Details of Oscar's past and a team member arrives

Thursday: I was up quite late, so sleeping until noon didn't really do much. Up, and still feeling strange having no cats in the house. Web. Shower. Fed Oscar. Re-heated some coffee. Down basement and more cleaning and fussing around. Morning practices. No drums, because I had the windows open and didn't want the sound floating around too much. Had a bowl of cereal and the coffee. Taking out garbage. Was fixing the wind-chimes when a boy started talking to me from the rear-neighbor's porch. It turns out: Oscar is about 10 years old. This guy got him when he was 8 and he's 18 now. They tried to catch Oscar when they moved to Virgina, but Oscar got away and they had to leave. The boy, Larry, didn't mention Oscar by name, he just kept saying "the cat." He offered me $50 to trap Oscar for him, but I declined, saying the cat was happy, and we should let it be. He seemed to agree with me.

Headed out, stopping at a Starbucks to buy some ground coffee. They didn't have a French Press, so I had to go to the Tags. MB called while I was there saying she'd bought a pastry for our guest, but that it had sat in the car too long. I stopped on the way to H Sq and bought a few nibblies.

At the office a short day. Alx talking to me about various XML relating things. More "turning short numbers into longer numbers." Headed home around 5:30. Back home put the coffee and other goodies in the basement. A white cat was curled up in the backyard with Oscar. We're becoming "cat central." MB and I drove out to Logan, making good time. Parked and met our guest at baggage claim. An uneventful drive back home, the lights shining brighter, talking about the Simpsons. We gave a tour of the neighborhood, pointing out coffee shops and places to walk. Then, we showed him to his quarters in the basement. Things seemed satisfactory, so we said goodnight.

Hanging out on the back porch with MB. Called Shawn and told him I'd like the evening off. Then some food (leftover noodles, toast) Oscar came into the house briefly and then left. More hanging out. Practiced guitar for a bit. MB came down and we some work on the circulation pieces. Then a restringing party, watching a bit of "Young Frankenstein" (I'm glad you like the food... you just made a yummy sound.) Tea and Toast. Now to complete the day.