I Was Outnumbered.

In the ten or so months since Ali came to live with us, I have often thought that she's just not smart enough to have any feelings. Every day, she's in the exact same mood. Feed her, she's happy. Ignore her, she's happy. Give her the ring from a jug of milk, she's happy. Lock her in a closet, she's happy. Step on her tail, she's happy. Dress her in American Girl doll clothes, she's happy.

She's always happy. It's that sort of content, pleasant mood that makes her a pretty awesome cat, even if I am starting to suspect that she's a robot. A happy robot.

As a matter of fact, I have never once heard her hiss. Until today, that is.

Today she got her panties in a bunch and couldn't pick them out no matter how much anybody tried to calm her down. She was riled up, hissy, and just plain PISSED.

She spent hours circling the family room, hissing, smacking, and generally throwing a fit.

Apparently she isn't a fan of Max.

Which is just too bad. He may not keep the name, but he is staying in the house.

The Crazy People Need a Little Help

The only thing I run is late, so I find it absolutely mind-blowing when people willingly run marathons. It would take a rabid grizzly bear chasing me with a shotgun to get me to run THAT far. For reals.

Suffice to say, you will never catch me running in any sort of charity marathon. I'll walk, I'll bike, I'll do cartwheels, but I ain't running. NO WAY. People who run charity marathons are a very special brand of crazy in my eyes. It's a good sort of crazy, but I don't understand it. Actually, I sort of fear it.

I absolutely fear my friends who are running the Pittsburgh Marathon to benefit the Mario Lemiuex Foundation. ABSOLUTELY FEAR THEM. I also fear for them because @woycheck fully admits he "only runs marathons."

People. He's run this thing before and STILL hasn't done any training in preparation for this year. I'll be impressed if he finishes , not to mention survives.

The Crazy People are a little bit short of their fundraising goal, so if you're into helping the Mario Lemiuex Foundation do things like create playrooms in hospitals for sick kids, provide transitional housing for people moving from a hospital to home, and just plain fighting the hideous beast that is cancer, maybe you'll help them out with a buck or two?

You can donate here.

Adrienne, Katie, Jim, the other Jim, and Mike thank you.

P.S. I have $10 on someone puking before the finish line.

P.P.S. If they hit their goal, I'll tell you about the time I made a complete ass of myself to Miss America. Yes, THE Miss America. Total ass. Only two people in the whole wide world know about it.

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