TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT

“Don’t worry. Don’t be afraid. I’m the only companion you need. Don’t worry. Don’t be afraid. I’m the only…”

Aeswiren send the following which, in my bleaker moments, I find all too plausible.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police called to a Long Island man's house discovered the mummified remains of the resident, dead for more than a year, sitting in front of a blaring television set. The 70-year-old Hampton Bays, New York, resident, identified as Vincenzo Ricardo, appeared to have died of natural causes. Police said on Saturday his body was discovered on Thursday when they were called to the house over a burst water pipe.
"You could see his face. He still had hair on his head," Newsday quoted morgue assistant Jeff Bacchus as saying. The home's low humidity had preserved the body. Officials could not explain why the electricity had not been turned off, considering Ricardo had not been heard from since December 2005. Neighbors said when they had not seen Ricardo, who was diabetic and had been blind for years, they assumed he was in the hospital or a long-term care facility.

What I do wonder, though, is what channel ol’ Vincenzo had the TV tuned to, and since Long Island is hardly famous for its humidity, did he also have an a/c cranked up?

The secret word is Plug

The phrase "herding cats" was used last night on Battlestar Galactica.