For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep, not enough sunshine, too much pressure from my job, earwax build-up, poor blood pressure or anything else I could think of. But now, I found out the real reason: I'm tired because I'm overworked. Here's why: The population of this country...

Had to share this: To my friends with Children: Why parents drink The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper. "...

It wasn't an asteroid. It was the lack of a good calendar program: http://sonic.net/~jwermont/misc/humor/dinosaurs.jpg Joyce -- Once upon a time, the world was young and the words "mackerel" and "pudding" existed far, far away from one another. One day, that all changed. And then, whoever was...

A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat, but it was dead. "How do you know that the cat was dead?" she asked her pupil. "Because I p*ssed in its ear and it didn't move," answered the child innocently. You did WHAT ? ! ?" the teacher exclaimed in surprise. "You know," explained...

This message is marked as "Off Topic", so if you're not interested don't complain - ask yourself why are you reading it. According to CNN, nobody knows *where* Wilma, now down to Category 4, is going. A few minutes ago their weather expert said it's just as likely to keep heading west into Mexico...

When precisely did the word "conversate" become a word (apparently a verb)? I've heard it used a lot lately, it's even used in a song I otherwise like. The president is on TV and was just asked by a senior White House reporter "why haven't they conversated....". What was wrong with the word...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042702440.html -- I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal. -- Edward Abbey

Cary wishes to know how worms drink. I suggested "through a straw" but he just said in a totally patronising way "Don't be so silly, Mummy!". So, do you any of you folks know how worms drink? Yowie -- If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit...

After an uncountable number of attempts, I'm up to Question 45. It is *eeevil* and I *strongly* advise people not to click. Unless your name is Bev :-) "The Impossible Quiz" http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/365143 Yowie

Anyone have one of these? Can anyone make any recommendations for a cheapie? I'd just need something that I can wear on my wrist that will monitor my pulse as I bike so I can stay in my ideal heart rate range for exercising. Hugs, CatNipped

Cleaning out the ancient archives on my work PC, I discovered the first few paragraphs of my yet-to-be-published Gothic Horror novel, which I started back in 1995, long before I started writing cat anecdotes. And trust me, the cat anecdotes (despite their abscence at the moment) are far far...

My sister, who has led a "difficult" life, has finally gotten a great break - her first professional illustrator job. She did the illustrations for a new children's book called "Grandpa's Woods". http://tinyurl.com/6ytntg I didn't care for the prose all that much, but Tereasa is a pretty...

I got an email from my ISP today saying that I've used 25 *gigabytes* of bandwidth this month, and at this rate, I will end up owing $193 at the end of the month. Of course, I assumed this was a mistake, because I never use anywhere near that much. So I called them, and the guy I talked to said...

Sorry I haven't been posting very much lately. I'm still working 14 - 16 hours a day 7 days a week and trying to get in my exercising, physical therapy, and learning yoga in all my spare time!! ; I'm still sending purrs for all who need them, and trying to at least spot check posts for anyone...

You know its time to wax when you notice your 6 month old son staring intently at you. You think its incredibly cute and adorable until he slowly reaches out his hands to explore the thing that has his rapt attention.... And grabs your "nanny goat" chin hairs. Guess its time to go back to the...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19733 -- The sun rose slowly, like a fiery furball coughed up uneasily onto a sky-blue carpet by a giant unseen cat. -- Michael McGarel

For those of you who are interested, There are lots more pics of the Yowlet at my Yahoo page. Either go to http://photos.yahoo.com/yowie9644 and click on the CaryJames...

Cary is now 8 months old. He can't crawl yet, but knows how to pivot on his tummy, and then roll to get wherever he need to go. Fluffy has learnt his faceoften has a good source of scroungable food and that Cary doesn't mind being licked so much as we do. so Cary usually has a clean face. He...

yup, me again, witht he insomnia. Ok, the insomnia started about 3am and hasn't really let off. I've thrown up once, and as a consequence I now have water cracker crumbs in my bed. They do make for an "interesting" lie down. The panic has set in. I go to the obs later today, and I am pretty...

He's not here yet. I"ve been in the hospital since 3pm this afternoon. They made us wait a fair while because there was a lady in a bad way after giving birth here, so I can't blame them, but the prostaglandin gel, which starts the inducing process was supposed to be applied at 4pm but actually...