Boy, the world sure is exciting today.
Aug. 27th, 2014 06:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyInteresting times, we sure do live in some interesting times. It's easy for me to be flippant, of course, the only interesting thing happening to me is one of my cats wandered off. Actually, I'm a bit concerned, it's the second cat disappearance this summer, the other cat belonging to a neighbor. On the other hand, this cat always has has a bit of a wanderlust, and even before this it was never unusual for him to disappear for half a week at a time, so... I don't know.
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