I used to have a rule: no serious horror movies.  Scary stuff would bubble away in the back of my head until it erupted - usually somewhere around 2 a.m. - and a mostly sleepless night would ensue while evil things scuttled around the corners of my brain.
Because the effects of horror movies were so [...]

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 [...]

Imagine, if you will, a fat "plokplokplokplokplokplokplokplokplokplokplokplok" sound from the kitchen.
Me: "What are you doing in there?"
John: "I’m filling the olive oil container.  I kind of like the sound it makes."
Me: "Are you going to end up pouring olive oil all over the counter because you like the sound?"

So, what would you do if your cute man, the fixer of household brokenness, the chef de cuisine , the guy who cheerfully accompanies you to Maryland Sheep and wool (next weekend! yippee!), the fellow with the big booming laugh you just adore - yeah, that guy - what would you say if he asked [...]

I have a real fascination with Rube Goldberg machines.  I don’t have the right sort of brain to come up with them, but I love them.  When I was out visiting Marie and her family, and her kids were playing with their Mousetrap game (as opposed to playing Mousetrap, which is a very different thing), [...]

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, [...]

Just go listen to this.  I dare you to listen without feeling hope, without appreciating this man’s gentle dignity, without joy at his accomplishment. 
Go on - I dare you.

An Engineer’s Guide to Cats - so cute.

Mischief managed, as the Harry Potter fans say.  My friend Daisy’s superior WordPress-fu has moved me off of Yahoo (which does some wonky things to WordPress installations) and on to her own hosting service.  Dang, but she’s a fast bugstomper.  We still have some odd characters showing up in old posts, courtesy of some database [...]