Sleeping on a boat,
Out in the hot summer sun,
My hand on my chest.

There’s good news for the two of you who care.  After months of being broken, the cutaia.net forum is functioning properly again!  I promise you it didn’t just take me 5 minutes of finally googling the problem…it was totally a lot harder than that.

Since this is barely Blort-worthy, I’ll make it up to you with this picture of a kitten sitting on a baby deer.  You’re welcome.

2005:

2006:

2007:

2008:

Here’s the starting picture:

The other day, I looked over at our cat, Jack, to see that he was a bit more…yellow than usual.  For the life of me I couldn’t figure out what the hell had happened to him.  I was almost certain, because of the specific yellow shade, that he had somehow been peed on by our dog.

Eventually, though, I did figure out what happened to him.  Feel free to venture a guess in the comments section, before clicking this link for the answer.

We’ve only got a few things left to do really, but here’s a couple of pictures of the place in its nearly done state.  It’s already quite the upgrade from when we moved in.

…and has been for awhile.  On September 22nd, I watched Autumn pull the temporary stent out of her urethra.  It was…pretty interesting.  I doubt that Autumn will let me put the video online, but here’s a picture of the stent itself at least.

Remember to keep your kidneys healthy (and to donate to the National Kidney Foundation).

Oh yeah…I keep forgetting to mention this.  Autumn and I got a dog.  He’s a retired racing greyhound and his name is Dynamite.

Regardless of my feelings on the subject, I can certainly understand why the Obama campaign might not appreciate the recent New Yorker cover.

From the Lew Rockwell Blog today:

No one would do such a cover of McCain, playing into the most damaging rumors, but imagine this: a jaunty young John, in his pilot uniform, sitting comfortably and chatting with his Vietnamese captors. Two gorgeous gals serve his every wish. He is smoking a cigar and drinking a martini. In the next room other POWs are being intensively interrogated. Ha ha, Republicans?

Well, Lew…that’s a good point.  Taking your cue, I asked Jeremy Glass to draw a little something up, so we could all see what that would look like.  Personally, I think we’ve got a masterpiece on our hands, but I’m certain McCain would disagree.

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