Crunch, crunch ...

Kiddo is back in school, I'm left with the sound of the AC blowing, way too many computers running (but its a soothing noise), and crunch... what the f--?

It seems that Chicken (our kitten, who's now getting to be more of a cat) has declared war on the lizard population of our backyard, and thinks it's great fun to lord her victory over the plebeian gecko masses by proudly decimating their limp carcasses -- except for their heads -- right beside me.

Ewww!

Crunch, Crunch, Crunch ...

When you're jaded by current events ...

It's great to see stories like this make the news:

I'm probably not supposed to duplicate it here, but what the heck ...

PARKERSBURG, West Virginia (AP) -- It took two fire trucks, five firefighters, several animal rescuers and about 250 gallons of water to rescue a 2-pound kitten.

Animal control officers tried coaxing the gray tabby out of a storm sewer drain with encouraging words and food Monday before giving up after about an hour and a half.

Firefighters tried banging tools on one end of the pipe and flashing lights Monday night in hopes of driving the kitten out the other end -- but that didn't work either.

It wasn't until firefighters flushed about 250 gallons of water through the 10- to 12-inch pipe -- enough to wet the kitten's paws -- and the feline rushed into the hands of Firefighter Kevin Siers, who was standing inside a manhole.

"We had about an hour and a half of fun," Siers said Tuesday. "Everybody was pretty tickled" when the cat emerged.

After a very frightening day and night, the kitten seemed more relaxed and was warming up to humans, said Dan Hendrickson with the Humane Society of Parkersburg.

A visitor to the shelter signed adoption papers Tuesday.

Does that not make you go ahhh?