Wednesday morning

Last night a chill pervaded the house. I suppose the temperature dropped just a bit with the rains. It has been raining steadily since last night, as far as I can tell.

Having gone to bed a little earlier than normal to catch up on some rest, it was divinely fitting that something should spook my cats in the middle of the night such that Sascha did some Anne-awaking pirouette at about 3:30 in the morning.

Upon being disturbed in such a fashion, my bladder squealed, "Hey! Now I'm up too! And I (we) have NEEDS." Sigh. I went to answer the natural call of relief and slumped back under the covers. Then I awake for a bit postulating what could have caused my cats to react in such a fashion. Of course, since I wasn't fully awake, my subconscious got in on the action and decided to postulate that perhaps there was an insect on my bedspread that they were startled by. Despite my rational self debunking that notion by remembering that cats would have hunted the spider down, not performed kitty ballet, I drifted to sleep dreaming of nasty insects.

Hoo-ray.

But, hey, I got up on time, with plenty of time for me to relax and read the news before work.

Sometimes my cats look at me so intently, I wonder if one day, they'll evolve just a bit more and successfully be able to impersonate my every move and mannerism and then take over my identity!

*Looks at their paws*

Well, as long as they don't gain fingers, I'll be good.

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The Ws and K pulled most of the weight in this meme...

<td>Pholph's Scrabble Generator

My Scrabble© Score is: 18.
What is your score? Get it here.</td>

However, if I changed my name to something with Zs, Ws, and Ys, I clean house:
<td>Pholph's Scrabble Generator

My Scrabble© Score is: 66.
What is your score? Get it here.</td>

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I have my new car, yo.

And it's delightful!

So far, I'm getting 42mpg over 19 miles. The navigation system is a bit wonky, but that will require some reading up on.

The Itrip works fine with it, but I think it could be better. I'll compare once I get some cds in there. :-)

The Prius Diaries

The drive: So far, I'm loving it. It's very smooth, comfortable, and quiet.
The interface:This is different. I can't get over the fact that my display is digital, and most of my features are all via a touchpad screen. I feel so futuristic. Also, the keyless entry bit is fun.
The fuel economy So far, over 46 miles, I'm averaging 42 mpg. Despite being a gallon of gas down, therefore, my fuel gauge hasn't budged. Either that attests to the fuel economy, or I had a busted fuel gauge from the get-go.
The navigation system: It sure is perty! Right now, I have trust issues with it's accuracy. It keeps trying to send me on the freeway for locations that don't require it. I will have to enlist taogrl's assistance, and we'll have a driving adventure where we follow the navigation system's directions and see where we end up. I'm sure a camera will be involved.

All in all, I'm in love with my new car. This is a good thing, since I've only had it for a day.

Moodlogic

I'm streaming music from my computer in my study to my tivo in my bedroom. Using moodlogic, I asked for "romantic rock". Imagine my amusement when Tenacious D's "Dio" was among the mixin's.