Feline Fragility

Thought for a while this morning I had lost a cat. I checked and made sure, last night, that both my current felines were inside before closing the cat door to keep the raccoons out. This morning, Motley came immediately when I called "Food!" but there was no sign of Ringtail.

Ringtail has been rather sluggish, lately, and I knew he wasn't feeling well, though he didn't show signs of being actually sick. He was also more active yesterday, so I figured he was over what was ailing him. But now I couldn't find him.

I searched the basement twice, and upstairs once, even looking under my bed. Nope. I made a mental note to check under the back porch (where the cat door is) on my way to the car, in case he had managed to sneak by me between the time I saw him lying on the bed and when I closed the cat door. I was starting to worry that I'd find him dead outside following a cold night, or dead in some odd corner, somewhere inside.

As I took my breakfast dishes into the kitchen, there he was, happy to see me. His fur wasn't even cold, as it would have been if he'd just come inside. No idea where he was, unless he was under the bed behind something, and simply not responding to my calls.



Stickmaker

Exposing Oneself Online

I was just looking something technical up online and was once again astounded at the belligerent stupidity of some people. A man with a doctorate politely made a correction about something in his field in response to an earlier post by someone else, and a third person called him a "dumass" and began ranting profanely about how stupid he was. Unbelievable.

These people never learn, because their egos won't allow them to ever admit making a mistake, especially to themselves. When something they believe (they never have facts, just "I know it's true because that's what I believe!" attitudes) is challenged the only way they can respond is through bullying, profanity and personal insults.

Eventually, of course, nature (unbribable, unbullyable and immune to politics) will prove them so wrong they die from it and improve the gene pool.



Stickmaker