True love

The floor project is basically done, but we are still working on getting the contents of the two bedrooms and the hall put back where they go. The house is still a huge mess! My hands are pretty hosed from all the painting and sanding, so I'm keeping the typing to a minimum tonight.


Here's a shot of the two best friends, Jezebel and Petey. Petey loves her so much! He just lights up, starts purring, gets as close as possible and cuddles up to her whenever he sees her.

I just sent this quote to a friend, and because I love it so much, I'm going to hit CTRL-V and paste it here too:

The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored. In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference. -- Richard Dawkins, "God's Utility Function," published in Scientific American (November, 1995), p. 85