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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89660804246968091</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:13:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Random</category><category>Humorous</category><category>Observations</category><title>Techno Cat</title><description>Blog of LaVern D. Cat, WebMaster, Info-Tech for Motor Homeless dot com.</description><link>http://laverncat.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Web Master LaVern)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/technocat" /><feedburner:info uri="technocat" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89660804246968091.post-5730248488087111569</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-13T15:10:40.656-07:00</atom:updated><title>To President Obama; If That Secretary of Commerce Thing Is Still Open, I'm Available</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ri_Thk2hxSU/SZXoswQ3pfI/AAAAAAAAACU/VKgqBYQHxMU/s1600-h/LaVern+Cat++WebMaster+Logo+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ri_Thk2hxSU/SZXoswQ3pfI/AAAAAAAAACU/VKgqBYQHxMU/s320/LaVern+Cat++WebMaster+Logo+2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302399991866172914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dear Mr. President, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you haven't filled that position yet I would be happy to apply.  I have included a brief resume below and I feel that I have as much experience and as many qualifications as the next cat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Experience: &lt;/span&gt;I have been involved with commerce, as a consumer, all of my adult life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Qualifications: &lt;/span&gt;Let's see... commerce:   Buy low and sell high, right?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Political Affiliation: &lt;/span&gt;Demo-Cat.   Duh !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Summary: &lt;/span&gt;I urge you to think outside the (litter) box on this one and appoint me.  I have almost no past Income Tax issues to speak of.  Well, there was that &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;one&lt;/span&gt; thing on my 2005 return but that has been adjudicated and I've set up a payment plan with the IRS where they take all of my current income and mail me a monthly stipend.  And, last time I talked to my lawyer, he assured me that he feels that the jail time was excessive and plans to appeal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Moving on, I would breeze through Senate Confirmation Hearings because if any of those hypocrites dared to challenge my appointment, well let's just say I know where the bodies are buried.  I'd scratch their "ayes" out!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Being a cat, if there is adequate litter in my box, I know how to cover up "toxic assets".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I am currently helping my human with his web stuff as he is a complete moron, but I would, naturally, be willing to downgrade my position to that of a consultant.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Questions: &lt;/span&gt;Does the position come with a house?  &lt;br /&gt;(I am currently living in my human's car and he would be &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;more&lt;/span&gt; than happy for me to relocate).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Sincerely,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;LaVern D. Cat&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Thanks for visiting.  Please also visit Stan's Blog at:http://motorhomeless.blogspot.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/89660804246968091-5730248488087111569?l=laverncat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/technocat/~4/Gm8EbK_Ojlw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/technocat/~3/Gm8EbK_Ojlw/to-president-obama-if-that-secretary-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Web Master LaVern)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ri_Thk2hxSU/SZXoswQ3pfI/AAAAAAAAACU/VKgqBYQHxMU/s72-c/LaVern+Cat++WebMaster+Logo+2.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://laverncat.blogspot.com/2009/02/to-president-obama-if-that-secretary-of.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89660804246968091.post-638483228583512088</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-06T15:14:15.764-07:00</atom:updated><title>Complicated Problems - Simple Solutions</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;H.L. Meowken, famous feline journalist,  author of this often repeated quote:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;"For every complicated problem there is a simple solution. . . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             . . . and it is almost always wrong."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Obviously the venerable Mr. Meowkin never found himself trapped in the labrynthine convolutions of the baseboard cupboards of a Motor Home because his humans shut the door on him while he was on a fact-finding expedition.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Problem:&lt;/span&gt; Being trapped in cupboards which have no handles or latches on the inside, which would be difficult to use anyway when one lacks opposable thumbs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Solution:&lt;/span&gt; Elegantly simple. . . scream, howl, scratch, hiss, butt head on doors, and destroy anything non-metallic found inside cupboards.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Upper cupboards are even simpler: it's hard to describe how quickly the humans come to liberate you when they hear glassware being rattled.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;footnote: Do NOT, under any circumstances, upon being freed, allow your humans to perceive that you are grateful for being liberated.  Do everything that you have in your "cat"alog, ie: aloof glances, disparaging growls, scratch them if the opportunity presents itself.  This must be done in order to impress upon them the sheer stupidity of their having shut you in the cupboards when they should have known you were exploring. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Thanks for visiting.  Please also visit Stan's Blog at:http://motorhomeless.blogspot.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/89660804246968091-638483228583512088?l=laverncat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/technocat/~4/b_rq7yEQcf8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/technocat/~3/b_rq7yEQcf8/complicated-problems-simple-solutions.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Web Master LaVern)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://laverncat.blogspot.com/2009/02/complicated-problems-simple-solutions.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89660804246968091.post-8344503076333847735</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-05T11:06:54.700-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Humorous</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Observations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Random</category><title>More Random Observations</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;A cat can go in and out of a Motor Home whenever a human does.  But there is a point at which a cat has to decide if the human has stopped opening the door for the night and the wise cat will act accordingly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Thanks for visiting.  Please also visit Stan's Blog at:http://motorhomeless.blogspot.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/89660804246968091-8344503076333847735?l=laverncat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/technocat/~4/9F17cqc_EGY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/technocat/~3/9F17cqc_EGY/more-random-observations.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Motor Homeless)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://laverncat.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-random-observations.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89660804246968091.post-7864412695995491838</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-01T18:41:43.229-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Observations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Random</category><title>Random Thoughts</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ri_Thk2hxSU/SYZOC17DqyI/AAAAAAAAABA/JBMOE5Xn2uU/s1600-h/LaVern+Cat+Logo+Thumb.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ri_Thk2hxSU/SYZOC17DqyI/AAAAAAAAABA/JBMOE5Xn2uU/s320/LaVern+Cat+Logo+Thumb.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298007822389455650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sure, black cats are easier to spot in the snow, but they are equally easy to be stepped on when they lay on an asphalt sidewalk at night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Generally, in the Winter, the temperature is directly proportional to the amount of propane left in your tank.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Thanks for visiting.  Please also visit Stan's Blog at:http://motorhomeless.blogspot.com/&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/89660804246968091-7864412695995491838?l=laverncat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/technocat/~4/zl4oDr-lEOw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/technocat/~3/zl4oDr-lEOw/random-thoughts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Web Master LaVern)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ri_Thk2hxSU/SYZOC17DqyI/AAAAAAAAABA/JBMOE5Xn2uU/s72-c/LaVern+Cat+Logo+Thumb.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://laverncat.blogspot.com/2009/02/random-thoughts.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

