Passion: This kind of good news.

Lucky Cat Survives Gas Chamber Twice - Sacramento News Story - KCRA Sacramento Yeah, Andrea!  So glad you found a home.  You are beautiful.  My two would have loved you so much.  You look like them.

Peeve:

The state of the nation and the state of the state.

Passion:

A new year has arrived and new intentions to continue on the path of ever improving health.  With Mika's help I can now walk a mile before my runny nose and watery eyes do me in!  Yoga is still awesome and has helped me quell the anxiety and worry that sometimes have plagued me.
I am loving every moment of life now and have soaring moments of joy just fixing breakfast, or watching the birds at the feeders.

Passion:

Mika, my new pooch.  After 5 dogless years I adopted a new girl's best friend.  The cats are tolerant and Mika is a wonderful companion  who loves her walks, and grooming sessions and watching NCIS with me.

Peeve:

The new definition of "stimulus"   i.e. to bail out, to spend other people's money.  Synonym: WPA, government micromanagement, redistribution of $.

Passion:

I just discovered khanacademy.org on Youtube after seeing the creator on John Stossel's special, Stupid in America.  How exciting.  This is how all education should be.  When I was in college, I thought all learning would be like this: self paced, with corrective feedback and tutorials when you needed special help.  Even then, we B.F Skinner followers knew that "programmed instruction"  worked to help all learners, not to simply bring down the slower weaker ones, as current methods do. Delighted to see some teachers incorporating the web lessons into their classrooms  so that they, the teachers,can really teach. 
I will be upgrading my math and science knowledge, and skill using  Khan's site.

Passion: This kind of humor.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-11-2011/sophie-s-choice---cats-vs--birds

click on the above.  I absolutely love this.