Poor Kitty Kitty

been bad about updating

but a lots been happening
and time has been short

not to mention intermittent power loss
over the last couple of days thanks to Ivan
[100 mile+ winds been fucking everything up]

but this post isnt about that

its about my Isabel
who has been having a rough time lately

you see
some bad boy done knocked her up
and
the way I found this out
was when she started to miscarry

so she and I spent the evening birthing her foeti
and she didnt even complain about
the two baths I had to give her

took her to the vet for a followup check out
and she had a fever and possibly another bebe in the uterus

the vet was worried she might go septic [or already be]
so he kept her over night and got her started on antibiotics
and if the fever broke he was going to spay her in the morning
[spaying her was my original plan anyway]

so all went well and she got spayed
and has been home recovering for a few days

I have to give her an antibiotic twice a day
and
much to my amazement
and I am sure the other cats owners reading this
will also be amazed

she is a champ

I just open her mouth
pop the pill in
she chomps twice and swallows it

thats it

no trips to the emergency room for me
or anything

never seen the like
[not that I am complaining mind you]

anyway
she is curled up on my lap
and doing much better

Taking Retards to the Zoo

So

I had my first "Politics in TV & the Media Class"

in it is one of those typical
chomsky loving retards
who is incapable of thought
only regurgitating someone else drivel

anyway
after a few warm up rounds
of minor sparring we get into it

when he claims that government
[and we are talking american government even though I am in canada]
[because well everyone knows the canadian government doesnt fucking matter]

is decieving and manipulating the american population
by not allowing them access to the full information
on the bills under discussion and which are passed

I scoff and reply

"If by not allowing them access you mean by posting the complete text of every bill on the internet for anyone to see, then yes I agree, if someone doesnt read what is available to them freely, then it is their laziness not the governments deception"

to which he responded

"Well it still isnt accessible to most people because they use big words that people dont understand"

I laugh loudly

"The dictionary is my friend, make it yours, hell bring a thesaurus along as well if it will help"

he launches into some rambling spiel on ebonics and how it is a valid language and has grammatical structures etc etc, which I wish I could repeat for you because it was pretty funny but it is too long and incoherent for that

but I reply

"There are 50,000 speakers of klingon in the US, should we publish every bill in Klingon too?"
[pulled that number out of my ass but it sounded good]
[besides it was just a set up anyway]

to which he responded

"In Canada we publish everything in French and English because we do not expect someone to have to read something in their non native tongue and there are a lot more than 50,000 blacks in the US"

I smile watching him ignore the hook and gobble the bait, pausing to reel him in slightly to better set the hook

"America is a single language country, unlike Canada, and if we were to have a second language it would be Spanish, which wouldnt help your cause, besides which does Canada publish all their documents in every language spoken in Canada, no, it is unreasonable, you simply publish in the two most common languages."

and so he responded

"But thats not fair, you just cant expect them to understand the material when it is presented that way"

I grin, time to reel this fish in and respond

"You do realize you are being a complete racist...

You dont? Allow me to clarify...

What you are saying is ...

Those stupid niggers are hopeless and too damn stupid to learn english so we need to coddle them"


he didnt have a response

the professor out of pity tried to step in and help the fellow out
but it was a lost cause
he was sunk and everyone knew it

have you ever had a moment
where you wished you could provide an a href="real life" link to your journal

this was one of those, I mean yall would have been highly amused

The Democratic Process

Well sort of

anyway

because I am a cruel heartless bastard
and I have nothing better to do

I decided to cull my friends list

well

more accurately I decided that I would cull my friends list

but then the idea occured to me

why not make a poll and let you my readers
have some input

also known as

make an amusing game out of the whole thing

so to that end

I created the following poll

[Poll #353425]

Through the looking glass

I got an idea for a fun contest and with prizes too

Here is the deal, you submit a description of the plural but not just any description
submit the most unflattering and critical description you can think of
which in your eyes is still truthful

i.e. aim below the belt and hit hard

There will be three prizes awarded

Most Vicious
Most Perceptive
Booby Prize
[selected at random from all substantive entrants]

I havent decided if I will judge the entries myself or put it up for a public vote
but I reserve the right to do as I damn well please.

I will annouce the winners on my birthday (9/27/04)
and most likely publish the winning comments
[I will check with the winners first to make sure they are comfortable with that]

So what are the prizes?

I am thinking a standard DVD of your choice (approximate retail value 25$ US)
However if one of the winners has an alternate choice in the same range
I will consider it, however I will not award cash (prizes are more fun)

Thats it

Drop your gloves and give me your best shot.