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OK mini-rant about the news media ( Read more... ) -
Birds! On TV! (Cat photos)
Misty has recently become interested in watching TV, something she has never been interested in before ( Read more... ) -
In or out, cat!
The problem with letting the cats out on their harnesses is that Misty becomes unhappy if I close the door. She doesn't necessarily want to GO in, mind you. She just wants to be ABLE to go in if she decides she wants to ( Read more... ) -
Answers that make you go, hmmm.
In previous semesters I've asked a question about my cats on the first midterm that involved correlation. This semester I left the correlation question off, and asked a question about my cats involving regression to the mean ( Read more... ) -
Copper and Bronze Metal Clay Pendants
I made these at a "Metal Clay Madness" day held by the same instructor that I took the silver PMC class from. The copper and bronze clays are newer than the silver clays (and made by a different manufacturer) and so are more experimental. The first time I went back for a finishing session they weren't fully sintered and several of them had broken ( Read more... ) -
I love my cats... but I will never understand them.
Last night, at different times, BOTH Misty and Stormy attempted to jump on my dining table. I say "attempted" because both cats, just as their front paws touched the table, saw the terrifying object that was occupying the surface. Upon spying this awful object, the cats twisted almost in midair (an impressive maneuver) and landed back on the ( Read more... ) -
My photos of the Great Ames Flood of 2010
Or at least, hopefully the only Ames flood of 2010 ( Read more... ) -
Stormy! Bad cat!
Bonus cat photo. I call this one, "Stormy! Bad cat!"
( Come to think of it, Stormy probably thinks that's her name. ) -
Tomatoes
I arrived back in Iowa yesterday evening after a week-long trip to Denver to visit my parents. I had planned to pull something out of the freezer instead of cooking.
Then I saw what my tomato plants were up to while I was gone...
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Stained glass!
I missed the third week of my stained glass class becuase I was at the Moody Blues concert, but I made the 4th week today and finished my piece. Of course, it was a pretty simple piece ( Read more... )