Today I went in to get my eyes checked

and the Optometrist took a picture

of

the inside of my eye

and when he showed me where the optical nerve is he pointed out that the area (which looks like a little spot of light behind a large spot of light) , around it wasn’t round like it should be.

He explained it could be a problem but it wasn’t because the other eye had the same anomaly.

From the inside,

where the nerve that carries vision into my brain is

the area is not round.

It’s an oval shape.

And what does that mean?

From the inside…

my eyes look like

a cat’s eyes.

A few days ago a homeless guy ended up on the railroad tracks.

It was right outside of my office door.

The tracks are fenced off, so either he fell from the street above or he jumped down- but regardless he was stumbling around in a daze and holding his head.

The police showed  up and the Fire Department and  a First Aid Car.

And the entire time I hear from the street, from the place where commuters wait for their rides home to the suburbs…

” Is there a train coming? “

” Did somebody hear a train? “

” Was that a train whistle? “

It wasn’t fear I heard in those voices, it wasn’t apprehension or nervousness…it was…

glee.

There is, as you may have heard,  a story about a 44 lb cat that was found wondering around in a parking lot that captured the attention of the media and the world.

People from as far away as the U.K. asked to adopt it- and when it was adopted out the Shelter had to sneak it out to its new owners to avoid media scrutiny.

The person who owned this cat lost her home to foreclosure.

Do you think that any of these  people- from the media to the ‘animal friends’ that were pulled into the Cat Story wondered, for one second where the owner is living now?

I do.

I even care

… and I happen to be a cat person.

 I also care about the fact that to many of us are ending up screwed out of our homes and jobs by a F*&^%$ President, his F&^%$ friends and the seriously F*&^%) people…

WHO DON’T CARE IF THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM LIVE OR DIE.