Woke up at about 11a after reading until almost 3a. I finally finished Dune Messiah so now it's on to Children of DuneMost of the power for the house is turned off. Greg is installing a floodlight on the back deck so we can actually see the backyard when it's dark. We decided not to rake up all the leaves back there and to leave them until the ( Read more... )

Cosmo has been yowling all night. Just loudly complaining. He has food, water, soft food, catnip, a clean box - WTF? I can't find anything wrong with him. He's just crazy. He quiets down when I scratch him. He's so old.

Those damn cats tried to hypnotize me into staying into bed longer than I should. It almost worked but then I foiled their clever plan.

Well, Batty is much too gentle to be a mouser, and Cosmo, once a great hunter of all things small enough to hunt, is now too old, senile, and arthritic. Lot of good these two old guys will do.

Unless it accidentally hops into one of their mouths, that mouse is going to get fat and happy and die of old age.