Wine, Music and Cats

Shay has a good point. How could a large mega-company force a small, privately held company to sell? Well, the rest of the story was like this. An executive from the mega-company in question was overheard saying in a public place that they would either purchase us, or grind us into the dirt. This company…

Not me. The Kitten from Hell. She decided to go trick or treating in the apartment last night, after we retired. She found herself a nice, newly opened can of Pounce treats, knocked them off the top of the microwave, chewed the lid off, and ate the entire freaking can. Of course, she barfed the…

I think what makes us [cat people] feel superior is not that we have a cat in our homes, but that a cat has found us acceptable to live with. There’s a thrill in that that a dog owner will never know. -Haskel Frankel, Foreword to Dr. L. J. Camuti’s book “All My Patients Are…

The Prof and I went to see local small town fireworks for the fourth. It’s been years (and years and years) since I went to a fireworks show. I was prepared for something somewhat less than optimal, but I ended up really impressed by the show. There were a few fireworks I’d never seen before,…

I’m not sure where I was July 23th. I was one week into the new Big Box Pharmacy job, and wrapped up in my own little world apparently. I wasn’t listening to much radio, wasn’t reading much news, wasn’t communicating with friends more than the occasional two-line email. And yet the news that Amy Winehouse…

I think I’m mostly recuperated from my big concert adventure now. I have to reiterate that a day of exhaustion was absolutely a price worth paying for seeing that show. I don’t think I’ll be purchasing any more concert tickets in the near future though. Worth it or not, I can only pay this price…