You Know You're Really Nobody When You're Home on Friday Night ...

Yeah, that's true but I knew that already. There isn't a whole lot I want to be doing tonight except being cozy and warm. It's cold outside -- and, I could absolutely tolerate the cold if it would just snow but of course living in the No Snow Zone I have no chance of that at all.



Believe it or not I miss the snow plows.

In the aftermath of the events 24 hours ago at Midway in Chicago, they're saying aircraft overruns have been a long-standing concern. "The accident Thursday night that left a Southwest Airlines 737 stranded on a Chicago road after overrunning the runway revived long-lingering questions about landing larger jets at smaller airports, and what to do when those aircraft can't stop in time." While the 737 -- workhorse of the industry w/ a phenomenal track record -- is not a jumbo jet it's still not small enough to land on an airstrip on the ranch. And here it is today:



I can see where it's more cost-effective for Southwest to utilize Midway instead of O'Hare plus, speaking as a passenger who has flown in to CHI on that airline I can add it's much less hectic than landing at a larger airport. I can deplane and be in my rental car w/in 30 minutes. At O'Hare it would take you 30 minutes just to disembark. And Midway is in the city; O'Hare is out, and then you have that "kill or be killed" drive down the freeways to the Loop. *sigh* It's just a sad situation, but perhaps w/ all the safety concerns it's better the smaller planes move out of smaller airports. But Midway isn't alone -- other airports have interesting things at the ends of their runways. The north end of both runways at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport features a large drop-off and a highway at the bottom, located close enough that runway approach lights were built on trestles over the roadway and runways at Boston's Logan airport and New York's LaGuardia run to the very edge of the water. I'd faint dead away if I were on that flight deck.

Another sign my cat hates you:



As you reach for the whiskey, you realize Geoffrey is on the 13th Step -- Evisceration Therapy.

Or check out Charles:



You have called me Square Head for the last time.

And then there's Mushroom:



Mushroom hates you for your false advertising of grass on this camping trip.

This must be a Cat Night. I've had my huge boy on my lap all evening -- I'm a mobile heating pad, you see -- and he must be controlling my thoughts again!

Ten Signs Your Cat Has Learned Your Internet Password

1. E-Mail flames from some guy named "Fluffy."
2. Traces of kitty litter in your keyboard.
3. You find you've been subscribed to strange newsgroups like alt.recreational.catnip.
4. Your web browser has a new home page...http://www.catfancy.com
5. Your mouse has teeth marks in it ... and a strange aroma of tuna.
6. Hate-mail messages to Microsoft about their release of "CyberDog."
7. Your new ergonomic keyboard has a strange territorial scent to it.
8. You keep finding new software around your house like CatinTax and WarCat II.
9. On IRC you're known as the IronMouser.
10. Little kitty carpal-tunnel braces near the scratching post.

I know you think I'm kidding but cats have many mysterious powers. Okay, I'm not talking about it anymore if you're going to look at me like that.