What is it about cats and boxes? Ask Maru.
I know they like cozy spaces. It tickles me to see our cats scuffle snuggle down in their choice of the innumerable boxes in our house. Here is Snoopy enjoying a respite in one of many Amazon boxes: Maru, the box-obsessed Asian Kitty on YouTube, would concur. Too small box and Maru: He takes [...]
World’s Best Boss cake for Steve Carrell
Howie and I are huge fans of NBC’s The Office. Steve Carrell is a big part of that, so I’m really bummed to see him leave the show. Fortunately, the rest of the cast is terrific, so I hope it can keep the momentum. I really don’t want to see The Office jump the shark. [...]
What does your taste in art say about you?
Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test… Balanced, Secure, and Realistic. 22 Impressionist, 8 Islamic, 10 Ukiyo-e, -25 Cubist, -20 Abstract and 2 Renaissance! Impressionism is a movement in French painting, sometimes called optical realism because of its almost scientific interest in the actual visual experience and effect of light [...]
Forget girls on trampolines; how about dogs, cats & foxes?
Yesterday, Life with Dogs featured a video of two American bulldogs playing on a trampoline. Here’s that video: That tickled my funnybone and motivated me to search out more videos of dogs jumping or playing on trampolines. These are some of my favorites from my browsing today. And lest you think only dogs enjoy trampolines, [...]
Dogs, grief and gratitude
Our year ended on a sad note as we said goodbye to our sweet old girl, Sarah. She was our coffee-loving, bean crunching girl. We got her in 1999, the same year we bought our house. Howie and I both grew up with dogs and loved them, but as renters we’d not been able to [...]
Music theory websites, books, DVD’s and software
This post’s dedicated to all the musicians of the world. I am a musician, though I don’t read music. I have good pitch, but play by ear; I started with guitar by learning how to play based on basic guitar chord charts and transferred my skills to piano by seeing what notes made up the [...]
