No kitty.

Odd. The cat was only hanging around here for three days, but I miss the fact that she's not yowling outside the door, or the window, or wherever. She was cute, and I liked her. I wish I could've taken her home... ah, well.

On a side note, for a few weeks before the cat showed up, there was a crow that would land in a specific tree outside the Chapter and periodically let loose with a noise. I'd say it was cawing except that the sound had none of the harshness I associate with a 'caw'. It sounded rather like a nasal sort of 'ha' noise, no real roughness to it. I could hear it all the way across the parking lot. Reminded me a bit of the raven that said 'hello' to me when I was on Vancouver Island. (I'm serious. I visited the island summer of 2000, and when I was in Tofino, I heard something saying 'hello, hello, hello' from behind me. I turned around expecting to see someone with a cleft palate, as it sounded very odd - but the only thing there was a large black bird on a phone wire, and it kept right on saying it before taking off.)

The crow wasn't there during the days the cat showed up. I would've noticed that sound when I was in the parking lot. The cat's gone now, and the crow's back.

Starting to wonder about totemic foo.

*urrrrrrp*

'scuse me. Quick lesson in Roman Catholicism:

The Lenten liturgical season of the year is considered to begin on Ash Wednesday and end on the Wednesday before Easter. Sundays being feast days by Church standards, no fast conditions need be observed on Sundays; during the remainder of the week, fast conditions should be observed by individuals between the ages of seven and (I think) sixty years of age, so long as their health is not endangered by it. Fridays are considered days not only of fasting but of abstinence from meat and from extraneous foods. The days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday - that is to say, the three days before Easter - are considered a separate section of the liturgical calendar known as the Triduum, often referred to as Holy Week. Fasting, abstinence, general sobriety and penitence are called for on Good Friday, in honour of the solemnity of the day, but the Lenten fast need no longer be observed during the rest of the Triduum.

Translation: I had a Fuddrucker's ostrich burger with cheddar cheese for lunch.

And I have never been so grateful that an animal outside a medical lab gave up its life for me. If nothing else, the annual vegetarian experiment reminds me just how much I and so many others depend on animals and on the lives of other creatures in order to live the way we do.

Kitty Saga Part III

Humane Society came yesterday for that cat after 3 days of receptionist trying to find home for cat.

Volunteer came in today, said she had a friend who wanted the cat.

Receptionist called HS. HS said she had to wait for 7 days (all new arrivals have to stay at HS shelter for 7 days here), and then the cat would be put up for adoption. It'd be spayed and given the basic shots and the cost would be $55.

Volunteer said ok, sure, no problem.

Yay cat.

Today's pulp survival tips are:

#11. "Just because someone's an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small minded little git" - Captain Samuel Vimes, via Lance-Constable Carrot.
#12. Similarly, just because someone's an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're the dreaded Creepy Evil Person Who Uses Dark Lore Against You. They could very easily be your greatest ally. Learn to tell the difference before you open your mouth and say something stupid.