I broke my cat

Matzah was neutered yesterday. I picked him up after work and the vet told me to keep an eye on him that night; to make sure he wasn't licking himself too much (they didn't give us a collar or anything) and to make sure he was being responsive. We were supposed to keep him away from stairs and from jumping. The vet warned us that he might be rather lethargic and not have much appetite.

Ha. When we got home, he stumbled out of his crate like a drunken frat boy and then started begging for food. He remembered that it was downstairs. I refilled the bowl and he ate All The Things. Then he proceeded to pounce and wrestle with the other kitty for the rest of the night. Lethargy? No. He sprinted around like a wild thing.

Since being neutered, though, he's decided that the only way to drink water is from the floor. So he scoops it out of his dish until it starts to run in a trickle toward the basement drain...then he drinks it. He did not do this before. This, as one can imagine, is quite annoying to me.

I would say, "Why can't I ever have a NORMAL cat?" but I don't think there's such a thing as a normal cat.

War on CHRISTMAS!!!!

OMG. Every damn year. The fictional war on Christmas never fails to astound and delight me.

A local garden center, for the SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, posted: "Some say happy holidays... Bah Humbug. We still say Merry Christmas. What about you?"

The effect is about what you would imagine. Frankly, it grosses me out and makes me less likely to shop there since--though I celebrate Christmas--it leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. I mean, for fuck's sake, people. I generally say Happy Holidays unless I *know* what someone celebrates. If someone wishes me Merry Christmas, I say Merry Christmas. If someone wishes me Happy Hanukkah, I wish them Happy Hanukkah. If someone wishes me a Blessed Solstice, I wish them a Blessed Solstice.

It's called Not Being a Dick 101.

Oh, the comments though. The comments will NEVER cease to entertain me.

"Elaine: Christmas has ALWAYS been celebrated this time of year all the other "holidays" came later..... so MERRY CHRISTmas!!!!!!!"

What do you think Jewfriends and other people with a speck of religious education? Christmas totally came before Hanukkah, right? Because THAT makes sense. And it's ALWAYS been celebrated this time of year...even though the Christ of which they speak was not born in December and the holiday is only celebrated then to co-opt Solstice? Also, your holidays are only "holidays". Take that, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and Solstice, you made-up things, you.

I've restrained myself from posting a really snotty reply. People like this, well, if they can't even follow chronology and fact (or "fact") from their OWN damned Bible, what hope is there for them?