I think I’m going to end up giving Mishka a complex. Whenever he sleeps on me, I wait until he’s in a pretty deep sleep and then I grab the clippers and start trying to clip his nails before he wakes up too much. It’s not a perfect system, but …

I have no idea why, but I like this photo:

Be sure to click through to the audio interview on NPR: Rape Rooms: A Chronology. (Am I the only one who finds it more than a little creepy how often Bush uses the phrase “rape rooms” in his speeches?)

Another good article: The Misunderestimated Man

As the president

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Well, that wasn’t cheap Mishka chewed through the cord to my powerbook. Looks like you can’t just buy a cord, you have to buy a whole adaptor – for $85 w/tax. Grrrrrrr!

An interesting read: The Price of Arrogance

On almost every issue involving postwar Iraq—troop strength, international support, the credibility of exiles, de-Baathification, handling Ayatollah Ali Sistani—Washington’s assumptions and policies have been wrong. By now most have been reversed, often too late to have much effect. This strange combination of

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I think Mishka has an unhealthy attraction to David Letterman. He licks the TV screen whenever Letterman’s on.

This is truly disturbing.

Well, today wasn’t fun. I got paged to come into work early because there was a problem with our online banking server. I ended up spending most of the day on the phone with our vendor trying to trouble shoot the problem. It’s still not 100% fixed – the vendor …

Pictures of my new vintage table and chairs are in the my house gallery. I’ve also added new Iris pictures and new Mishka pictures (scroll down to the last row for new pics).

Since I don’t seem to be able to keep up with the daily photo idea, I’ve changed my photo album around a bit. It will also make it easier to upload new photos. So, be prepared for a lot of new Mishka photos.