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This morning's cute interaction with the cat:

Me, in my loving-yet-sickeningly cute voice: "Where's my Sascha-love? Where is he?"
The cat saunters out of hiding, looking oh-so-precious.
Cat: Mew-mew!

Now, there are some varied schools of thought as to what "Mew-mew's" english translation should be. The top two contending theories are:

Hypothesis 1: "Here I am, oh benevolent Mistress of Beauty and Love!"
Hypothesis 2: "Hey, dirtbag. That cute "Sascha-love" bullshit better be backed up by a 100% Chunks-o-beef-n-gravy Guarantee.

Anyway, it's a beautiful morning. I finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night. I'm eager to talk about it, if anyone else out there is. If you want to be on a filtered post, where I spew forth various spoilers in my opinion of the book, let me know. That way, we won't pose a temptation to those who are not yet done.

Order of Succession

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-ridge01.html

This was off of the political wire. I don't like the idea of Ridge's post being moved up to 8th in line of succession to the Presidency. First of all, if the seven previous officers have been iced, our government is already hosed. Second, I don't really think the Homeland Security guy is qualified to assume the presidency, because if the other seven guys died, this chump wasn't doing his own job, let alone run the country.