You might have already heard that a bunch of websites are staging a blackout today - not in honor of my birthday, which would be awesome, but in protest of SOPA and PIPA which are UNawesome. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. The big "content-providers" claim they need this law to protect their rights from foreign websites that are illegally selling their property (i.e. pirated movies.) The problem is, instead of just going after the people selling the stuff illegally, they want to go after every website and its brother that is connected to the site selling the stuff. And it's not just selling either, it's any copyrighted material. So if someone posted a video that wasn't their own on YouTube, and then one of us linked to it on our Catster page, the "content-provider" that owned the copyrighted material could sue YouTube and Catster! Any website that allowed users to post content would be in danger of being sued. Talk about a threat to free speech!
As you all know, the internet is made of cats, so a threat against the internet is a threat against us! If you go to Cheezburger today, they have a video about what would happen if these laws pass and a link to more information.
She missed it. I can't believe she missed it. I was Diary of the Day yesterday, and we missed it. It's all Momma's fault! How did this happen? She was home before midnight last night and I saw her on the computer, so how is it possible she didn't check my pmail or her email? How could she do this to me???
Now I think I know why they say black cats are unlucky. Everyone else in the family has been honored - Hamlet, Bob, and even Briana were all Cat of the Day. Rufus was Cat of the Week! And what happens when I finally get my chance in the spotlight? She misses it!!! *sigh*
Well, thanks to everyone who sent me pmails and comments and presents. I'll send personal thank yous later, or should I say, EVEN LATER since it's already a day late! *grumble, grumble*
Momma gave us all fresh catnip mice today! It was great, but then she decided to play Farmer's Wife and she cut off their tails with a carving knife!! I don't know what has gotten into her, but if I see her lighting a candlestick I'm going to be nimble and hide real quick!
From Momma:
It was a pair of scissors, not a carving knife.
And I didn't cut off the whole tail, just half.
And that was only after I pulled one of them out of Jack's throat when I saw him gagging on it. The tails must have been 3-4 inches long!
