Reviews, Recipes, and Random Slices of Life

• Today's temperature range: 2 to -6 F. ::shivery shudder::
• The cabbie looked at Carl and shook his head. "Two constables came and dragged him away. I thought the mannikin seemed sad afterward." #nwm
• "Mayhap she just mirrored what the audience wanted, though, like she was ordered. I don't know more." Maybe, but Carl knew who would. #nwm
• -- After an hour wrangling stupid mortgage people to get insurance check cashed,
• -- Came home to find Fu Manchu had left wreckage of broken glass and scattered origami flowers in my study.
• Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! (heartwarming) ping.fm/Kuuwr
• Best ad email subject line today: "You Are Feeling Generous with the Meow Mix, yes...."

• Wasn't craving chocolate but decided eating it was appropriate under the circumstances.
• Now sorting m&ms by color. Disproportionate amounts of orange, very little yellow or green.
• Honesty in marketing? ping.fm/3GKl3
• If you need a laugh, read this catalog: ping.fm/osKDg
• Cheery, unless you have a heart of stone: ping.fm/iRgdc

• 09:32 --- Do *not* need dreams of dealing with housing contractors, thieves, and raped friends who show up on my doorstep for help, thankyouvmuch!
• 13:41 +++ Kitten stopped playing, went "Whrrrt?" and trundled across the room at high speed to use his litter box . Good kitten!
• 14:44 22.4 GB of photos = Very Unhappy computer with only 28.1 MB of space left. Lots of warning messages. Very bad. Very sad Abra.
• 14:52 -- Think I need 2 TB hard drives. #1 to keep older photos on. #2 to backup all photos/writing and keep at friend's place in case.
• 15:18 1 mo. post-surgery, I find that they *did* mail me pre-surgery instructions--in May. My to-do pile ate them. Bad to-do pile.
• 18:33 Phil, during a debate about whether kitten's butt needed cleaning: "I didn't say I was a good mama cat, honey! I'm a boy cat!"

...you ran away from Lincoln School in second grade. You left a note decorated with hearts:

Dear Mary,

I'v ran away don't wory im alwes arawnd here, I think i'm independent!

Your's Dearly,
Abra

all Be Home for super!

• 14:22 My cats are cute, but not that cute: ping.fm/UzO5W
• 14:26 ping.fm/cgbUs
• 14:34 Beautiful, surreal (and a couple borderline NSFW) paintings on wood (via BoingBoing): ping.fm/B2vki
• 23:08 + Had lovely eve at the Chatterbox, drinking root beer and playing hand & foot.

• 00:03 Pro tip: After martial arts class, I throw sparring armor into the bathtub and shower over it. Not as good as soaking with bleach, but g ...
• 01:21 Snoring cats are super-cute. They're quiet enough not to be obnoxious, but who doesn't love a cute flawed thing?
• 12:47 "The Twouble with Twitter" (vid, SFW, via @pegkerr) is hilarious and pointed. All fear the Fail Whale! ping.fm/Tt3Go

• 16:56 Foundling stands on his hind legs and wraps his paws around the door handle when he wants to leave a room. So cute!

• 15:47 Listening to music with birdsong in it brings an inquisitive cat to my study. Cute.

• 15:05 Aw. Phil feels sad he shouldn't steal hairsticks from my hair because he's sick.
• 18:59 This has the Power of Cute to cheer anyone up: ping.fm/PlNe3

• 06:53 Two very young squirrels are pouncing and frolicking in the back yard. ::slain by cute:: #
• 14:36 Worked, mailed off photos, renewed ID, deposited check, at home found men in alley sternly warning me of danger of being robbed in alley. #
• 14:37 Charlaine Harris' "From Dead to Worse" a creditable addition to the series, which reminds me a lot of Robin McKinley's "Sunshine." #
• 16:49 It's strangely appropriate that I'm printing all my materials for the 4th Street Fantasy convention on the back of old redmarked manuscripts #
• 23:09 Agh! Light rail is going to be shut down during part of the time I was planning on using it to get to the convention! Darn apartment complex #