Bad Ferko

I suppose it could be a political statement -- I hadn't stirred the litter last night and parts of it are quite moist. Or she might have been feeling grumpy. Or she might be going further down the path to dementia. But she left me a big pile o' crap this morning.

( too much information, perhaps, for a Saturday morning )

Yesterday, she was yowling a whole lot, including one series of wails of pure despair. She's been frisky lately, and she had hopped into the bathtub. We had drawn the shower curtain, so once in she was hopelessly disoriented. She's been frisky enough that she can now hop into, and try to stare me down so I don't dispossess her from, my office chair. Since I wear black as often as not, this means I will have white butt.

Housekeeping / Credit Default Swaps

I've done a bit of pruning of my friends' list today. Nothing personal; just removing some folks whom I added a long time ago and mostly can't recall why, or whose interests have diverged from mine. I wouldn't mention this except that I understand LJ now offers a service to notify one if one has been "unfriended" and I don't want anyone's feelings hurt.

Edited to add, because I'll want to find it later:

From the Wall Street Journal's Editorial Page, a Primer on Credit Default Swaps