…No, it shall never be.  And to prove it, just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, several minutes of pointless video that might only be of interest to a small subset of my friends and relatives*:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrDbrlIofWE

“This is not how I am” indeed, Simon - get yer paws off of the coffee table.
Happy holiday [...]

Cute cat photos…

…and also arty cat photos

Things I have done recently include:

Going to see Eddie Izzard (love you!  Call me!)
Going to MD Sheep and Wool with friends
Purchasing a spindle and managing (with a quick tutorial from my friend Rachel) to actually produce yarn with it (portable spinning!  Brilliant!)

I will (hopefully) talk about these [...]

Okay - this one’s for the serious Milo fans…

…or the serious knitting content fans (”Look, ma!  Knitting!”).  I’m very lucky that none of our cats are terribly interested in playing with, eating, or otherwise molesting my knitting.  So here’s Milo, modeling the current status of the “Bee Fields” shawl.

And just because I’m geeky enough to [...]

We have both here today.  It has been pouring out for most of the day - a storm system stretches from north of us in the DC area down to Savannah.
For Milo, born in a summer drought, and having lived through one almost snowless winter, this is a novelty:

For Dash, who is terrified of thunder, [...]

Robynn has promised some 4theanimals dosh, so here’s my first YouTube effort to say “thanks!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYZYpWq9M6U

1. Thank you, Marilee, for being the first contributor to the Poplar Springs 5k fund! Her donation coincided with a particularly fortuitous afternoon’s snaps of the Smith household animals, so here’s a photographic “thank you” from those worthies:

2. Thanks to: a.) the fact that my husband actually reads the Birchmere’s occasional missives, b.) my [...]

…but MAN, the resemblance is scary (no, we’ve never even tried to put any of our cats on a leash).

This is a laptop, baby.

An unflappable double-laptop.

Smith shoots, it’s high….
OH! And it’s blocked by El Milo!
What a save - DC United’s defense is lucky to have such a promising young keeper…

Still not 100% in the old “healthy” column, but getting back a bit. I do, however, have some cute photos of my friends Miklos’ and Michelle’s first-born (second-born is due next month). Martin was terrifically intrigued by all our critters, though he was leery of Tosh at first.  He spread toddler cheer [...]