Hello, I love you

So, I was over at a cat grooming site -- I cleverly closed the window before copying the URL, so I can't tell you which cat grooming site -- that offered a cat personality quiz. At the far end of the quiz, having assured me that my cat is "affectionate," I was provided with a list of "friendly cat names." The list (which I did remember to save, is reproduced below for your perusal:

Friendly cat names: Bailey, Casey, Callie, Daisy, Frodo, Maggie, Peaches, Mimi, Molly, Sam, Toby, Toodles

Now, leaving aside that I feel naming anyone "Toodles" to be an act of extreme unfriendliness - what makes these names particularly "friendly"? Are there inherently "friendly" names? Really? And if so, are there inherently "unfriendly" names? Well, OK -- Toodles. But seriously.

Let's take a random list of names:

Winnie
Hexapuma
Arwen
Archie
Kodi
Mozart
Felicia
Rasheed
Inez
Totoro
Lorraine
Butch

...which are friendly? Which are unfriendly? Defend your position.

Technology! Haircut! and a surprise!

So, that's the day-job for this week, and a long two days it was. Let us not speak of them again.

I came home to find that Bill Pay was on! I have entered three payees and scheduled Reminders. I feel so Accomplished. Two days appears to be the average trigger time, down from five-to-seven for snailmail. I note that for a Rush! (i.e. overnight) payment, I need to fork over $14.95 to the bank in extra fees, so we will avoid Rushes. I'll just keep entering bills and scheduling Reminders as the invoices come in. This time next month, I'll be nationwide! Or at least electronic.

Hexapuma's fan club will be delighted to receive the information that he will be getting a haircut tomorrow morning. No, we will not be selling locks of his fur.

Steve brought me red roses.