Attaching the red cable to the positive post of the moonbattery...

This probably could be turned into a Microfiction bit, but Roger and Stanley are both smarter than that. I haven't seen this screwball idea around, but I suppose either I've just plain missed it or else it's just a matter of time. But a strange thought occurred and now you get to suffer as I share the nonsense:

Q: What's been the big story for several days?

A: Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath thereof.

Q: What major government official haven't you seen for a while?

A: Vice President Dick Cheney.

So... adding 2 and 2 and getting the square root of -7, Dick Cheney is ensconced in his special Superdupersecret Supervillain Hurricane Control Center where he directed Katrina to hit the Gulf and knock out oil production, oil terminals, and refineries in order to benefit his henchmen at Haliburton who get to rebuild things, and benefit from higher petroleum prices as well. Cheney hasn't made a public appearance yet as he still has more storms to steer.

The omitted word.

There are times I accidently drop a word from something I write and it changes the meaning of a sentence rather badly. Often the word is "no" or "not" which reverses the meaning. Today someone at work (no, not me) sent a short e-mail and omitted a word in a rather embarrassing manner.

There was no body, just the subject:

Small black found in parking lot.... Does anyone own it???

Before I could reply (to sender only!) that I was sure there was an amendment forbidding such things, someone replied to all, with an addendum. Just one word added in the body:

CAT

An instant later the original sender re-sent, again no body, just the subject:

That would be a Black CAT