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Monday, February 05, 2007

The Sin of Pride

Progress on the energy consumption problem and almost full compliance with the action points below! Also, because I now use Firefox as a browser, I can see the bullet points in this post that are invisible to IE users.

My victories:
  • RTFM* and repressurised the central heating circuit
  • Moved Cat Services out of the kitchen
  • Called and chaired a household meeting on door-shutting and radiator controls
  • Sourced and purchased a brush draught-excluder for the front door
Her Catness is less than impressed by a transfer of Her food+water bowl and litter tray to the little-used bedroom of the big wan. For a start, She is unsure where to perform her daily fake-supplication rite which (in her smooth forebrain) delivers Her breakfast. Every morning for the last 4 years, She has hassled me into the kitchen so I can witness Her insincere submission when She rolls onto Her back and temporarily makes nice, as long as you don't actually touch any white ventral fluff, when you can expect a smart claw swipe. The human's job is then to freshen Her water and shake the Cat Fud container over the bowl. There should be lots of noise, and later She will wander back with Pavlovian reinforcement of the human role, by licking Her lips and gracing the human with Her presence in the same room.

*Read the Fucking Manual