I think I'm in love.

I have a new cat. She is 3 and I named her Claudine. Everyone should rush out to the SFSPCA immediately and adopt a cat, because they were all wonderful.

A show to attend

So, there's this band called Casy & Brian, and they're pretty good, and they're playing a super awesome show on February 7th at Kimo's, as well as one at Bottom of the Hill on the 18th, which will also be super awesome, and everyone should go, and the fact that it's my boyfriend's band has absolutely nothing to do with my promotion.

Toys for fascist children!

In case you are currently training your little one in, say, management of a police state, or the imposition of martial law, here is a nice little toy set that will help you in said endeavor. Playmobil, my beloved childhood toy of choice, now manufactures a security checkpoint set.

http://www.amazon.com/Playmobil-3172-Security-Check-Point/dp/B0002CYTL2/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Check out the customer tags and reviews; they are a laugh riot. I wonder how many other products on Amazon.com can claim tags under "police state," "tyranny," "fascism," "fear," "martial law," and "1984." Some sample gems from the customer reviews include:

"...Worst of all, since the suitcase did not actually open, the baggage inspector made a call to the FBI and ATF bomb squads which then segregated the family's suitcase (which btw was the only suitcase they provided for our educational family experience) and according to the advanced TSA regulations, had to blow it up, (since they could not otherwise mutilate the luggage, break off the locks and put one of those nice little advisory stickers on it), which we had to simulate out in the backyard with a few M-80s and other fireworks."

"My 5 year old son pointed out that the passenger's shoes cannot be removed. Then, we placed a deadly fingernail file underneath the passenger's scarf, and neither the detector doorway nor the security wand picked it up. My son said "that's the worst security ever!". But it turned out to be okay, because when the passenger got on the Playmobil B757 and tried to hijack it, she was mobbed by a couple of other heroic passengers, who only sustained minor injuries in the scuffle, which were treated at the Playmobil Hospital."

"Thank you Playmobil for allowing me to teach my 5-year old the importance of recognizing what a failing bureaucracy in a ever growing fascist state looks like. Sometimes it's a hard lesson for kids to learn because not all pigs carry billy clubs and wear body armor."

So basically, amazing.