Off the top of my head, I can come up with at least a dozen things I find wrong with both Sarah Palin and W. But one thing that I refuse to hold against them is their pronunciation of the word “nuclear.” I’m actually going to cut them some slack on that one, because while [...]
Archive for the ‘That Darn Cat’ Category
6 Oct
Still, small voice
There are very few things about my religious upbringing that I think about very often. But it can’t be denied that 20 years of Sunday School is going to have some kind of affect. Of the handful of things from church that I liked, one was the concept of the “still, small voice.” In short, [...]
2 Oct
I tried to sleep my way to the top: but my alarm clock always wakes me right up
The great catfight of 2008 has broken out again. The short armistice brought on by the new apartment and the new meds has been broken by Micki and Lucy. Like clockwork, they fight at 3AM every morning. I wake up, scoop up Micki, put her in the bedroom and lock the door, trying to enjoy [...]
18 Aug
The top 10 things I learned this weekend
Two days is not enough time to be considered “time off.” If you’re planning on going out of town for a weekend in the month of August, just take Friday off. Everyone else is doing it, so it’s not like you can reach anyone you need to anyway. SisterAlyson has definite ideas about music that [...]
11 Aug
Cat in a box
There’s got to be some phrase, probably in French, to describe what happens when one learns a new word, phrase, or concept and then sees said word, phrase or concept everywhere one goes. For instance, my mother learned the alternate definition of the word “cougar” and then she heard it everywhere, and subsequently found a [...]
17 Jul
8. The _________ Animal Hospital
Micki and I had to go to the vet yesterday. She had thrown up all over the place while I was away on Monday night, and she wasn’t eating her food, and looking generally lethargic. She’s feeling better now that she’s been given some fluids, and we should get test results later today. In the [...]
11 Jul
And a 1/2!
Today I’m officially 30 and a half. In my family, we always celebrated half birthdays with the same aplomb as regular birthdays. Part of the reason was for the milestone, and part was because what other better reason is there to have a cake in July? (Or March and April for my all fall-born family.) [...]
3 Jul
Scattershot
My brain’s halfway on vacation already, and I’m assuming that it’s the same for many of you, even though for most of us, “vacation” just means having off on Friday. So why not a little randomness? A. I just started reading a book called “Wrack and Ruin,” because a friend of mine at Norton told [...]
26 Jun
Someone’s getting mailed to Abu Dhabi
Well, it happened. I got a second cat. Meet Lucy: (Potential nickname change pending.) She was my neighbor’s cat. Six or seven years ago, she was found as a kitten, curled up in the backseat of my neighbor’s friend’s car, having crawled through an open window. The friend had to give her up when she [...]
5 Jun
Quick update…
The weather report says only a scant chance of scattered rain, so I’m gearing up to bike to work again! So I’ll make this quick before I go. Firstly: I know you were all so very concerned about the other {Noelle Tannenbaum} who (accidentally) used my social security number in 2005 and caused me to [...]
