Just some quotes I’d like to share with you.

John 8.3-7
3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle.
4 They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
5 Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?”
6 They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.
7 But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Matthew 7.1-5
1 “Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
2 For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
3 Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?
4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’ while the wooden beam is in your eye?
5 You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.

“Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary, use words.” –St. Francis of Assisi

“Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” –Charles Dickens

“All of the above.” –Amy Lavergne

Anyway, I made this in Photoshop.

Yeah, I hate to keep blogging about my cat.

But the little devil really likes to wake me up at 3 a.m.

One night it was because I let her in my room, and she jumped up on my bed and started pawing at my face. At three in the morning. The first thing I saw was her cute wet little nose sniffing my face. It was endearing, sure, especially since it was a weekend and I could just brush off the fact that it was so early.

But last night, for fudge’s sake, I shut her out of the room and she MEOWED all. Night. Long. It got especially bad around 3 a.m. So I grabbed the water pistol, opened my bedroom door a slight crack, and sprayed the little bugger. Didn’t stop her. She came back two or three times, each time I cursed under my breath and sprayed her some more.

I guess I’ll just have to live like this for a while until she gets it.

But it really is cute when she jumps up on me and sticks her face in mine. It’s a love-hate thing we have going now.

She also loves paper bags.

So, to keep myself awake today, I’m listening to Maroon 5 and t.A.T.u. and other upbeat stuff. And Mondays usually go by so quickly for me, since I usually have meetings and all kinds of things to make the time go by faster.

But damn, I told myself I’d make a Target run tonight. Probably will also be getting Bevo some new toys, since she ripped the tail off of her little mouse.

At least she’s clean.

That City Cat Clinic was fabulous. The vet was this sweet woman who just handled Bevo very well. Anyway, she said what lots of folks at the Humane Society were saying–that the virus will just have to run its course. She said that it would probably last another week or so.

But today, Bevo’s more active. She ran up to me when I came home from work and followed me around a bit, even tried to jump up on my leg and meowed like crazy for my attention. She’s so adorable, but I bet one day that kind of stuff will start to get on my nerves.

Anyway, the vet said that overall, as long as Bevo is still doing normal things like eating, using her litter box and cleaning herself, she should be fine. So. Here she is doing one of those things.

No, it’s not a joke.

Lots of folks are talking about these Vatican-issued “10 Commandments for Drivers” and I find myself in a weird sort of limbo (for lack of a better term) on my feelings about them.

Here are the so-called “Commandments”:

1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.

Okay, so, I have to admit that the first time I read this headline I thought it was a joke. It’s not beyond me that the Vatican would issue a set of guidelines for road behavior; perhaps it is even needed. But to call them the “10 Commandments” is a bit much for me. Why give such a holy name? It worries me that the Vatican is starting to worry too much about marketing to people.

Anyway, I guess I do like the guidelines themselves. My favorite is number five, about cars being an expression of domination. I believe the Vatican is reaching out to all the Hummer 3 owners out there that feel like just because I drive a cute little Ford Focus they can treat the road like a monster truck rally… and my car (and myself in it) like a toy to be thrashed.

And the fact that people are talking about it is good; a little awareness can do no harm.

My cat is better than your cat.

Bevo is my orange tabby cat. I just adopted her last week from the Humane Society.

I had originally found her online among lots of adorable kitties, but I picked her just based on her photo. The people at the shelter had named her Tangerine; who wants to call such a cute little kitty that?

So, she’s orange and white, and yes, she is female. So Bevo it is.

But now she’s got a cold. I’m taking her to the vet this afternoon. It’s a cute little place I found called the City Cat Clinic that specializes in cats only. I sure hope she gets better, because she doesn’t really play with me anymore.

One thing she does do, though, that I think is so adorable–she follows me every night into my bedroom when it’s time to sleep, jumps up on the bed with me and curls up near my feet in a little ball (usually right in the middle of the bed so that I can’t move my legs around under the covers). I could be annoyed at this, but it’s so damn cute.

I could live with this.

What time of day is it?

Just realized something today.

My boss’s boss works in the corner office just across from my cubicle. Every morning when I walk in, here’s what we say.

Amy: “Morning Mike!”
Mike: [from some dark corner in his office] “MORNING!”

We usually drop the “good” part out of pure laziness. So the outsider who never drops such words would think that we were reminding each other what time of day it is.

In other news, I’m so happy that Coke has brought back the vanilla variety.

Fresh and new.

I just updated my online portfolio, at amylavergne.com.

It has a bit of new content (the last time I had updated it was before I got my current job) and new menu bars and stuff. Yes, I took those photos myself on my refrigerator with my poetry magnets. It was hard finding good words to use for my menu.

Enjoy! Suggestions are always welcome.

iPhone. I want one.

Look how pretty it is.

And now, look at this:

iPhone Delivers Up to Eight Hours of Talk Time

“Apple® today announced that iPhone™ will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback.”

I can just imagine myself sitting on the bus on the way to work, looking as high-tech and richy-rich as any person using public transporation could, on their way to get off on 7th St. in downtown Minneapolis.

The commercials for this fancy doohicky also show that iPhone will be used with AT&T, which just happens to be the wireless provider I already use. It must be fate!

This will be MINE.

I’ll just have to wait a year when it’s not $499 anymore.

Sigh.

Hello.

Stopped blogging for a while. My loving brother said I ought to start it up again, because I was good at it. Thank you brother.

Hello everyone else.