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Well lets see, there are 43 more days until Commencement Day at Salem State College. I'm pysched about this day, as its taken me forever to get my Bachelor of Science degree, now what do I do with a degree in Criminal Justice at my middle age years? Guess its on to grad school and a move to Florida.
This week we got another 16 inches of snow! Andrew, if you're trying to convert to Metric, its like past your knees deep... and they're predicting an even bigger storm perhaps for next week.. lets hope it moves out to the Atlantic, I mean lets face it, the trees are supposed to begin budding soon...
One more day of work, today I work second shift. I go in at 3:30 and its maihem until after dinner, then it slows down to a crawl. I just got the New Moshin Hamid book, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist", perhaps I'll bring it along and give it a start, although I wonder if my co-workers will give me a "look" for not being productive...
Sunday is Easter...big whoop, might give someone at work the option of working for them if they want to trade a day with me... Easter is hardly a big deal for an agnostic.
The 14 plus wild turkeys ( I have to get a shot of them for the blog) have taken up residence in the forest behind the house. They sit like sentinels throughtout my line of vision and at night fly up into the trees to roost. Several times a day they come into the yard to peck at the corn I scatter for them and the other little critters.
Last night a great horned owl sat in a tree branch outside my window, amazing to watch him ( or her) survey for anything that moved, believe me the yard and immediate perimeter of forest went silent while the owl looked for its next meal. It was pretty awesome however to see this as owls are nocturnal and seldom do you see them.
The picture in this blog looks like Mr Cobalt Pecora. He's my adopted alpha male kitty, who's responsibility is to keep this mobile home free of field mice and other critters. He does a remarkable job and he gets kudos from me! He also keeps the other kitties in line with a no nonsense drill sargent approach. The only one who rebels is his younger brother Squeaky Pecora who is a wild spirit and likes to hang out with Connagh my wonderdog. Cobalt's other duties include pestering for breakfast and dinner, batting at you when he believes he needs attention but not too much.. he likes to sit on top of the kitchen cabinets and play vulture... as well as stare out the sliding glass door at squirrels and turkeys to keep us free from wildlife terrorists. Cobalt has informed me he is a democrat, and cannot understand why anyone voted for Bush... he thinks humans are stupid in this regard. Actually he said that if he had an opposable thumb, he would have no need of us at all, although he is partial to me and Jacko.
Last thought of the day, I wish I had more gay friends here in rural Maine.
Happy weekend to all my friends and friends to be!