+define_yeti_alias less='lesser'
+define_yeti_alias mo='lesser'
+define_yeti_alias more='lesser'
+define_yeti_alias lesser='bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/lesser.sh'
+
+##############
+
+# some aliases that are just generally nice to have.
+define_yeti_alias aliases=alias
+define_yeti_alias calc='galculator'
+define_yeti_alias cd..='\cd ..'
+define_yeti_alias cd...='\cd ../..'
+define_yeti_alias cd....='\cd ../../..'
+define_yeti_alias cd.....='\cd ../../../..'
+define_yeti_alias np='gvim'
+define_yeti_alias up='cd ..'
+
+##############
+
+# some information about the feisty meow codebase itself.
+
+define_yeti_alias feisty_branch='pushd $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX ; git branch ; popd'
+
+##############
+
+# some important retreads on aliases that provide a sudo-ized version of other scripts.
+
+define_yeti_alias snarf_linux_config="sudo -E PERLLIB=\$PERLLIB perl \$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/archival/snarf_linux_config.pl"
+define_yeti_alias add_domain="sudo bash \$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/system/add_domain.sh"
+define_yeti_alias remove_domain="sudo bash \$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/system/remove_domain.sh"
+define_yeti_alias add_apache_site="sudo bash \$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/system/add_apache_site.sh"
+define_yeti_alias remove_apache_site="sudo bash \$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/system/remove_apache_site.sh"
+define_yeti_alias add_swap_mount="sudo bash \$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/system/add_swap_mount.sh"
+
+##############
+
+# extended aliases for meta-operations.
+define_yeti_alias dvd_rip='vobcopy -m'
+define_yeti_alias blu_rip='echo "what would this command be?"'
+define_yeti_alias mplayer='\mplayer -ao arts'
+define_yeti_alias play='bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/multimedia/sound_play.sh'
+
+##############
+
+# some really eccentric feisty meow aliases...
+
+# launches a bash session in the background using the screen command.
+define_yeti_alias bashido='screen -L -S bashido -d -m bash'
+
+# says goodbye when leaving a shell.
+define_yeti_alias bye='. $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/processes/goodbye.sh'
+
+define_yeti_alias cputemp='acpi -t'
+
+# makes root user's home directory's permissions right.
+define_yeti_alias reroot='chown -R root:root /root'
+
+# yes, these what/who/why functions are really helpful...
+define_yeti_alias whoareyou='echo -e "Hello, I am a computer named $(hostname)\nand I am very pleased to meet you."'
+define_yeti_alias whereami='echo whoa dude, try not to think about it...'
+define_yeti_alias why='echo We all wonder what the point of the universe is at times. If you figure it all out, please write us.'
+
+# done with loading up regular aliases now...
+
+##############
+
+# remove the "fredization" or "feistymeowization" macros if they're defined,
+# which reduces the chance of loading the shell environment twice for users
+# like root that don't load feisty meow automatically.
+unalias fredme feistyme &>/dev/null