I think Al Gore is secretly Canadian.

YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM. (He's all we have!)

And anybody who says different is a terrorist and probably kicks kittens.

Don't mention kittens! You'll give away our new secret weapon: Kittens with pointed sticks attached to them.

Lazy is Better, Math Says So: [link]

I know one of the students who did this - funny.

lunch does sound better sarameg! Hope you're going somewhere good? Hon Cafe? Holy Frijoles?

awww I missed Shrift's new hair. I love seeing new hairdos!

I did not miss the awesome cuteness of Grace & Noah! Nor that of the penguins.

I think I'm making pasta e fagioli for dinner for friends tomorrow night. I'm using the recipe in Joy of Cooking but it seems like it might be a little boring. Anyone have a good recipe? Or suggestions?

Don't mention kittens! You'll give away our new secret weapon: Kittens with pointed sticks attached to them.

See, and this is why tommyrot should NOT be Commander of the Armed Forces of AlGoreistan.

tommy...everybody knows that kittens, when affixed to pointed sticks, attempt to play with the sticks and completely fail to attack the enemy.

Back to the drawing board, good fellow.

Hope you're going somewhere good? Hon Cafe? Holy Frijoles?

Now, that's walking distance from my house but not so much to sarameg's...unless she wanted to buy the house for sale on my block now. (Think of how convenient trading diabetic cat care duties would be!!!)

Nope, a kosher place (one of the meetingers keeps strict kosher) I've not been to before, despite it being in my neighborhood. But then, that's true of most places cause I eat out so rarely.

Maybe I'll figure out if I like falafel.

I miss Holy Frijoles. And Ding How (for some ungodly reason involving the fact that there is No Good Chinese Food around here that is delivered in a box with some packets of duck sauce, only the white-tablecloth, thank you for your savings kind). And Brick Oven. And Mezze.

...

hungry now.

tommy...everybody knows that kittens, when affixed to pointed sticks, attempt to play with the sticks and completely fail to attack the enemy.

Back to the drawing board, good fellow.

It's a concept that can be made to work. In fact, it already has: [link]

Also, this is nice: [link]

Okay, but now we're going from simple sharpened sticks to armored cats.

And, I must add, those are for cats. Not kittens. Kittens would just fall over under the weight of those suits and mew pitifully.

And that little "lance" on top of the first armored cat is going to do nothing more than annoy an attacker by mildly thumping their shins. And then they'll just come back with bigger boots.

No, if we want to go the attack animal route, I think the only solution is to mount sharpened sticks on specially trained rabid giraffes.