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Monday
I woke up this morning with Lightning staring at me. Six inches from my face. He and Presto have taken to sleeping on the bed with us, which is cute, but can make it interesting to get into bed – Lightning seems to fall asleep on my side of the bed right in the spot where I normally lie.

I spent the afternoon fighting one of the servers at work. And, I was far from being in the mood to deal with it. Tomorrow, I’ll either bend it to my will or reformat the damned thing. Or throw it out the window. On the highway. At high speed.

Tonight’s been pretty lax. The kittens seem to have adjusted (more or less) to Sissy. The converse, however, is not true; she still sees them as curious little invaders on her turf. She’s taken a couple of swats at them. I think that it took about a week for Sissy and Xena to stop hissing/swatting at each other.

I watched The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians for the first time in nearly 20 years last night. Wow. I looked up the series’ information on IMDb. I didn’t realize that former Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson provided the voice for Cyborg. (Yes, there was an animated Cyborg before Teen Titans.) Also, one of the “User Comments” said that it was one of the best-written incarnations of the “Superfriends” version of the JLA. Some parts of the show were a little dated, but I would have to agree that it was good.

And, while I can’t find corroborating references, I am 97% positive that I saw Andrea Romano‘s name in the credits. Why is that important? She was the voice director for Batman: TAS, Batman Beyond, Superman: TAS and Justice League.

G.I. Joe came on after Super Powers Team. The episode that aired had the team being watched/harassed by investigational reporter Hector Ramirez from the television program “20 Questions.” (Nice spin on Geraldo Rivera and the 20/20 news program.) He identified the team as America’s specialized anti-terrorism squad. Granted, it was only a cartoon, but what if there was a similar real-world analogue? It would be interesting to see how they would be utilized today.

NPR Stories
Talk of the Nation: Why We Draw
Talk of the Nation: Accordion Players: The U.S. Military Wants You
All Things Considered: Studying the Perils of Crossing Railroads
All Things Considered: Zapper Could Bring End to Car-Chase Era
All Things Considered: The Status Quo of ‘Happily Ever After’

Stray Toasters

• My site/email host is being a piece. I’m not sure what’s wrong – and it’s probably relatively minor – but it’s a bit annoying.
• I think that it’s funny that there were some things that I wanted to do when I got home, but after cooking dinner the motivation to do them seemed to have evaporated.
• Forwarded to me by Nyx: MoveOn.org: United, Not Divided
• By way of Backwash: A Look into the Dark, Depraved World of Breakfast Cereals
• I don’t know what to make of this one: Ore-Ida Funky Fries
• …or this (scroll down)… which led me to Electric Tiki Design.
• It looks as if a Neon Genesis Evangelion live-action movie is in the works.
• The Periodic Table of Funk
• Evil, evil DC Direct. They make bright, shiny things that I covet.
• They even make something that might want.
• And a little something for , too.
• Ouch. (for )
• Happy landings! (for )

It’s almost 2:00 AM and I’m getting the urge to have a snack. Not good. Maybe some corn chips will fit the bill and I’ll get to bed in fairly short order… assuming that Lightning left me a place to sleep.

Namaste.