various and sundry in search of coffee....

[lagilman]

And lo, the meerkat is home (earlier than expected due to Family Things) from the usual fantabulous family gathering, only to discover two piteously hungry kittens who had been without fresh food or water for 36 hours, because their cat-sitter took "please feed them Friday" to mean "it's okay it you don't show up until after 9pm, assuming you were going to show up at all." The meerkat is...not pleased.

However, the MIDNIGHT CRAVINGS contest continues until midnight tonight and you have until midnight Sunday to enter the "Plausibility" contest to win your choice of the first three books in the Retrievers series in mass market (new contest starts on Monday)!

Slightly related: if you were to happen to eavesdrop on us yesterday afternoon:

Me: "I have to e-mail them later. They're talking shapeshifters but I don't have a were, I have an incubus." *pause* "Not many people can say that in the course of a business conversation."

My mom: O_O


And totally unrelated: For those who were part of the "what is Socialism" discussion early (or have just wondered where we're going with this regulated economy) you might want to check out the article in this weekend's New York Times: Weekend Opinionator: A Different Sort of Red America

[as an aside: is there such a thing as "today's newspaper" when you read it online, with the access to yesterday's articles and tomorrow's breaking news updates?]

Comments

[sizztheseed.livejournal.com]

"What is the headline of the newspaper of the now?" Very zen that...

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Being a writer makes for the *best* business conversations. :)

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

because their cat-sitter

I hope you didnt pay the sitter, thats very poor service and bad for cats.

[lagilman]

cat sitter is also a cat-owner and I'm very much WTF? about the failure to give-a-damn about the felines' welfare.

[terri-osborne.livejournal.com]

So am I. I'll Have A Chat. If I'd known he hadn't gone over, I'd have gone over when I got home from work last night.

[terri-osborne.livejournal.com]

Chat has been had.

Said Person is IN TROUBLE and knows it.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

you can blow people off, but not pets. I take over the feral cat feeding duties when my neighbors are traveling, and I even refill their bird feeders. I dont promise what I cant deliver.

Glad you had The Talk with the deficient sitter.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Lordy lordy lordy… A paid cat-sitter "forgot" to feed the Duchess and Boomer? Seven swipes of the Duchess's claws. Seriously, folks.