The landlord finally broke down and redid the driveway. How long did he wait? According to neighbors, the driveway was last done in 1959. Yes, that’s right, a mere six decades ago.

Here’s what it looked before. OK, it’s what it looked like during the demolition.

And after the work, just waiting for stripes.

Hope it’s built to last. Might be another 51 years before the next touch up.

Maybe I’ve been coming into work too early.

Last Friday was take your black cat to work day; so I brought Oedipus along on our way to the vet.

The vet found his eye nearly completely healed. To celebrate we watched Zodiac.

Then he took over the sock monkey from Electra.

In other words, all is well in Cat Army land.

Replaced the current mattress with a new one that arrived in a box that weighs 101 pounds and the height of two microwaves. The packaging design is a study of beauty.

A few wild slicing motions with a key, revealed the interior.

Ready for the vacuum sealed goodness, I dumped the contents on the floor.

The last step took a pair of scissors and about two minutes. Before I knew it, Oedipus had christened the bed.

At the same time, Mooshy got trapped in the box. Surely there’s a bed inside for him beneath the plastic wrapping.