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Been sick with what some people call the flu all week. Not that I get a flu shot anyway, but geez, isn’t it a tad bit early?

In any case, I am so into all this Occupy everything that I am missing out on regular type news. Facebook is a drug. Good thing we have it, though, because otherwise no one would know what was going on.

But when I talk about the regular stuff, I mean news like this:

Before voting to file for bankruptcy, a narrow majority of the City Council had voted twice to reject a state takeover plan. The council members said the plan would have brought only temporary debt relief while sparing creditors and forfeiting the city’s fiscal future.

“We would have to sell our revenue-generating assets — parking garages and meters — to pay off our creditors, who we believe have not made a significant contribution to a global solution,” said Brad Koplinski, the council member who introduced the bankruptcy measure.

Without those revenue sources, he added, “we would be structurally bankrupt and have to file for bankruptcy in three to five years anyway.”

The mayor called on the council to rescind its action and added that she would continue working to implement a plan to lease the city’s parking garages and meters and restructure its debt outside of bankruptcy.

Um, I know what would help a lot. If all y’all people had STOOD UP to the STATE government and INSISTED on taxing MARCELLUS FREAKING SHALE…… maybe all the funding wouldn’t have dried up…. just sayin’…. That Two Republicans are sponsoring a bill to do just that is beyond my comprehension.

WTF, Dems?

I can’t be at Occupy Philly physically right now, but I’m there in spirit….

Ai no Momm waches Projec Runwaye but thiz iz ridikulus…..

She putted dis ting on me on ackount of Ai wuz tryin to eskape. And Ai did wuns. Ai just wunt to go owt and play and hide in bushez. Befour, she putted me on dis leesh but I onlee had a kolar.

Now Ai got dis kontrapshun and she said ai woant choak. So den we went outsid, and den she did dis:

Her putted me on da DOG CHANE!!!! I wunted to go to the bushez and find da litul skwirls wit da stripes, the wuns dat look liek mice. BUT NO. Dis not fare.

Note: Bug is the tall trumpet player in the camo shorts….

Here’s that ark for ya, Bryan….

We did have another box, it was on the landing, so all was fine in Cat Box City. It was really hard to take that picture, tho – it was dark down there! And I was afraid I was going to fall off the steps… At least the liner was white, so I could see the box to shoot it (lol).

Better it floated – it would have been really gross if it had sunk in the 5″ of water. Yes, we have a generator, and no, someone didn’t put it on until after the fact. What can I tell you?

And yeah, the geo went under. Was fixed on Monday – but we asked the guy, if you’re installing a system, and you see the washing machine, dryer, and fridge up on pallets, WHY IN HELL WOULD YOU PUT THE GEO ON A 1″ BOX?????

Just Sayin’.

An ark for the Ark….

Look what Nordstrom’s sent me!!! FUR!!!

First the earthquake (at which time I was shopping at outlets very near to a nuclear plant). Now this.

Hope you all have your hatches battened. We get to clean the furniture off the pergola in the morning, do some last minute misc. Move the cat boxes to higher ground. 5-10″ of rain….I don’t think Ollie can swim. Anyone know, where do you get sandbags?

Bug, on the other hand, is safely ensconced (hopefully) on the third floor of his dorm. Or thinks he is, anyway. In any case, he can’t leave – yet.

It will never be this clean again.

The roommate moves in Friday – Bug’s been there all week for band camp, and loves it. He was already at school for a month, but in a different dorm. So he had to move home, and then move back. At least this dorm has an elevator, and he didn’t have to carry the fridge upstairs. Yes, He. He’s 6′ tall and strong. We’re….old. Ha.

He’s a good one to Facebook chat with. He actually listens to me when I give him directions. Imagine that. Of course, sometimes there’s something in it for him. Last night we configured Silverlight so he could watch Comcrap On Demand on his computer. The selection? Jackass…. What can I say? He’s a Bam Margera fan. These locals stick together.

But I asked him tonight, what if the electric goes out? How does he think they’ll eat? The caf will be closed. He said, “Ugh. I didn’t think of that.” Of course not. So he gets his first “care package” in person on Saturday. We have to go watch the band show – which is supposed to be at 1:00. I have the feeling they’ll move that up a bit. Hub wants him to come home. Moi, well, I am thinking that if he’s not really freaked out about it, then he might as well just stay. There’s always the chance that we might not get him back in time for class on Monday, and THAT would freak him out.