Cat Art

I come out from lunch and I see that Coco and Sammy have used the new ball of red yarn that we got for them to produce an artistic yarn-work using the patio as their canvas, as the red yarn wraps around much of the furniture and the trash can as well as using their food dish as a hook to hang one corner of their masterpiece, and they are now napping with mother amidst the yarn zigzagging all about them.

They were obviously very busy cats. Too bad I missed them at work. Well, this is why we feed them - just too precious. Even though I now have to clean that up, since we must use the patio for more pedestrian purposes. Oh, the artist is so poorly understood and appreciated in the practical day-to-day world, as artists strive for beauty when we simply seek utility.

Cat Art

I come out from lunch and I see that Coco and Sammy have used the new ball of red yarn that we got for them to produce an artistic yarn-work using the patio as their canvas, as the red yarn wraps around much of the furniture and the trash can as well as using their food dish as a hook to hang one corner of their masterpiece, and they are now napping with mother amidst the yarn zigzagging all about them.

They were obviously very busy cats. Too bad I missed them at work. Well, this is why we feed them - just too precious. Even though I now have to clean that up, since we must use the patio for more pedestrian purposes. Oh, the artist is so poorly understood and appreciated in the practical day-to-day world, as artists strive for beauty when we simply seek utility.

Big Brother Alert

HELENA, Mont. - Job applicants with the city of Bozeman are finding that their private Internet discussions and pictures may not be so private after all.

The city is asking job seekers for the user names and passwords to Internet social networking or Web groups to which they belong. The decision is sparking an outcry from those who say the policy goes way too far.

-- Associated Press

I'd tell them to get their own porn, cripes! Is nothing sacred?

Though, I must say, I've thought of this issue before the Internet got big and popular. It used to freak me out when government jobs and investigations might demand your pen & paper diary. The prospect of such a thing frightened me. I fancied that there should be something like a confessional privilege when it comes to diaries - like talking to your priest. But I suppose such a privilege could be abused. In the post-1984 world, everything is fair game, and even being a mild-mannered diarist can have its hazards.

Big Brother Alert

HELENA, Mont. - Job applicants with the city of Bozeman are finding that their private Internet discussions and pictures may not be so private after all.

The city is asking job seekers for the user names and passwords to Internet social networking or Web groups to which they belong. The decision is sparking an outcry from those who say the policy goes way too far.

-- Associated Press

I'd tell them to get their own porn, cripes! Is nothing sacred?

Though, I must say, I've thought of this issue before the Internet got big and popular. It used to freak me out when government jobs and investigations might demand your pen & paper diary. The prospect of such a thing frightened me. I fancied that there should be something like a confessional privilege when it comes to diaries - like talking to your priest. But I suppose such a privilege could be abused. In the post-1984 world, everything is fair game, and even being a mild-mannered diarist can have its hazards.