Yeah, the cat gets a lot of ink, but what can I say, she’s news worthy.
So, here’s a few other adventures our cat had while we were gone:
she ate plants so much that Dave, one of our cat sitters, put up chicken wire around his indoor plants to keep her away
as karmic revenge, Aimee gave him an allergic reaction that sent him to hospital
she threw up hairballs
she chewed up some toy planes
she clawed at the bedroom door of anyone trying to sleep
the word “crazy” and “handful” came up more than once
All this I’m documenting here so that if, in future, we ask you to take care of our cute little cat while we’re away, at least we can say you were warned.
“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”
After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.
“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”
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