since my roommate and i started keeping her cat out of the basement, she (the cat) hasn't brought us any small dead mammals. this was after a high of three in one day, so i at least am palpably relieved. also from the palpable relief department, one of my midterms had a question that the entire class got wrong. so my professor gave everyone the points for it. i complain a lot about school being too easy. i detest this sort of grade inflation. in theory.