burrell family.

Dogs are excellent accessories. And fluffy cats, well, there's no better bling especially if you are trying to take over the world.

And fluffy cats, well, there's no better bling especially if you are trying to take over the world.

I would argue that hairless cats are equally good bling for those who aspire to take over the world.

I'll accept that.

I posted this on facebook but just in case - the Wall Street Journal posted a video comparing American Pharoah and Secretariat's Belmont Stakes. So damn cool.

American Pharoah was a mere 2.65 seconds slower than Secretariat. Holy wow. But look at the field - there wasn't another horse anywhere near Secretariat in the last quarter. That means almost every horse on the track with Pharoah was faster than the horses that ran against Secretariat. ION, I called Frosted and Keen Ice to place and show when they were all walking onto the track. I should've bet.

I have to remember to spell American Pharoah's name correctly, which is incorrectly. It's amusing. Now everyone will be spelling Pharaoh wrong.

It makes my brain hurt a little, but I'm getting used to it (the spelling).

Other department still has not acknowledged that my instructions were correct, but we have a fix in place to avoid the problem in the future (said fix being that I get rid of all extraneous information so they can't possibly be confused, so I guess that's tacitly saying that I know what I'm doing, sigh)

The shorthand is a fifth of a second equals a length, so 2.65 is a lot. It's also worth noting that, because the pace was much slower in the early stages, this year's finishers were fresher. AP rated. Secretariat burned out Sham and the rest of the field and set fractions that would have been good times for a races of those lengths: 1.09 and change is a good time for a 6 furlong sprint race.

Also, people on Deadspin who talk like they know racing and don't make me roll my eyes. One person was talking about races being overall faster if you had rabbit like Secretariat, and I was thinking, dude, you don't even know what a rabbit is in race terms, you nit.

(A stablemate, generally entered to set a fast early pace and burn out the competition for the other horse.)

Thanks for the well wishes. DH's father is okay, but still feels pretty bunk. Franny's fever finally went away, so now we just need to deal with the head cold part of it.

Phantom puking is a feline talent.

Don't worry - you'll find it someday. Possibly in the worst possible way.

sumi made me laugh. Sorry, Jesse.

OMG, I don't want to do any work! I have been chipping away at stuff for a week or more, with no big projects and no big progress, and it's making me crazy. And not that effective. Maybe I will take a day off next week.