A little levity for a difficult week in our world. I have been assured that no kitties were harmed in the making of this awesome audio clip.

My soul feels so violated The link actually reveals nothing about the topic of this post. I was just subjected to a dreamy JC Penny's commercial; A gorgeous couple sharing a beautiful, glorious day, love in the air... Bliss everywhere... All set to a bastardization of the immutable 80's classic "99 red balloons". You remember, the cold war angst, stirred red-hot by the then provocative mini-series "The Day After"? Annihilation of the planet was always just moments away? Yes, reduced to a kitschy consumer-centric jingle... Sort of like adapting Iron Maiden's "Run to the Hills" to advertise a weekend mountain getaway. The zeitgeist of my generation has been rendered trite and meaningless in the blink of an eye.