Murph and TDS

Fighting off a cold and, I think, losing. Went to bed around 10:30pm last night and woke up at about noon today. Also? Feeling the start of a migraine. Luckily the boss is out of town and I'm staying home. So there.

For the past few days Mac has been clingy like a clingy thing. Either he's trying to comfort me while I'm sick or he knows something I don't. Considering that yesterday he was playing with something that sounded like a bell and, as far as I'm aware, I don't own anything that sounds like a bell, I'm not ruling out option #2.

Since I've got a sec, might as well recap Monday and ( Going to see The Daily Show )

*headdesk*

Why oh why do I torture myself by reading letters to the editor in my local paper? Either it's idiots who I just want to hit ("The next time George W. Bush wants to PROTECT OUR COUNTRY I guess we can all wait for him to GET A WARRENT like you LIBERAL COMMIE PINKOS keep insisting on BECAUSE YOU HATE FREEDOM AND WANT OSAMA TO KILL OUR BABIES and possibly KICK OUR PUPPIES TOO!") or, as it has been for months, it's people on every side of the fence sending ye olde standard "Thank you for supporting candidate _________! You can show your support for the candidate by sending a letter very similar to this one to your local paper!" which, really, is so similar no matter who the letter submitter is supporting I honestly don't know why the paper doesn't put a stop on posting any of them until somebody busts out an original word. And/or solve the problem by posting one single letter to cover it all:

"I was absolutely FASCINATED when [opposition candidate] said [accusation about beloved candidate's position on the Iraq war] given that his/her voting record CLEARLY shows [the exact same viewpoint on the war/an inability to have any opinion on the war without Bush or Clinton approving it first/an inabiliy to find the halls of Congress if given a compass, map, and a Sherpa guide and thus has no voting record at all to speak of]. In this post 9/11 world how on earth can we stand by and [allow Democrats to give the country over to Bin Laden with a red bow and "please sodomize us here" sign/allow Republicans to skip the middle man on that "give the country over to Bin Laden" bit and go right for the "please sodomize us" part]. Come November, I'm voting for [candidate name here] and I shake my head with sad disappointment over any one else who does otherwise."