Our dear little Poesie meisje is quite ill and we don't have a clue if she'll make it:

our little Goddess, Poesie

in reference to the Michael Ross execution in CT:

"Ross' relatives argued he was suffering from "death row syndrome," in which a
person's mental state is degraded by being on death row for a long period --
causing a person to think it would be better to die".

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/13/ross.execution/index.html

I finally finished the book, "A Prayer For Owen Meany" by John Irving (thanks bezigebij)and I was rather blown away. It's a good read, full of symbolism, makes you think and has some amazing insights into human behavior and into the future. The book is copy write 1989 and takes place mostly in the 1960's. The character, Owen Meany, wrote the following in ( Read more... )

Yesterday for dinner I ate the cooked dark breast-meat from a baby pigeon. That statement sounds rather matter of fact, but before I opened my mouth, I had to play some serious mind games with myself in order to get psyched up to eat that stuff. Hubby and I were at the home of his dear old Aunt and Uncle who are for the most part farmers and grow ( Read more... )

My darling 16 year old Minnie is very sweet and loving, but incredibly dopey. I think it is because as a young kitten she was found along with her mother and several siblings in the basement of a restaurant by firemen. The restaurant had burned down and I often wonder if Minnie had suffered a bit of brain damage from smoke inhalation because she ( Read more... )

Our little 14 year old Subaru Mini-Jumbo passed at the inspection station yesterday. Even though it's not a powerful car, it's a fabulous little thing because it uses very little gasoline and is in really good condition. We were worried that it wouldn't make it through inspection, but it went through with flying colors! Yay...one less thing to ( Read more... )

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1601371,00.html

Yet one more reason why I can't stand the idiot.

It's nemethet's birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEM!!! YOU DA MAN!!!

I love you Dudie!

I have a question for you fellow cat owners...after your cat(s) have taken a big smelly dump in their litter box, do they begin to run around as if they're celebrating a Super Bowl win or getting an Olympic Gold medal? My freaky Nubbin cat, Minnie, gets so excited and happy after she has emptied her bowels that she runs from room to room and up ( Read more... )

Your Inner European is French!


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