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I saw this poem on one of the Underground’s “Poems on the Underground” posters and couldn’t help thinking of this little fella and the racket his collar makes when he runs across the field.

The cats have been on something of a killing spree lately. Bailey has been caught bird in mouth on more than one occasion, so he is the prime culprit for leaving the little “presents” that are sometimes waiting after work. Yesterday was unusual though. No sign of any cats, just lots of things knocked over and a lot of bird crap on the window sill. Oh, and this chap waiting upstairs:

One slightly flustered looking, but very alive, magpie. Getting quite a large bird with a nasty looking beak out of a window involved lots of slapstick moments with a blanket and ducking out of fear of getting pooped on. Initially on the first floor, it got right up to top of the second at one point before coming back down, knocking over a pile of DVDs and diving through the window. Definitely one to add to the Cat Tails page.

Well, Bailey and Gizmo have been to the vets and back today. They both seem fine. Bailey doesn’t seem to have noticed that anything’s missing and is quite liking the idea of chicken for tea. Gizmo is a bit quieter but then she’s had a bigger operation. She’s tucked into a bit of chicken too though, and should be more herself after a good night’s sleep.

P.S. Still no news from Scan since the last post. Tut-tut!

1. Bacula is good, but very confusing. It’s clearly very flexible, but perhaps I’m not mentally geared up to it yet.
2. Don’t let a cat walk on your keyboard whilst backing up your data via Unison. Bad things happen.

The most important thing to happen today is that I won the first Geek Car Number Plate Game. It was an exciting contest and I was pleased that people wanted to take part. I’m also glad to have won, of course.

Other than that, this evening I have been mostly entertaining the kittens, assembling our new garden furniture, and doing some work on the Meeja Box. Thanks to the latest delivery of parts I should have a system that can now boot. Still waiting on a few peripheral (but important) headers for the motherboard though. I’m keen to look at installing the software, but I’m not sure when I get the time. One thing’s for sure, every time I want to record something on the TV, I get more motivated to finish it.