These are my URL ABCs:

• A is for ananova.com/ - love the quirkies
• B is for barnesandnoble.com/ - I like to read
• C is for cdwg.com - spend the state's money
• D is for defectiveyeti.com/ - Hey, that's where I found this time-consuming tool
• E is for eclasses.org - Always have to know more
• F is for flowerfire.com - work related
• G is for gpf-comics.com/ - General Protection Fault rules
• H is for home.threeweb.ad.jp/english/jpncntrl/bgnr_hp.html - Trying to learn Japanese
• I is for inpassing.org/blog/ - Juvenile, but sometimes funny
• J is for jobs.vt.edu - Sshhh... don't tell my boss
• K is for kingfeatures.com/features/comics/comics.htm - Who doesn't like the funnies?
• L is for live365.com/ - Gotta have my tunes on the job!
• M is for mozilla.org/ - Always an update it seems
• N is for nanahiro.com/compe/ - Office Productivity at it's best!
• O is for overheardinnewyork.com/ - There are some rude people in New York!!
• P is for php.net/ - Yeah, I'm a geek
• Who uses q?
• R is for radford.edu/ - Everyone's gotta work somewhere.
• S is for search.ebay.com - People sell the weirdest shit..
• T is for tabletpcbuzz.com - I'm still a geek.
• U is for us4.php.net/ - Damn, I really am becoming geeky
• V is for viral.lycos.co.uk/ - A great place for a chuckle
• W is for weblog.herald.com/column/davebarry - The funniest man ever?
• Y is for yp.yahoo.com/ - who needs a phone book when we have the internet?
• Z is for zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=1719 - Just a random news link from the wires.

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How to find your URL ABCs: Type the letter 'a' into your location bar, copy the first URL that your browser autosuggests as a completion, and paste it into the corresponding field below. Repeat for letters 'b' through 'z'.
I don't have the set up to post the form here, but you can see one on Defective Yeti.

Always close the door

After being out of town last Saturday, I noticed on Sunday that I hadn't seen one of the cats — our feisty former tom. She said he had been around on Saturday, so I wasn't too worried.
He continued not showing up for the next few days, & we both started worrying that something may have happened to him on one of his midnight roams.
Then yesterday evening, I was out on the back porch with the dogs, & heard him crying somewhere! I looked around and then grabbed a flashlight so I could see a little better.
I finally found him — in the shed! He apparently slipped in there last Saturday when J had the door open... .
Five days with no food & water is a long time for any critter, and he was happy to be out, though he was obviously dehydrated, & a good bit thinner.
After a night back inside with some canned food and as much water as he wanted, he seems more like his old self, but we'll still keep an eye on him over the next few days.

He still needs a new home, though, where he can be an only cat! With one or two dogs for company, & certainly no children.

Definitely like the idea... 

My wife has too much time on her hands this afternoon! But I like the sentiment. 

Overheard in the Office

Maybe it's just my mood today, but I cannot remembered the last time I laughed like I have been for the past few minutes while reading the archives on Overheard in the Office.

So sad

After such a nice day training with so many new people yesterday, and a wonderful dinner at The Blue Nile, an Ethiopian restaurant, I got home to find out that J had found another kitten that Momma apparantly had brought here last Thanksgiving while we were out of town.
We're not sure how the little grey one died; J found it between some concrete blocks on the deck while doing some spring cleaning.
The dogs never found it, & we never smelled anything, so it must have remained frozen there for a long time.
Now we know that there were in fact three kittens in her last litter, & that only one survived. But we know that Opus did very well, and found a good home.

Good Training

The boys got a nice surprise yesterday evening. The girl next door & a friend came over & asked if they could play! I brought the boys out to their leads in the front yard & let 'em have at it.
I was really surprised to see them stand BlackJack up on his back legs and dance with him! He hates it whenever J or I try to do that. It just shows how much he still loves little girls even though he's almost all grown up!
Rudy was very shy, though, and wasn't sure if he wanted them to get too close to them; at least until they picked up a stick for him to tug on!

I feel bad that it's going to be a nice day & that they can't come with me :-(
We're having an aikido seminar in Harrisonburg & there's no place there for them to stay while we're training. I am looking forward to training with everyone, though, since I haven't been able to get to any of the other dojos for a number of months.