Growing Old Disgracefully

Confucius say...

Published on June 28 2007

"When the writing is blocked, the blocked must go shopping". Maybe I can buy some inspiration. Or a good punching bag, at least.

.... you stink. Even though I can't see you, I know you're there.

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Iraqs Chemical Ali sentenced to hang - Yahoo News Two decades after Iraq's military laid waste to Kurdish villages, the Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," and two others to death for their roles in the...

Rudy was ill over the weekend, sneezing, coughing, sleepy and listless -- not a kitten at all, more like a furry little ball of snot. The sneezing wouldn't have been so bad, except that kittens don't cover their mouths when they sneeze. Yeah, it was like...

I was awakened this afternoon --yes, I'm working nights-- by a humongous crack of thunder and the sound of rain beginning. Which became heavy rain. And hail. Well, there goes the grass seed I threw out under the maple, floating away down the sidewalk........

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Chapter Two

Published on June 13 2007

In which our heroine discovers that, although she has always thought being six feet tall was an incredibly lucky wonderful thing and that her view of the world would always be a good one from this altitude, she can no longer get into her bed without a...

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Tuesday mangy kitten-blogging

Published on June 12 2007

He's kinda cute when he first wakes up in the morning, I gotta admit.

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asking for opinions...

Published on June 11 2007

Since none of you are opining on the Flickr pics, I'll ask it here instead. So the furniture-blogging is all YOUR fault. I loooove going furniture shopping. It's right up there with hitting my head against a wall repeatedly until I black out. So. I bought...

By *that*, I mean the plan to adopt the cat which #2 daughter begged for. I wanted an older cat. Calmer. Less need for attention and/or correction. Less likely to jump on the counters the second my back is turned. With short hair. Already "fixed". Maybe...