Sicky-Poo

Sick kitty, not a good thing. Liquid prezzies left on furniture and rugs, not a good thing. Trip to vet yesterday, not a good thing. Kitty has some sort of bladder infection, not a good thing. $200 worth of shots, not a good thing, but necessary. Tests come back later today, nervous as hell.

In the general scheme of things, a sick cat isn't a big deal. But it is to me. She's family.

Now I know how parents feel when their children fall ill.

Hyperdrive

Checklist to determine if the car you've just driven is deserving of 'hyperdrive' status:

Sufficiently exclusive so that you'll never find one on every street corner... check

Effortlessly capable of delivering single digit fuel economy... check

Under 5 seconds from standing start to over 60 MPH... check

Over 450 horsepower and over 500 foot pounds of torque... check

Ability to produce smoking rear tires when accelerator is floored... check

Demands that you be independently wealthy to perform required maintenance... check

Dowdy appearance that will fool the police, until they realize how fast you were going... check

Knob and button ratio so high that tuning the radio requires 5 minutes of study... check

Capable of going so fast that they'll throw away the jail cell key... check

Absolutely no practical or environmentally responsible reason to have it in your garage... check

( And the winner is... )