“These checks will be held for two weeks”, they said, “because they are very large and from New Jersey”This much is true But I am now home and my cat is angryHe looks up through his sloth with narrowed eyes He querulously naiows his consternationTonight I will sleep the sleep of a good man but my cat will not know rest. Burring hair on his back, whiskers fanned looking out on the rooftops with disdain and contempt at spots where other cats have sat outdoor cats cats with no collars no names cats that dig through dumpsters clawing towards the smell of day-old filets skittering perhaps like a word whispered into a wind on a moonless night in a dark alley behind the bank that holds my checks.Bank of America should not be in the business of angering cats.NOTE: Shortly after this purgative exercise I directed my energy more productively and changed banks. My new bank only holds checks for 5 days. Mike Kupietz , a reluctant scion of the postmodern age, is larger on the inside than the outside: perhaps not a composer, but a producer and arranger of sounds; nor a writer, but an avid writer-down; an occasional author of doggerel; an erstwhile urban hermit; and privately a man of very great ardor. He is, if now resigned to never succeeding at those personal and artistic pursuits he holds most dear, unwavering in his determination to fail at them as entertainingly as possible. He is currently in what he calls the "red bathrobe period" of his life. If you're wondering what all this has to do with FileMaker development or IT consulting: you done taken the wrong turn, this river don't go to Aintry—Mike's professional services are on his San Francisco FileMaker Pro consulting website. View All PostsPost navigationPrevious Post Ode To A Curl-Up BugNext PostThe Funniest Man In The World