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Feline Friday: Fun fun fun

Amber: Mouse, come check this out, this is so much fun!

Mouse: zzzzzzzzz

Amber: Ooooh, I caught it, I caught it ... but now I have to try and hold onto it!

Mouse: zzzzzzzzzzz!

Amber: Oh no, it got away from me!

Mouse: zzzz---snork, huh?

Amber: Ahhhh...fuhged aboud it, it's too much work! I'm tired!

Mouse: Yeesh, that's what I thought in the first place! zzzzzzzzz....

Four For Friday:

Q1: Do you search for and use grocery store coupons? Why or why not?

Yes, I do look for them and use them whenever I can. Every penny I can save is another penny toward something else we'd like to have!

Q2: With respect to your friends--close or otherwise--do they tend to be the same age as you, younger than you, or older than you? Excluding relatives, blood or otherwise, what's the biggest difference in age between youself and your oldest or youngest friend?

My friends all tend to be about the same age as me. Most are a little younger, up to 10 years younger. Once you hit 50 what's 10 years one way or the other? ;) My oldest friend is 75 this year. My youngest friend is probably early 20s.

Q3: Within the last couple of weeks, General Motors, Morgan Stanley, and British Petroleum have all instituted policies which demand that newspapers, magazines, and web sites from which they have purchased advertising space, inform them in advance of any text or visual images they plan to publish that directly mention their company's name, a competitor's name, or in BP's case, the oil-and-energy industry. In short, these companies want the opportunity to pull their advertisements from media outlets on days when less than positive editorial coverage may be coming their way. How do you feel about this? Since most media outlets rely on paid advertising as their primary source of revenue, should advertisers, in essence, be allowed to be dictate which editorial content publishers can or cannot print? Or, since publishers charge an arm and a leg for the advertising space to begin with, not to mention that it's the advertiser's money that's being spent, is this sort of practice basically okay?

Well...that's a very troubling issue. I would hate to think a big company would have that kind of power to dictate what the media prints or shows on TV. Yet I know that it happens and the possibility of censorship to avoid offending supporters is a real possibility. It's the same thing with politicians, isn't it? Some company throws financial support their way during a campaign ... would that candidate say anything to upset the contributors? I don't think so... The only way around it would be to charge an arm and a leg for the newspaper or magazine and not have any advertising -- like that would ever happen!

Q4: Would you ever answer your cell phone if it rang while you were in a public restroom? What if you were in the privacy of your own bathroom at home... would you answer it then?

No and no. Whoever is calling can leave a message and I can call back when I am less indisposed. :P