This Blog Is Full Of Crap

Apparently, telling people not to chop down trees just to throw them out a few weeks later isn't enough for the eco-nuts. Now they feel like they need to harass the Jews with token and meaningless "environmental" conservation measures.

In a campaign that has spread like wildfire across the Internet, a group of Israeli environmentalists is encouraging Jews around the world to light at least one less candle this Hanukka to help the environment.

The founders of the Green Hanukkia campaign found that every candle that burns completely produces 15 grams of carbon dioxide. If an estimated one million Israeli households light for eight days, they said, it would do significant damage to the atmosphere.

Forsaking the entire consumer-driven nature of the holidays entirely would make more sense, eh.

I'll be lighting one extra candle tonight. I've got her collar on my wrist right now, and I hear the jingle of the bell when I type.

Has it been a year?

Feels so strange. (Or maybe it's the pills.)

Moxie's hitting the weirdness with Phoebe and Puff like I sometimes do with Nardo and Frisky. Although I think Nardo would rather I not pick him up, turn him on his back, and tummy-chin-rub him until he wants to chew my fingers off and escape.

Part of me wants another Birman as quickly as possible, and another part of me never wants to love that much again to prevent feeling this kind of pain when the inevitable end arrives.

I looked at the shelf behind Piper's chair and thought "Who's ashes would go where?" this morning.

I figure Nardo - Piper - Frisky - Edloe... that's how we arranged cat carriers in the back seat with all four when going to the vet. Piper and Frisky very rarely sniffed noses or acknowledged mutual existence.

I don't think I'd want a cat that looked like one I'd lost. Even remotely. Not that it's particularly easy to find lookalikes for three of our four (Aside from the big fat feet, people send me URLs of Nardo clones all the time).

I'm thinking that we'd end up getting a solid black cat named Dan and a solid white cat named Eddie. Or a grey fuffball. Or a Maine Coon that can go out and hunt Chihuahuas. Or...

How about I just concentrate on the ones that interrupt my sleep right now, okay?