articles and cat beds. yay.

Okay, I do know that I suck.  I am typing a really quick thingy as I wait for pdfs to download.  I wait for pdfs to download a lot. 

Butsoanyway.

I am having to pull journical articles (!!!) from a new(-ish; I really try to shy away from it as all of the articles are usually named the same thing, it seems) source.  Appropriately enough, the archives are named in a Halloween spirit:  ieeek.

Oh, ok...take off the k, and you'll see why this is boring.  :-)  I would make some all-inclusive cracks about how DULL these types are, but then I would have to immediately retract it all 'cos I do know (and now work with) a few interesting ones. 

...they just all title their papers exactly alike because it is *unimportant*. 

'...what should we call this paper, Bob?'

'Which one?'

'The one where we reduced error by re-approximating without compensating for fluctuations in Lambda'

'I dunno, Mike--how about "Reducing Error by Re-Approximating Without Compensating for Fluctuations in Lambda?"'

'Sounds good!'

And most of them don't even have *colons*, fer chrissake.  Don't they know ANYTHING about having a good journical article?  Bob *could* have named it something more catchy, *with* a colon:

Mary Doesn't Need A Little Lambda:  Error Reduction Reduxed

There.  Isn't that better?

In Other News, Cookie and Rhett are fantastic, and have almost totally stopped hissing to talk.  My finger is still numb, though.  :-)  One of the security guards said that she saw Mehitabel with only two kittens, one grey and one black.  :-\  If at all humanly possible, I will try to go out Sunday and see if *I* can see them.  Sigh.  It is all so depressing that I try to not even think about it.  Cookie is so much like Squooshable, and I just know that other little black cat is probably like Squooshable--which means he or she is VERY UNHAPPY out there.  He or she just doesn't realise it yet.  Squooshable and Cookie are big fans of creature comforts; I have never seen a cat as happy as Squoosh gets when I bring him a new cat toy, tube to hide in, condo, sling...whatever--he honestly really, truly realises that they are presents.  The last new thingy I bought for Squooshable is this leopard-spotted rectangular tunnel thingy that has a fleecy bed inside, a hole at each end, and it is convertible; Squoosh can make it into a sofa shape, or a U-shape, or a bunch of other shapes.  It looks kinda like this, except that it is longer, and has the two holes, and it fills the 'Privacy' piece of the puzzle on the label.  It is very nice, and was only around $20.  Well, when I brought it in, Squoosh *immediately* crawled into it (before I had even set it down!) and started purring!  He stayed in there the rest of the night--I even brought his food in there, and that made him REALLY happy.  It is so easy to make Squooshable happy.   oh--and food--they like food.  A lot. 

The next thing I am buying will probably be this, and I am not sure who will claim it; I will put it up for grabs.  It would be for Weebie, but she already has one sort-of similar and she doesn't really use it--she has an unnatural attachment to a cheap-o circular Wal-Mart bed that I bought for around $10 (or less, I think) a few years ago on a whim.  She climbed in it, curled up, and decided it was hers.  :-)  When Weebie wants privacy, she goes under my bed; I think she figures she doesn't *need* a smaller privacy bed-thing.  Romeo doesn't like 'privacy' beds like those (I think because he cannot see as well as he used to); he prefers to find an afghan somewhere and conk out there, or on the half-circle rug in front of my refrigerator where the hot air blows out (fave spot #1), or the large circular flannel throw pillow/floor cushion thing I made years ago.  I bought the rug for him to lie on when he is in the kitchen, and he was very grateful for it.  :-)  It almost makes it worth it to keep tripping on it every once in a while...ack!

Okay...I have to get some sleep.  Sigh. 

By trudging through the ieeek stuff, I am being all industrious-like, but I am still sweating my meeting tomorrow...bwaah!



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