The State of the Rhetorical Union

Okay, so I haven't been the best at blogging lately. Other than posting kitten pics, I haven't had much to say. Well, I had in mind a completely different post than the one I'm about to give you, but I'm so pissed off right now that I can't bring myself to engage in thoughtful introspection.

So I'm going to rant for a minute instead.

I, like millions of people, just watched the State of the Union address. And I have to say, it was some of the worst schlock and drivel that I have heard in a looooooong time. It was unbelievable. As a student of rhetoric and style, I was moved almost to retching by the unbearable number of logical fallacies, straw men, red herrings and the almost palpable cognitive dissonance that radiated from the speaker's podium. Why, judging from that speech, there must be an incredible number of freedom-hating, flag-burning, marriage-defiling trolls out there who want nothing more than to see our children enslaved by militant Islamic overlords who will nuke them into oblivion.

Ugh. I just don't know what else to say.

That is why I am hereby calling on Congress to pass new legislation. I call it the Teach Americans Rhetoric Act. That's right, we need to make it mandatory that, along with math, science and Intelligent Design, we need to teach our school children about the incredible power of rhetoric to sway the masses of weak-minded and easily hoodwinked sheeple out there that apparantly fall for the loads of crap spewed out by the like of our illustrious leader.

Ach. I can't even think straight right now. So that's all I have to say. I hope to God that the next generation isn't as stupid as this one.

Eh, who am I kidding. The world is fucked...

The Kitten Blog

All right, I'm tired of getting nasty emails. I KNOW I haven't updated in a while, but frankly, I just haven't been in the blogging mood. The holidays were exhausting, and work has been grueling lately. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm a whiner. I know what you're all thinking anyway.

SHUT UP AND MAKE WITH THE KITTEN PICS!!!

So, here they are, another installment of the Kitten Blog. (I swear I'm going to have to start calling it that.) Enjoy!

Here's our lovely little Venus, after she stole Mr. Cupid's chair.



Not to be outdone, Minerva decided to try and take up all the space she could on the couch.



Of course, since we have multiple cats now, we decided we needed a bigger kitty bed. This one is queen-sized, for our little princess.



Ah, no matter what dissention may exist in our household, I know that there is one thing we can all come together for: TUNA!!



And finally, this is the shot that I love. It encapsulates what must be the greatest thing about being a cat, just taking a long afternoon snooze in the sun.
Sometimes, though, one bed is just not enough to contain all the cuteness.



Well, that's all for now. I'm recharging the batteries in my camera, so hopefully I can get some more cuteness on film in the near future.

Until then, go forth and be excellent to each other. That is all.