The door and the cat............

My first impression, I didn't like the door. My second impression, I still didn't like the door. The cat has been with us since 2001. I guess we are stuck with her. The door, installed Saturday, looked clunky and heavy. We had it all of two hours when I locked myself out. I stepped outside to clean the light fixture and replace the fluorescent bulb. The door swung back, the lock engaged, and I was left standing on the walk, key less and shoeless.

Wanda was working in the backyard. The back patio door was open but I was barefoot. When I lived in Berkeley in my "Hippie" days I often walked the streets barefoot. That was a long, long time ago and now, I was a tenderfoot. I tried to walk back but only got as far as the side yard. Stepping on the rocky path really hurt. I couldn't walk back so I yelled for Wanda. At first she didn't hear me so I yelled, louder. When she did hear me she thought I fell off the ladder or worse.

After I was rescued I finished the light fixture project and looked for a good spot to hide a key.

Now that the door has been up a couple of days I'm getting used to the look. (and the lock) It reminds me of an entrance into a courtyard patio in New Orleans. Last night we had the door open until 10PM. In the evenings we usually have a west to easterly breeze. Having the door open now gives us wonderful cross ventilation. I am very happy with the door and very happy I didn't attempt the installation. Wanda and I are talking to one another so it was well worth the $97 bucks.

I just finished skimming an article about the Supreme Court and a California law. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down California's law that would have banned the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, saying that it violates the First Amendment.

The court voted 7-2 to strike down the law, which was passed in 2005. The law was sponsored by Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, then an assemblyman and now a state senator, and was backed strongly by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Arnold didn't want impressionable kids playing violent video games but watching Terminator movies was OK.

And, here is a good one:
NEW YORK — A former vice president of Citigroup Inc was charged on Monday with embezzling more than $19 million from the company's accounts. The money was stolen over a 19 month period, between May 2009 and December 2010. One million dollars a month can obviously slip in under the radar.

The alleged fraud went unnoticed until a recent internal audit of Citigroup's internal treasury department. A Citigroup investigator immediately informed the authorities, according to an affidavit from a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

A representative for Citigroup said the bank was "outraged."

"Citi informed law enforcement immediately upon discovery of the suspicious transactions and we are cooperating fully to ensure the "bad guy" is prosecuted to the full extent of the law," the bank said in a statement.

I guess when company executives steal from each other it's a major crime. When they steal from us, the public, it's not a problem.