Blog archives for June, 2009


Archive for June, 2009

Friday, June 19th, 2009

I love you both very much.  I’m not really much of a cat person, but you guys are okay, you know?  You’re good with the dogs, you don’t eat the goldfish.  You don’t shed too much.  And you both have an element of charm and personality that is nice in a cat.  For example, laying [...]

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Because I’m working on art and jewelry today.  I even have ideas.  But I have a bunch of pictures to finish, and jewelry to make.  Because, at some point, I actually have to get paid for doing something.  Blogs are great, but the pay sucks and there’s no dental.
J

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

If I see one more commercial for “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here”, I will scream.  Do we have the option of simply putting Speidi back on the show and then just leaving them all there? 
Why is the Today show featuring “Real Housewives” as guest hostesses while Kathie Lee is on vacation.  I [...]

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Facebook has a little something for everyone.  I don’t play Mafia Wars, for example, but I do kidnap my friends to my hideout in Rio de Janeiro periodically.  And I update my status on a regular basis.  I also shamelessly shlep the blog there.  I’m a Facebook “fan” of the Coast Guard, Amelia Earhart, and geocaching. 
I thought [...]

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Recently it came to my attention that my blogs about the relative state of my kaleidoscopic brain were too personal for some.   That reading about my unprofessional self-analysis and pain felt like voyeurism.  I suppose it probably would make some uncomfortable.  Newsflash – it should make you uncomfortable.  I believe, that somewhere deep down, there [...]

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

I have to confess, I haven’t read “Katie”, mostly because it hasn’t been released yet, but when it is, I will.  I’ll probably even send a copy to my nephews.  “Katie” is the story of a western diamondback rattlesnake, told from the point of view of the snake, but also the biologists who interact in [...]

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

It is funny, how the world works.  Sometimes the tragic, the near disaster, can drive us apart, and sometimes it deepens our understanding of each other and our lives.  Every once in a while you get those whacks upside the head that explain “why”.  If you’re lucky, you get them before it’s too late.
On Monday [...]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Caught the right bus in Everett - good
Lunch at Jasmine – really good
Downtown public library – beautiful
Watching city bus become derailed – interesting
Pike Place Market gelato – fabulous
Discovering Pike Place Market White Rabbit – Very cool.
Finding picture of stylized Chinese greyhounds, and getting my name painted in Chinese on it – Cool
Gooey taffy crap stuck [...]

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

I’ve heard everything.  It is official.  PETA objects to the Pike Place Market fishmongers throwing fish.  For those unfamiliar, the fish-throwing thing is an entertainment staple and part of the defining imagery of the Market. 
Actually, the uproar started when the American Veterinary Medical Association wanted to invite the fish-throwers to their convention as a team-building [...]

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Yesterday at about 5:30 Tara managed to get out of the yard.  I noticed that only Morgan and Nike were inside on the couch and went looking and she was just gone.  We have six foot chain link fence and all the gates were shut.  Nick and I immediately canvassed the neighborhood on foot and [...]