Caffeine

I haven't been online much, simply no time. What I've been doing is catching up on my reading, watching a lot of movies and playing with baby rats.

Yes you read that correctly baby rats and lots of them! Despite what a lot of people think, rats are one of the nicest little pets anyone could ask for; playfull, intelligent and extremely friendly.

Wuzzy was born on April 1 of this year and he's as good a movie critic as I am. Perched on the arm of the couch he'll sit and watch the TV for hours if I let him. Wuzzies picks and pans are coming up.

Doomsday
Imagine if you will the movie "Children of Men" then toss out the plot, acting or budget and you have Doomsday. Typical post-apocalyptic type movie, you've got a virus, martial law, death, suffering and for some odd reason a battle between punkers and medieval knights.

A mix of Braveheart, Mad Max, 28 Days Later, and a musical score that seems right out of place and well you get the idea. Not the best movie in the world, but also not the worst.

Wuzzy says there wasn't enough colour in it to keep him watching, but he's a rat what does he know.





Felon
Not your typical prison movie.
Felon is well written and one of the best movies I watched this weekend.

Felon is about a man who is working hard to create a life for himself and his family, he has worked hard to establish his own business and feels as though he is finally ready to start reaping the fruits of his labour. Then, life brings a unexpected twist and he finds himself in prison. From this point on, we see transformations of a man who is forced into a new world where he has no control.

"When your life is defined by a single action, you change the concept of time"

Wuzzy gives it two paws up, lots of action and stuff happening on the screen. Definitely worth the rental and I'll probably add it to my own permanent collection.

Witless Protection
The story centers on a small-town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue a woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big Enron-type corruption trial in Chicago but are later found to be on the take and are villains who are bent on killing her.

Starring Larry the Cable Guy and for some reason Jenny McCarthy, Witless Protection is silly simple fun.

To say I've been busy lately and neglecting posting anything here is an understatement. Between the day to day chores that need to be done, repairs and renovations that are happening, meetings with clients and meetings with government departments about training classes for their employees; my animals decided to surprise me.

A few weeks ago I was given some very young little ratties. A brother and sister from the same litter that looked identical with the one main difference; he was definitely a he. Both these little creatures were a whopping 3 weeks old and at that age he shouldn't have been capapble of knocking up anyone. Surprise! The horny little bugger knocked up 4 of 6 female rats that I have he didn't bother with his own sister nor the older rattie that was mothering him.

I now have one of the rats that has given birth to 6 little ones, another that had hers prematurely and they didn't survive and 2 more that are ready to "pop" in a couple of days.

The little bugger was busy. He now lives with the big guys and at a whopping old age of 7 weeks bounces all over them and constantly wants to play. If I only end up with these 6 little ones everything is good, if I end up with a lot more then I'm in trouble. I spend a lot of time watching these little sightless critters. Its all fascinating seeing just how quickly they went from being little pink things to where they have visible ears, little tails, whiskers and now a coating of fuzz on their bodies.

Back to working for me. I've got to prepare a presentation for two different meetings. Oh joy.