The ugly: we spent the entire weekend obsessing over fleas. In 8.67 years of living with multiple cats, they have never had fleas. Admittedly, our cats have been outside (on leashes) more lately than ever but I also think the
Pointless observation about the weather
96 degrees at 8:30. Wow. And just think: it was nearly 30 degrees cooler in the office. I hate that.
Fighting crime with bunny ears
Fighting crime with bunny ears, originally uploaded by Kate O’. At the North End Night Out Against Crime: S-townMike, me, & Hutchmo. This is picture #2 because they wanted to suck in their guts. Of course, my own gut looks
Creative reuse
Good to see that Hall & Oates have a healthy attitude about allowing their music to be repurposed, even if that repurposing is done with more than a hint of irony. Speaking from his home outside of Aspen, Oates credits
Bullhorn at the polling place?
Bullhorn at the polling place?, originally uploaded by Kate O’. Doesn’t this violate at least the spirit of the “no soliciting votes within 100 feet” rule? ETA: I know the picture doesn’t get the details across, but the people in
The amazing resurrecting lilies!
I didn’t think I was in the mood to do it, but I did it. I got outside right after breakfast (which, by the way, was a waffle with diced mango and kiwi along with my absolute favorite coffee, Bongo
“Notable.” Ha!
Liberadio included me in its roundup of “notable” bloggers endorsing Briley. Or, well, now that I read it again more closely, I guess they called the endorsement notable. Not so much me. Oh well, back to insignificance.
It’s Briley for me, too
S-townMike has decided he wants Briley for the next mayor of Nashville. I’m so glad to read that. Anyone who’s seen our front yard (or pictures of our front yard) in recent weeks knows we’re a Briley household. But I
I can has beef and broccoli?
I made beef-style seitan on Sunday and stir-fried it with broccoli for dinner last night, and just ate leftovers of that for lunch. I am very pleased with the results. Yes. Very pleased. That is all.
Unexpected efficiency: the government edition
Karsten and I both just went through the rigamarole to get our passports processed, and although we have several months before we’re planning to take our European vacation, we’ve heard enough horror stories about delayed applications that we decided to