If you've gotten this far, you probably won't be surprised when I tell you that I'm on a number of email discussion lists. Of course, they don't know who I really am. In cyberspace, no one knows you're a cat. They think I'm a retired college professor from Nebraska. Heh heh...

Mostly the lists are about, well, really interesting stuff posted by really bright people. Except, of course, for a couple that are about really interesting stuff posted by batshit crazy lunatics. I'm not gonna tell you what the lists are, because too many people will want to get on them, and Too Many People always muck things up. Go start your own list.

Being a kind-hearted puss, however, I'm going to share some of the gems that I've collected in my mailbox. I also lurk (a thing at which cats are notoriously adept) in a few Usenet groups where the perceptually challenged lead lives of quietly aberrant delusion, and I'm including some of the posts which substantiate my philosopy that people should have to meet higher breeding standards.

I was going to divide the index into cat-egories like Wit & Wisdom, Science & Silliness and Rants & Cranks, but in the end, I decided to mix them randomly and let you figure out which is which all by yourself. Truth is in the mind of the beholder anyway, so make of it what you will. Cats can't be bothered with veracity.

Some of the rants are rather longish, that being one of the characteristics of a true rant, but if you're sufficiently cynical about the future of the human race (or if you're a cat), their amusement value outweighs their length.

I've removed the headers out of respect for the privacy and anonymity of the original posters - unless, of course, they deserve credit for their wit or public ridicule for their lack of it.

BTW - If you're the author of one of these priceless gems, this is one puss who'd like to hear from you.

 

Tidbits from the Aether

A collection of Curiosities, Goofiness and
Wacko Rants found floating in cyberspace

 

Humans are dumb enough to believe in almost anything. It might as well be Wonko.

You can't have the blues in a shopping mall - the lighting is all wrong.

Well, if all your four-letter words have two syllables...

If you qualify for the above, this will make perfect sense to you.

If this was 1956, Mr. Bill's billions would buy him about 200 gigs of hard drive space..

The road to totalitarianism is paved with Political Correctness.

This is nothing short of brilliant. Baseball willl never look the same again.

The body was barely cold before the Wackos began to howl conspiracy.

It gets even better when you consider the implications of this rant.

This is world-class wacko work. It doesn't get any better than this.

Need a breather after that one? Here's a guide to the names of movie cowboys' horses.

Sooner or later, somebody was bound to make the connection.

Y'see, it's like this: O /\ + \/ O. Really.

As long as there are birdies, mousies, and other cute little treats, world crisis means nothing to a cat.

It's a good thing we've had great men with great minds to tell us what's in store for the future. Uh-huh.

That's enough goofiness for now. Yer perscicacious puss will be adding more stuff as it appears in the inbox.