A Conversation with my Boyfriend (or, Yes, it is About the Farm)

Van and I usually stay sort of "connected" online most of each work day. Here is a bit of today:

SB: hey, van?
what's the difference between html and xml?
Van: html is one kind of xml
SB: can xml be opened in firefox?
Van: usually
Van: ie too
SB: thx
Van: sure

Later...

SB: whoa, we just had some drama on the farm
Van: oh yeah?
SB: big fuss among the chickens, so i went running out
saw a bobcat standing between the barn & the paddock
: looking at the ducks & chickens
: they were all squawking and hissing
Van: damn
: but the bobcat looked at me, then turned & ambled--ambled!--into the woods
: so casual, like, okay, this one's yours
Van: heh
SB: so i went back inside
: and a few hours later (30 min ago)
: the same kerfuffle in the barn
: i went running out, and so did Danny, picking up a stick on his way
: actually, before i ran out i looked out the window & saw the same bobcat
: in the paddock this time
: with a white rooster in its mouth, dragging the rooster along
: that's when we went running out
: Danny with his stick
: i said, Danny, I'm not comfortable with you taking on a full grown bobcat, stand down, let me go first
: he very reluctantly let me go first
: but by the time we got to the gate into the Home Meadow,
: all we could see was a trail of white feathers.
: Bobcat, 4 (this week!)
: Me, 1
: The brown duck is missing
: the guinea hen is missing
: the mother duck is missing
: and now the white rooster
: so i knocked on matt's door
: and told him he was down by one rooster
: he said
: "Sei la vie."
: (or however that is spelled)
: we had a conference
: the two of us decided to keep the last rooster here (he has a friend who wants it)
: so that, when the bobcat comes back (note that I didn't say "if")
: he will get the rooster and leave my ducks alone
: Now, that's neighborly.
: dontcha think?
Van: heh