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Joe, You Done Good

President Joseph Robinette Biden made the difficult decision to end his campaign for a second term, and endorsed his vice-president, Kamala Harris. He chose country over personal power. While he's made some terrible decisions, this one was patriotic in the extreme, statesmanlike in the extreme. Thank you, Joe.

I am exhausted beyond telling after another bout of lawn (or in this case parkway) mowing this morning. That means that I can't speak at length about this. And,although I've lived in the United States for more than four decades and love the country deeply and dearly, I'm not a citizen, and thus can't vote this November, so I suppose that when I finally have the energy to speak about it, folks reading what I say will keep that in the back of their minds.

But I believe the GQP is absolutely terrified tonight. And that is a good thing. It's going to be, as the Reverend Al Sharpton said on television this afternoon, "The Prosecutor vs. The Felon."

Good.

And with that, it's time for me to slouch off to bed.

Current Mood: exhausted
Current Location: the living room
Current Music: MSNBC

Time Gentlemen, Please

I just got a notice over on LiveJournal that my professional account is expiring in 8 days, after which it will revert to a free account. I think that I'm finally going to cut the cord over there; just cancel my account entirely. I know I've said this before, but it really feels like the right time now.

I haven't been able to cross-post from here to there for months, and I stopped manually reposting because it was a pain. And most of the folks on my LJ f'list are over here as well. There are a couple who I'd like to stay in touch with who aren't here, and at least one friend stays on LJ because they have relatives who are on LJ over in Russia, and that's how they keep up with them.

So what I'm going to do is let people over there know that I'm shutting down my account. The few folks who might actually want to keep up with me will be able to do so over here. I'll repost a couple of times, just to increase the possibility of friends seeing what's going on.

I'll always be grateful for LJ. I got into it later than a lot of you, but it was a wonderful introduction to online fandom, and I'm not happy about the way LJ has become less than it once was. But that's the case, at least for me. I still have access to another account over there, a community that some of us put together in an attempt to get a TWoP decision on Who recaps reversed (long, long ago, needless to say), and I may look at that from time to time, but my own days there are really over. Sigh.

Current Mood: sad
Current Location: the home office
Current Music: My kitty, being a noisy toddler.

The Name Game

Hi, all; this is a quick heads-up to my pending user name change*. If you see posts from

kaffy_r , that's me. The reason for the change is delineated in my previous post.

*With any luck but mine, this should take place today. Wish me success!

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Location: the home office
Crossposts: https://kaffyr.livejournal.com/584022.html

Gerry and Carter

When we sent Opie over the bridge on April 14, he was the last of our long-time cats. I said the next day I didn't know if I could foresee getting another cat, at least not immediately. Over the following weeks, I actually liked being able to put the cat food dishes away, and have a kitchen free of them and the covered litter box (don't judge; we have a small condo, and it's the only place we can put it. Sixteen years of experience has shown us it can work and not be disgusting). I liked not having to watch my feet when I got up, or check for cat vomit, or pick up furballs, or anything having to do with cats, frankly. When Bob mentioned the possibility to me a couple of weeks later, I just looked at him, and he shut up.

And then somehow both of us were checking various adoption agencies' websites, looking to see when they were going to be open for adoptions again.

One of them is just a block from us in Far North Rogers Park. And somehow, once again, we went up the day they reopened for adoptions and checked out a bunch of cats.

About a week and a half later, we welcomed Gerry and Carter to Casa Kathbob. They are about five years old, are bonded although they're not sibs, and - kind of important - they've never been outside the shelter. Carter, the ginger and white boy, was born either there or at another shelter, and Gerry, the black and white tuxie, was still a kitten when he arrived there.

It's been an interesting process. For one thing, it's pretty clear the lady who runs the shelter loves these two and, given her druthers, would have kept them. But it's also clear that she knew getting them homes was the best thing to do for them.

The dichotomy has led to her being ... shall we say ... rather more willing to insert herself into our daily life than we'd like. We had to buy the expensive cat food she feeds them, we had to buy the expensive cat litter she uses for them, she bought and gave us loads of toys for both of them, she wants us to put screens in our windows so they can have fresh air, she''s checked on them almost daily either by text or phone - I just got off the phone with her..- yeah, a bit intense. We're bearing with it because the contract we signed gives her the right to do that for about two or three weeks, and ... whatever. We want to extricate ourselves from her without her having to worry about the cats. .

Once that happens, we'll see if we can gradually introduce them to the healthy but less expensive food we've used, and we want to see if we can wean them off the litter they've been used to, and introduce them to the litter we've used for years. We may not be successful. If not, we can live with what they're used to, but I hope we can make the changes. Especially with the litter - god, I hate clumping litter; it's nauseating.

But none of that matters in the end. We have two new kitties, and we think they're going to fit in. They've been sleeping with us fairly regularly, even the first night, and although they don't like being picked up, they are definitely happy to be petted and cooed at. Carter was originally named Cotter, but Bob always hated "Welcome Back Kotter," so it's been amended to John Carter of Mrrp. Gerry was originally Jerry Garcia, but neither of us are fans of the Grateful Dead, so he's now named in honor of my late beloved union mentor Gerry Minkkinen.

We have to take Gerry in on July 7th to check on a growth in his throat, which the shelter didn't know about. Til then, his nickname is Mr. Sniffles; with any luck, the growth can be easily removed or otherwise dealt with. Carter is the dopiest cat I've seen in a long time - very flat head with ears and nose so big they make his eyes look tiny. I hate to say that I've got a favorite this early in the game but ... yeah, I kind of do.

Here they are: Carter looks almost handsome. Heh.
( Under here to save bandwidth )

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Location: the home office
Crossposts: https://kaffyr.livejournal.com/560826.html

Retired

And drinking a martini before going to a concert.

Talk to y'all later.

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Goodbye - You Took the Trailer and the Cowhorns. We Got the Cats.

( Goodbye and pics under here )

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: the living room.
Current Music: Slightly woo-woo jazz on WDCB
Crossposts: https://kaffyr.livejournal.com/496433.html

This Cold Sucks, Like a Great Sucking Thing ... Oh, And Other Stuff

Here I am, trying to get back on the posting bike again.

I was supposed to go to a Chicago Humanities Festival panel, "Chicks Dig Time Lords," today. It's being hosted by the editors, including

rarelylynne of course, and I'd been looking forward to this for so long! I'd bought the tickets more than a month ago, and had it marked on my calendar, and was going to go with two friends, and ...

... and the cold got worse overnight, expanding in my head and crawling down to settle into my chest. I opened my eyes this morning, and almost immediately realized that I couldn't get the energy up to go. Not only that, I'd potentially be spreading the cold to everyone else. So I cancelled with my friends, and have been lying here on the couch in what counts as jammies, drinking tea, wrapped in my shawl and feeling very sorry for myself.

So now I am thinking about going through my favorites on Teaspoon, because I'll be reccing at Calufrax in a couple of weeks, and I should be ready.

(Heh. I just looked at that sentence and realized that to a non-fan it would mean nothing absolutely nothing, with suspect grammar and spelling to match.)

I'm also working on trying to get some more done on Hearts & Moons, Chap. 24. What is it that eve11 calls her long term challenge, a WIP o'doom? That's what I'm dealing with here. I am determined to finish the story, but - oh, never mind, you've heard it before.

( More on my company's changes )

As for me, right now, we're waiting to see Dr. Who, which should be possible in just a few minutes. I'm going to focus on that because, after all, this chick does indeed love Time Lords. They make everything better, even with a head cold.

Current Mood: sick
Current Location: the couch
Crossposts: http://kaffyr.livejournal.com/330173.html

So Long and Don't Forget the Cowhorns, Take Two

So. FB's moving out tomorrow. Again. And I'm amazed at just how mixed my feelings are about it.

( Elation, dismay, rental trucks. )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: Going to bed
Crossposts: http://kaffyr.livejournal.com/236539.html

Well, I Did It

I went and bought a paid Dreamwidth Account. The rude and lackwitted foolishness of LJ's current drivers (L'affaire Subject Lines specifically) has made me realize that there are other pastures in which to amble.

I don't know if I'll let my LJ paid account lapse; I do like having the options a paid account keeps. I think I'll see how much I post here, or whether I start cross-posting (or whatever it is that all you Young Technophiles do.) My options could alter if LJ decides to come to its collective senses about the most recent foolishness.

In other news - we finished our Christmas/Holiday/Turn of the Year shopping and bought a Tree. It's going to be the Best Tree Ever!

Oh, yeah, and my company just got sold.

Current Mood: determined
Current Location: the livingroom
Current Music: Attempted Doctor Who
Crossposts: http://kaffyr.livejournal.com/209870.html

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Entries tagged with ch-ch-changes

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Dept. of The Times, They Are A-Changin'

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