raybear | Call for submissions.

1. Any folks out there with a Mac who'd like to help me out with Microsoft Word (I have OS X)? I don't have $200 bucks to buy the real deal, but I have other ways of exchanging goods or favors.

2. Our new kitchen has been the location of some roach sightings -- just those little small ones that seem to be more prominent in Chicago. I'm not completely opposed to high power chemical poisons or those little black disks you stick on the counters, but since there's a dog and a cat in the household, I do worry about them getting sick. Anyone know about non-crazy chemical solutions that work? For some reason I remember reading about using borax, but that might have been for ants, and am I supposed to just sprinkle it all over the kitchen since I haven't found a source or hideout for the bugs yet? No thanks. Also, any experience with those high-frequency noise makers that are supposed to drive off bugs? Do they actually work and what brand and is it going to hurt the animals ears too?

I didn't like waking up to the news about Johnny Cash and John Ritter. But other than that, it's been a good morning.