Cat on the lap

So today was supposed to be a vacation day, you wouldn't know it from the way my Crackberry buzzed nonstop.

Anyway a depressing thought for all of us Canadians, it seems we aren't the immigrant friendly nation many of us would like to think we are. Being that my wife is a landed immigrant (permanent resident) and not yet a citizen I was already well aware of some of the issues faced by new immigrants but it is not a happy thought, send us your physicists, doctors your innovative yearning to drive taxis! Apologies to Emma Lazarus.

So today Kilu spent much of the afternoon and evening on my lap, he decided to plant himself there and I was not allowed to get up from the couch for the rest of the day. Mind you its a lot better when he does that then when he plants his rear end right in the article I am about to read in the morning paper. Cats have an unusual ability to know, daddy is reading this article, so that is where I am going to lie down. (Can't they lie on one of the advertisements?)

Oh I've been watching old episodes of Connections on YouTube. If you like European history and have a technical or engineering frame of mind do a search for "Connections Episode 1 Part 1 of 5". There were a total of 10 Episodes and one thing I like about this particular T.V. show is it actually stimulates some intellect, even if it is vintage mid to late 1970s T.V.