XKCD in my head again

http://xkcd.com/924/
Oddly enough, while talking about 3D printers a few days ago, this topic did come up (not so much the spam part)...

Black cat fight

Our black cat tangled with something and got bit on the left rear leg last Friday night. He was hard to get to come in that night, and slept all day Saturday and Sunday. The injury was not immediately obvious but I thought he looked shell-shocked when he came in and was walking gingerly over the weekend, and I found he had significant swelling on that leg. On Sunday I decided he'd better see the vet.
He was running a fever and the vet found bite marks and a point of infection. He got an antibiotic shot which seems to have made him happier but he's still VERY upset if I try to inspect the leg. He's normally very sweet to me but if I touch that leg I get bit and scratched (unless I hold him carefully) and howled at. He's still walking gingerly and doesn't want to jump.
Hoping everything closes up and heals properly.

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Facebook stuff (G+ post)

I just went over to FB for the first time in weeks to see what it really is about it that bugs me, having found that I quite like it here. First I had to unfriend all the organizations that I've friended, and a few people too, to cut down the stupid amount of noise.
What it came down to eventually is that half the posts are shared links. Maybe more than that. It'd be great if there was some way on G+ to mute link posts. Honestly, if I want to surf random web links, I'll go to Reddit. On FB (or G+ eventually) they're just noise; either people already saw them a week ago or they probably don't care anyway.
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Candy economics (G+ post)

Candy bars at the store are half the price of the ones in the vending machine at work. That means if I bought them at the store, I could...eat twice as much chocolate. I'd like to think the end of that sentence would be "save money" but that ain't going to happen if I have a bunch of candy bars in my drawer.
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Clean desk, empty mind

I have a clean desk. Very weird. It wasn't clean the day I opened the Ikea box.

Now to try to get the clean to be contagious and infect the rest of the house. Easiest way to do that is to throw everything away. Don't think I'm not tempted.

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