Grr... Argh...

Very tired this morning and I really do not think it's the culmination of a month's lack of sleep at this point, but rather the fucking cats. I love them, really I do, but if they do not shut up I will be forced to beat them.

We got a rosemary plant shaped like a Christmas tree as a present this weekend and placed it on a shelf in the bathroom as it is the only place in the house we can be reasonably sure the cats won't get to. Ever since we got it, they keep trying to sneak into the bathroom. They have yet to climb the shelf, but we do not doubt their determination.

Last night, we closed the door to lock them out while we slept. They scratched at it, they pawed at it and they yowled at it all night long. They are obsessed with it enough that you would think it's the prettiest, most awesomest, sparkliest rosemary plant in the whole wide world. Seriously, I'm thinking of calling it "Bella" at this point.

We may have to give it away. It smells wonderful, but damn, it's not worth this hassle.

Voter Intent Not Clear

So we're nearing the end of the initial recount in the Coleman/Franken race. Kare 11 has examples of some of the disputed ballots available for view. Some of them are frivolous, to say the least. Tiny dot for one candidate while another is fully colored in? No mark for either being challenged as belonging to a particular candidate? Others make you wonder how these people get by in their day to day life considering they can't seem to find the little oval to color at all.

Oddly enough, many of the rather obvious ones are being challenged by the same candidate - the one with the tiny dot and a lead of less than 400 votes. I'm sure that's just an incredible coincidence.