How sick is this? Hamas terrorists in Israeli prisons don’t think Hamas is tough enough. So they’ve joined Al Qaeda.

About a month ago, prison guards were able to recover written messages that prisoners attempted to smuggle to each other. An examination
revealed the notes contained al-Qaeda propaganda, detailed the terror network’s ideology, and provided instructional information.

Prison officials suspected an al-Qaeda attempt to draw prisoners to their side and initiated a full-scale investigation, which revealed that nine prisoners with “blood on their hands” were involved in the affair. Two of the detainees were trained by al-Qaeda in the past after staying in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

[...] “In their (the nine prisoners) opinion, Hamas is not doing enough, not carrying out enough terror attacks, and allowing the Jihad organization to lead the struggle against Israel,” a prison official said. “Their move was meant to create a situation in prison where they serve as al-Qaeda’s arm in jail.”

Faster, please.

When last we left the saga of Tig and the Blanket Monster, he was on his way back toward becoming a bedcat and annoying me up close and personal first thing in the morning. Or so we thought.

Several times in the last week, Tig has come into bed–still all on the left side (Gracie’s spot), and not sleeping in his proper place, and not staying for very long. At six o’clock this morning, he yowled for me to pay attention to him. I did not, except for telling him to shut up or come into bed. He leaped onto my left and settled down, purring. My left arm was on the pillow over my head, and I fell back to sleep quite quickly once Tig curled up and stopped yowling.

Sometime in the next hour, I woke up to an orange, furry projectile leaping over my body, not touching the bed, landing full on the floor and stampeding down the stairs. I have no idea what happened. Either I moved, or Tig thought I moved, or Tig had a dream in which I moved or he thought I moved. And since something or somebody moved, obviously, it was the Blanket Monster, and it was going to eat Tig. And so, he fled. Quickly, and even though he’s several pounds overweight and rather big to begin with, Tig can move fast when he needs to.

Mind you, almost none of this went through my mind this morning. All I know is that I woke up, barely comprehending that he was leaping full over me and the entire bed, and that I was, well, startled myself, to say the least. I lay there a while, trying to figure out what had happened while my still-sleeping brain puzzled over why my heart was thumping. I finally realized that it was Tig leaving in a hurry. Then I went back to sleep.

I’m thinking Tig hasn’t quite gotten over the Blanket Monster yet.

I’m thinking I’m going to lock him out of my bedroom from now on.

Cats.

Wow. Suddenly, everyone’s searching for me via Google. You should see my Sitemeter stats–it’s nearly all searches, and half of them are on my name. Thirty-six out of the last hundred referrers are looking for me.

Well, here I am.

Is there anything in particular you need to know?

Here are the quick facts: I’ve had two moving violations in my life, some twenty years apart. I have zero points on my license. Never went to court for anything else except for jury duty.

Single and looking; are you or do you know a nice Jewish guy who is also single and looking?

Working for Large Financial Company in Richmond, VA via Kelly Services. My assignment will end when November ends. Are you an employer looking for an employee? Here are my qualifications.

Go ahead, ask away. I’m thinking of stealing Ilyka’s Fifty Things About Me and adding them to my Life posts.

I mean, really. I sure hope these searches are all prospective employers checking me out. Because otherwise, I’m starting to get a little creeped out.

Update: Ah. It was Chris Muir, who put my job hunt into today’s Day By Day. Thanks, Chris.

Not much time this morning. Let’s take a quick look at the news.

The UN sponsors a toothless resolution against Syria. Yes, toothless. The phrases concerning sponsoring terrorism and promising sanctions were removed. Nevertheless, Syria rejects it and goes off on a tirade that pisses off Britain and the U.S. Smart move.

It looks like the UN is going to actually create a Holocaust remembrance day, and the Muslim nations will not be able to stop it. Color me shocked. (Of course, the David Dukes and ex-Jews of the world will not be happy, either, but y’know, life sucks when you’re one of them, anyway.) I only skimmed the article, but did not see Reuters’ usual anti-Israel tonalities. Of course, they generally don’t pick on Jews unless the word “Israeli” is involved.

Well, this should strike fear into the hearts of many: The EU is going to help monitor the Rafah crossing. I wonder if they’ll be any better working for the EU than they were for the UN.

Here’s a laugh: White House Urges Abbas to act Against Islamic Jihad. They want Abbas to crack down in PIJ, and ignore the fact that Hamas is running in the palestinian elections. Oh, yeah, that works.

And that’s it for me. Time for work.