Living with coyotes XXVII

Arizona: Coyote enters house through doggie door, stays for 30 minutes

Today's news round-up

Good News

• GOP senator may have accidentally made Dems' point What he fails to grasp is that the public will see the group that is blocking the funding authorization as the cause of the government shutdown. Underlying this failure, is that I don't believe he really sees the legislative branch, including himself, as being a part of the government.
• Minnesota DQ manager's good deed gets attention
• Obamacare supporters in Ohio begin petition drive to expand Medicaid
• Russia 'seizes' Greenpeace ship after Arctic rig protest

Bad News

• Anti-terror program tracks innocents, ACLU says
• Creepy Obamacare ad hits college campuses and your nightmares
• Putin may stand for fourth term as president of Russia He's an autocrat, regardless of how he obtains office.

Semi-random thoughts

• Fresh Direct sends an e-mail after they pack your order, listing the quantity ordered and the quantity being delivered for each item, the exact weight for the pay by weight items, etc. My current e-mail states that I ordered 2 red peppers, but they're only going to deliver 1.95.
• I just put in my application for a Medicare Advantage plan. Even though my prescription costs will be higher, I estimate I will be saving around $10,000 per year (after taxes) over my current individual health insurance.
• From the Jumping the Gun Department: An e-mail from McAfee with the subject "Renew Your McAfee Security Today" says "Security Expires Soon." My subscription expires on March 16, 2014.

Public service announcement

Estimated taxes are due tomorrow.

Arizona State 32, Wisconsin 30, Officials 0

I can accept a loss when the other team out-plays us. But when mistakes (and I do mean plural) by the officials in the final seconds of the game deprive us of the chance to try for the win, that's unacceptable. (Arizona State 32, Wisconsin 30, Officials 0)

UPDATE: Pac-12 reprimands officials