Bought Velcro a halter and leash and took him for his first walk today.

Starting to feel better, was super sick yesterday.

Grooming Velcro

Stage One is when I remove the fur that is already loose enough to fly away and stick to things. I spray the soft bristle side of the brush with a waterless deshedding shampoo and conditioner. Every couple of brush strokes I spray the brush some more. It's a bit like a kitty sponge bath. When I'm done the brush looks like this.

This is the beginning of the fur ball, or all the fur removed from the brush in the above picture.

Stage Two is when the Furminator is brought in and the serious deshedding occurs. Velcro has a pretty thick coat for a short haired cat, so this stage can last a good 30 -45 minutes. Especially because Velcro prances around purring and rubbin his face against me and rolling on the floor the whole time. Once I'm done the furball has grown much larger.
Stage Three returns to the mega kitty brush for a session with the wire bristle brush. Still a fair amount of loose fur.
Stage Four is when I go over Velcro with a fine tooth comb to get the last bits of loose fur.
I finish off with Stage Five, another short brushing with the soft bristle brush to smooth out Velcro's coat so he is extra smooth and silky.

My new work buddy

I received some gifts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium including this awesome penguin rubber ducky. Although he sadly does not squeak he is still very cute. Now he needs a name.

Playing spore. Not challenging so much as fun if you were the kid that loved playing with clay, drawing or coloring.

Finished obligatory activities; installing SPORE so I can have some fun.

Busy busy busy at work today. Need to jam to get as much done as possible.

Too funny not to share. http://ping.fm/ILlDu

Drinking some wine and letting the babies play. Thinking of options for a picnic lunch at decompression tomorrow.

It's just me isn't it?

One of my current projects has been installing shelves after I get home from work. So far each different type of shelf has had slightly different hardware for hanging. According to the instructions these are pins. I think they look more like miny silver stakes for the killing of miniature vampires. Despite the small stature they have a nice hefty weight.

Work is Good

This morning when I came to work I found these boxes of yummy tasty beer on my desk. Mind you I worked hard for this beer. I somewhat hate the Cisco UC520 now having put in over 90 hours to get it working with all the bells and whistles functioning correctly. Finally time for some rest and a good beer.

Power supply

I don't know if this manufacturer still exists, but I can think of people that would like this power supply. like people that spend time in the castro in sf.

Freezer Ants

What the ants want in the freezer I don't know, but it has caused that giant dead ant buildup in the picture. As yet they have no interest in the open bag of yogurt covered pretzels on the nearby counter.