MORNING UPDATE - April 3, 2014

Good Morning, peeps! Happy Thursday! It's 58 degrees outside! With sun! Of course, the beginning of good weather also means more people yelling and cursing next to my window.
Feline companions finished their morning routine of eating, drinking, whining, running, and generally entertaining us, and are now peacefully snoozing on my bed.
Yesterday saw someone handling new book by Allen West - interesting scene there, what can I say.
Currently trending at #4 is Doris Day - who is "90 and looking great". Happy Birthday, Doris! Love your movies!
Trending at #7 is Jon Cryer - who is "writing a 'candid' memoir". So, the speculation is rampant as to what he is going to say about Charlie Sheen - who gives a damn one way or the other?
Miley Cyrus is at # 6 - because fans morn the passing of her dog. Poor dog!
There is also a whole discussion about her "fabulous" home, which includes a toilet worth a whopping 10 Gs!
"Newton-John rocks leather 36 years after 'Grease'" - great accomplishment!
"Teens who are larger than size 16 who want to look 'a little more sexy' are stuck dressing like 'grandmothers'" - welcome to the world, girls, where, unless you drastically lower your size, you will always be second class citizens (especially when it comes to the garment industry).
The Queen met the current Pope for the first time (he was the fifth Pope she has met). I wonder if she told him how he compared with his predecessors.
"Americans are workaholics" - well, duh!! That's why we have such decent quality of life. Of course, our current administration is doing everything in its power to punish the productive, rob them, and redistribute the fruits of their labor.
"A pair of stolen masterpiece paintings valued at $50 million have been recovered after being bought at an auction for $25 and hung in an auto worker's kitchen for years.... They were stolen from the home of a British couple in 1970.
An unnamed Fiat employee, described by police as a "lover of art," bought the two paintings in an auction of items left in the lost and found department of the national railway. The paintings were reportedly left behind on a train from Paris to Turin and were never claimed. Railway authorities put them up for auction in 1975." - WOW! What kind of moronic thief stole the paintings and left them on the train?!!
"Turkey lifting Twitter ban" - how magnanimous of them!
And, finally, Georgie will accompany his parents on the visit to the nursery in New Zealand - of course, neither hosts nor guest will truly feel the class and social distinction in this case.
Coffee this morning in my glass mug from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

MORNING UPDATE - OCTOBER 16

Good Morning, peeps! Happy Wednesday! Today is a bit cloudy, but still warm - yay! George eats dietary dry food - as long as it's fresh by his exacting standards. Sniff continues to amuse us by occasionally eating with his paw. He also decided that Baby Bro's room is still better than mine and spends a lot of his sleeping time there.
The minds of Hussein's supporters are interesting and terrifying places to visit.
Observing some parents is scary as well, just in a different way.
Yesterday was, apparently, National Grouch Day - man, and I missed all the festivities!
Currently trending at #7 is Jon Cryer - because he and Ashton Kutcher are currently the highest paid actors on TV. Well, figures - working on a raunchy, misogynistic, and just plain disgusting sitcom pays! The usual suspects, otherwise known as self-proclaimed protectors of women's rights, are, of course, silent. However, Linda Carter had to defend her portrayal of the Superwoman because that WAS offensive to feminists.
Ivanka Trump did not keep her fans in suspense and shared her baby's pictures right away - thanks, Ivanka! Considering how many other concerns people have in their daily lives, at least this one was alleviated immediately; of course, now the interested parties will engage in the discussions as to whom the kid resembles most, so, never mind.
Kim K.'s ex-husband auctioned off the engagement ring - sniff; he also got much less for the dratted piece of jewelry than is was worth - double sniff.
Hillary Clinton was "slapped" with a parking ticket in London - pffffft! Also, considering her track record, I don't think she will end up paying it.
The next target in the war on drugs will be Oreo cookies - because they are as addictive as cocaine. I think we officially lost the right to make fun of superstitious inhabitants of the Middle Ages - I mean, we are "waging a war" on cookies, for pete's sake!
And, finally, it looks like Will and Kate were a bit naughty in their second year of college when they were sharing an apartment - because the landlady had to break the "no boys" rule.
Coffee this morning in my Disney Mini Bean Bag mug with the 7 Dwarfs.