Woke up this morning, nearly wet.

The waterbed I've owned for 22 years sprung a leak. I don't know if it's due to the cats, who occasionally like to knead the bed as they knead my chest, or perhaps the dogs, one of whom jumped into bed above Tanya's head when a thunderstorm scared her (the dog, not my wife).

At least it's a small leak. As an undergraduate in college I had the unfortunate experience of waking up with my feet in a foot of water when the seam split on the side of the mattress. At least it woke me up! I used buckets to drain it as the water hose wouldn't work.

I've owned this mattress at least three or four years, so I don't feel upset about paying the $50 it'll take to replace it. I'll even buy some new waterbed sheets, since you seldom find those at the local discount stores. I'll use the water hose today to drain it, but I cannot get another mattress until tomorrow. Even then, I'll have to wait until Thanksgiving to sleep on it to let it warm up. Joy.

As such, I don't have time for a SEC recap, but just a moment for a Razorback Reaction.

Arkansas did what it had to do to win against Mississippi State, taking the SEC-West outright for the first time since 1995. At 10-1, they've already won more than anyone expected after the USC stomping in the first game of the season. Houston Nutt finally broke the 10-game barrier.

I expect Friday's game against LSU to be one of the more memorable games in the history of The Boot. The Tigers didn't exactly come away smelling like roses in a victory over Ole Miss. But history beckons the Razorbacks as they could become the first team to finish the regular-season SEC slate undefeated since my alma mater accomplished the feat on its way to the 1998 national championship.

The cat crosses my keyboard and drops into my lap to start kneading while I try to replace the mistakes he left on my paper. He's covered with dead grass or leaves or whatever he's been rolling around in this morning. He sounds like a loose belt in a V-8 when he starts purring in between attempts to stop my writing. After all, he is Kilroy and he expects his intensive petting session to commence immediately.

Hope everyone enjoys the holidaze before us. Until.