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I'm not one to normally post links like this but I feel it's worth it...






I found this brief pictorial commentary to be quite thought provoking...
You can read the entire comic here --well worth the 2 minuets!!

Vidia has been with us for a couple of years now (the fluffy one). Some crazy lady walked into my wife's job last last years and asked if anyone wanted a kitten. Candi asked where the cat was and almost on queue the little bugger popped his head out from the lady's purse... The rest, as they say, is history...



These shots are on those rare moments when these two kids aren't chasing each other around the house driving us mad!!

I'm such a dork! I used to laugh at those little school girls that would go all crazy for the Jonas Brothers when they saw them --but I'm just the same way! I'm reminded of a great Intel Commercial when I ran into the opportunity to personally meet Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of Spinrite and ShieldsUP while I was in Long Beach a few weeks ago. I knew that he had mentioned on his weekly Security Now podcast that he's been doing most of his coding work while sitting in a Starbucks at UCIrvine. Well that was just a quick 20 min drive for me! Steve was most gracious to me and we talked for a short while as I tried to keep from jumping up and down shouting "I can't believe I'm actually talking to THE Steve Gibson!!!" Anyways, thank you Steve for being so accessible and contributing so much of your time to the computer security industry.

Oddly enough, I'm not the only one with this attitude... SecureShirts.com even makes a nice black T-shirt that shares my sentiment...


He's also #66 in TechCult’s Top 100 Web Celebrities.

Well, we weren't planning on remodeling our front bathroom and kitchen THIS WEEK but a dead cat in the walls will definitely get your motivation going!!
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Laurie Anderson may be an "acquired taste" to many. I was introduced to her strange, musical poetry at a relatively young age. "Tightrope" has got to be one of her most memorable compositions to me. The lyrics (and I don't normally even listen to lyrics) really put me in a reflective place...

Last night I dreamed I died and that my life had been rearranged into some kind of theme park. And all my friends were walking up and down the boardwalk. And my dead Grandmother was selling cotton candy out of a little shack. And there was this big ferris wheel about a half mile out in the ocean, half in and half out of the water. And all my old boyfriends were on it -with their new girlfriends. And the boys were waving and shouting and the girls were saying, “Eeek.” Then they disappeared under the surface of the water and when they came up again they were laughing and gasping for breath…

In this dream I'm on a tightrope and I'm tipping back and forth trying to keep my balance. And below me are all my relatives and if I fall I'll crush them…

This long thin line. This song line. This shout. The only thing that binds me to the turning world below and to all the people and noise and sounds and shouts. This tightrope made of sound. This long thin line made of my own blood…

Remember me is all I ask. And if remembered be a task, forget me. Remember me is all I ask. And if remembered be a task, forget me. This long thin line. This long thin line. This long thin line. This tightrope. Remember me is all I ask. And if remembered be a task forget me. This long thin line. This long thin line. This long thin line. This tightrope made of sound.

I managed to dig up this old shot after a friend of mine reminded me of it. The shot was taken by a fellow Tae Kwon Do student who was also a photographer. I wish I had known it would have turned out to be such a good shot or I would have tried not to look like my face was about to explode (and probably would have taken my practice pads off). Oh well, at least I have a visual reminder of what I looked like 90 pounds lighter and wearing a black belt! With all that's changing in my life recently, maybe I'll get back into martial arts again...

Well if this image isn't enough to motivate someone to brush and floss regularly I don't know what will. Yesterday I had 4 teeth removed in one sitting (including one wisdom tooth). I left so much of a hole in my mouth that they needed an artificial bone graft for my lower jaw. Now I've lost 3 days of work and am on a steady diet of vicodin and Ensure. At least I'll probably lose some weight in the process!

Well the kittens have been almost 1 week away from "Kujo Mama" and seem to be warming up to humans (which is a relief to us all). They spend a majority of the day in their cage but come out at least twice daily to romp around the living room, harass our other two cats, and play with us and whoever seems to be around. Some are more affectionate that others but that is to be expected. We still haven't decided which ones (or how many) we'll keep.



The two black polydactyl kittens are even more interesting now that we've also found out that their back paws also have an unusual amount of toes. One has 4 and the other has 5!! Just amazing.



One more week and we'll be getting the mother fixed and released shortly afterwards (once she's healed). Then we'll be getting our lives back to some sort of normalcy (such as it is)...

Well the process of taking the 4 kittens from "Kujo Mama" went off yesterday without a hitch. She's been crying off and on through the night but that's to be expected. Now that we were able to get a good look at the two black kittens, we finally able to confirm that they do indeed have 6 front toes!! Here's some more pics for your own amazement...
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