Daily Archives: May 14, 2005
Nice Kitty
When dear old Mom informed us that she intended to replace her last cat, the recently departed Jeema, with a 30-pound wildcat hybrid, our first though was to check her medication. Mom has a way with animals, and we always … Continue reading
Mom, I Told You to Stay Out of my Room!
Friday, May 13 – A Russian woman had her fingers badly bitten when she tried to clean her son’s fish tank, not realising it was full of piranhas. The woman, from Saransk, told doctors she thought they were just well … Continue reading
Saturday Morning Kvetch
The Dowbrigade is going crazy ,again. Doncha just hate it when, unexpectedly, one of your main work tools alters its behavior, loses abilities, or makes you change the way you do things due to "updates" or changed preferences? One of … Continue reading
Cyber Libraries Taking Over on Campus
HOUSTON, May 13 – Students attending the University of Texas at Austin will find something missing from the undergraduate library this fall. Books. By mid-July, the university says, almost all of the library’s 90,000 volumes will be dispersed to other … Continue reading
kvetch
The Dowbrigade is going crazy ,again. Doncha just hate it when, unexpectedly, one of your main work tools alters its behavior, loses abilities, or makes you change the way you do things due to "updates" or changed preferences? One of … Continue reading