When I came back from walking pups today, I saw a slip in my box for packages. I got excited as I've been waiting on a few. I wondered which it would be...much to my surprise, there were 4 packages waiting for me! One of them contained some new shoes...all for me!
I'm so excited about them, I just can't stand it. I've not always been a fashionable person and I've only really started to get into a lot of trends that have been around for awhile. One thing I've always liked are boots, but I've also known that they can be stupidly expensive. I've lusted after many a pair, but either don't have the guts or money to buy them. That was until my roommate introduced me to CutesyGirl. Everything was cheap, so how could I resist? I don't mean they were $40 cheap. I mean $25 or less cheap!! Plus they have tons of sales all the time.
I thought it was a slight risk thinking they might not be great quality or look crap, but when they arrived I was pleasantly surprised. Lookie!!! And yes, that's a pair of purple suede boots in the bottom corner :) :)
Now for all you foot fetish peeps, here's a close up of my fave pair.
While watching Zach give the cats a good workout by means of a high-power laser pointer, a thought occurred to me:
When used in a particular way, a laser pointer is essentially a virtual tether with which one can literally slam a cat against a wall.
You can also fling a cat down the stairs or even into a hapless victim’s lap as he sits distracted by his game of Super Smash Bros. Fact is, a cat will pretty much go anywhere a glowing red dot goes. They'll even do it in teams!
Whenever all four of us have to be away from the house at the same time, we make sure all the kittehs are closed off downstairs mainly because Dioji is a moody terrier and cannot be trusted. This past Thanksgiving Day was one of those times and Zach was assigned pet segregation detail. He proceeded to do this, believe it or not, by leading them all down in one big group with his laser pointer.
I was hell of impressed.
Alright, I know the title of the post made it sound like some major scientific breakthrough had been discovered. And sure, adding “major” might be too much, but Zachary’s discovery really is quite a breakthrough!
Have you ever tried to herd cats?
Last week we celebrated our Deputy Director's 20th anniversary with the City, and of course i was commissioned to make posters... so i included this picture, with the title,
He's a good sport about it, this was taken during a fundraiser one of the other branches had won, so he and our trainer had to dress up in these pretty aprons to serve the employees...
I've acquired some awesome new neighbors since last Winter Solstice. I want you all to stick around, so I feel I should give you a warning. I have a reindeer obsession. Yes, every year I become a wide-eyed freak over the critters.
I'm not much of an ungulate person. I mostly study small carnivores, ground dwellers and birds. Beginning December 1st, I run around stores blindly grabbing every reindeer ornament and throw pillow in sight (I eventually calm down and put them back before the store clerks call Security).
Blame my old college friend for making me watch Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, I guess. She watched it every year and yes, she used to cry during the movie. I love the Island of Misfit Toys and King Moonracer as much as anyone, but.....
I don't usually distinguish between caribou (wild ungulates) and reindeer (domesticated caribou) although I think reindeer are a bit cuter and fuzzier with their decorative blankets. I hope I don't bore everyone with my reindeer and caribou rants.
Greenpeace Finland's Reindeer page
I'm a political moderate. Most people think that means that my beliefs are boring as cardboard. I just want everyone to get along. Compromise. Actually nothing could be further from the truth. When I express my belifes, I usually manage to tick off everybody.
I don't like Obama's health care plan. He needs to ditch it and try again later. Although I'm 100 percent pro choice, I actually agree that taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for abortions. Let's fact it, except for special circumstances, pregnancy is not usually an illness.
The right-wing has tried to ban birth control and sex ed. In high schools, sex ed programs teach boys and girls what it's like to care for a baby, and how to avoid pregnancy. By killing the single payer option, conservatives have ensured that underprivileged women might want an abortion.. They make sure that poor pregnant women and children will not have access to vital health care.
And by the way I have a new favorite politician. Congressman Kucinich. Despite the temporary setback on health care, he knows we're headed in the right direction with this. Here is a petition he drafted - it calls for Universal Health Care for America. Thanks a million to everyone who's contributed to my health care blogs, and thanks to Lil Treva for alerting me to the Congressman's greatness. I think Obama could use a wake up call, don't you? No nation in its right mind would allow children to go without medical care.
**I should add that as a biologist I see my role as preserving life. Trees, voles. Pregnancy is the beginning of life. I would like to see free women's health care clinics, free birth control (I mean really, Viagara is covered by health insurance!!) and better adoption services. Why don't we ever hear about these issues when we discuss abortion?
Saw this as I left my building this morning...
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here click through to see the photographs. seriously, one of the best things I've seen all year
http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/12/07/091207_audioslideshow_platon
http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/12/07/091207_audioslideshow_platon
the url in the link is not working. the above *should* work.
- 20:44 @BigGirlBlue awee poor kitty, soon enough they will be BFF's though! #
- 10:42 7-11's salads aren't too bad...lil over priced but what isn't these days... #
- 15:09 Argh, craving some hot wings!! Dinner? #
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From Good Morning America in 2004....still good, interesting bit....
