Rain, Rain GO AWAY!!

Well, Happy Day of Flooding #2!!! It's absolutely raining cats and dogs outside!! Don't step in a poodle!!! SO SORRY!!! I just couldn't resist. As you've probably figured out by now, it's like the monsoons here again. The forcasters are calling for up to 3 inches today. Since it rained like this for 3 days over the weekend, we are all under flash flood and flood warnings. A lot of the county school systems are closing nearby. The county where I'm from was closed on Monday due to flooding. I imagine it won't be long before they turn schools out today too.

Last night I made my second visit to Curves. It went by even faster, since I wasn't getting the walk through on how to use the machines. After I got home, I took Bear out for his walk. It has been so unseasonably warm this month. It was still over 60 degrees when I took Bear out. It did make for a nice walk to look at all of the Christmas lights. We went down into the lower subdivision and looked at a virtual winter wonderland. On foot we were able to take all the time we wanted to look. I really enjoyed it. BUT no walk tonight. It would be more like a swim if we went out! When I got back home, Casey had made another fab dinner. This one was country southern to the max: fried chicken, green beans, and fried corn!! YUMMY! I'm mighty glad there were left overs, so I could pack a lunch this morning. I'm not stepping foot out of the building today.

Today will be a slow day work wise. It is the official study day before finals begin. There's hardly anyone on campus. We are holding our annual Christmas Student Assistant Appreciation Party today. We have some fabulous student assistants. We couldn't do it without them. It was quite something to see all the faculty and staff members hauling in the food in the rain this morning. I'm gonna go and try to get some work done. I'll be updating the photoblog later today too! I've posted another interesting article that I found over on Barb's" Blog. The cartoon is another funny from Andrea. Who says cats aren't smart????????

Online School That Gave Cat an MBA Is Sued

Tue Dec 7, 7:46 AM ET

By MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press Writer

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania attorney general's office Monday sued an online university for allegedly selling bogus academic degrees — including an MBA awarded to a cat.

Trinity Southern University in Texas, a cellular company and the two brothers who ran them are accused of misappropriating Internet addresses of the state Senate and more than 60 Pennsylvania businesses to sell fake degrees and prescription drugs by spam e-mail, according to the lawsuit.

Investigators paid $299 for a bachelor's degree for Colby Nolan — a deputy attorney general's 6-year-old black cat — claiming he had experience including baby-sitting and retail management.

The school, which offers no classes, allegedly determined Colby Nolan's resume entitled him to a master of business administration degree; a transcript listed the cat's course work and 3.5 grade-point average.

The state is seeking a permanent injunction, civil penalties, costs and restitution for violating consumer law and restrictions on unsolicited e-mail ads.

Prosecutors said more than 18,000 illegal e-mails were sent out this year with links to Trinity Southern's Web address, including 300 that appeared to originate from the Internet servers of Pennsylvania companies and institutions.

Among the alleged victims are Penn State University and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as numerous Internet service providers, businesses and technology companies.

The defendants are the school; Innovative Cellular and Wireless Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas; Alton Scott Poe of St. Cloud, Fla., vice chancellor and dean of admission for Trinity; and Craig Barton Poe of Frisco, Texas, president of Innovative Cellular.

A phone message left at Trinity Southern was not returned Monday. None of the other three defendants appears to have a listed or published phone number.