Ophelia's new trick

She has suddenly realized that if Tapestry is sleeping next to a warm radiator, she can wedge herself between the rad and Tapestry and be toasty warm.

Tapestry looked a bit startled the first time this happened but otherwise seems OK with this arrangement.

Test flight successful

In the spirit of the season

As far as I can tell, the most tiring job in the world

is being a kitten.

2000 Plus: The Men From Mars

The Men From Mars

Two teens, determined to make names for themselves, buy a used -$90, late 1980s model- spacecraft so they can set out for Mars, reasoning that if old time kids could fix up jalopies, which they think were a kind of rocket, they should be able to turn an junker into an interplanetary vehicle. Complications en route prevent this plan from working, although the venture is not entirely without some success.

I was so sure the "Martians" were the one boy's dad and his coworkers in the space police. I mean, the dad even made it clear he knew what was up with the used rocket long before his kid came clean.

Yeah, this has a certain quaint charm but I'm not sure that's enough.