Category Archives: Humor

A Little Cute

The following post will take you to a short film of a very sweet interlude in a boy’s life. The video is created by the son of a friend of mine, and if you watch all two minutes you’ll be rewarded at the end. It’s cute, cute, cute! Everyone needs a little cute in his or her life. Here’s your dose.

Matchbook Films: The Walk Home

Alas

My brain churns with thoughts, but time and energy are limited. Here’s a stream-of-consciousness example of what’s on my mind these days (in no particular order):

  • The history of the Black Panther movement and the 60s culture (I went to an exhibition at the Yerba Buena galleries today).
  • Community and social capital, i.e., how technology reduces this in-person but presents new opportunities for community via the Internet.
  • Musing whether these changes in community signify the doom of humanity and wondering if I’m a cynical idealist or just a realist or if there’s a difference.
  • Netsquared and their mission to support non-profits in adopting new web technologies to further their missions.
  • Life and it’s meaning; death and what comes after (if anything).
  • What truth is.
  • The first anniversary of my father-in-law’s death on April 2.
  • How I’m ready for rain to stop and warm spring to arrive.
  • Exercises that grab me by the lapels from a book I recently bought called The Practice of Poetry.
  • Cursing the fact that dust bunnies reproduce and wondering if there’s a simpler form of birth control than housecleaning.
  • Thinking about some essays my father wrote and sent me about his life experiences, and how I’m learning tidbits I’d yearned to know for years.
  • Percolating an idea for a project I’m to make to give to my Artella Spring Sprite recipient.
  • Saturday’s HOBA TeamWorks project at RAFT.
  • How pleased I am that my cholesterol levels are really low and that my doctor wrote a personal note, “Good!!” on the results that were mailed to me.
  • Wishing I’d read the book Jarhead before watching the movie Jarhead, which I’ve rented and will watch this weekend.
  • Creativity and personality and what type of mini-workshop I want to design regarding this.
  • What I want for dinner.

What’s on your mind?

A Box of One’s Own

On this gray, rainy day, Sophie has reminded me how important small pleasures are. She is demonstrating Viboxana, a form of cat meditation that involves being, breathing, and noticing. What else could one need besides a simple box from which to observe the world?

life is so good when you have a box to call your own

Ham on Wry

Two quotes that brought a wry smile, for your pondering pleasure.

Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

–Fran Lebowitz

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

–Evan Esar

For Fun… and Creativity

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Kathryn!

  1. In Japan, Kathryn can only be prepared by chefs specially trained and certified by the government.
  2. Kathryn was invented in China in the eleventh century, but was only used for fireworks, never for weapons.
  3. Three seagulls flying overhead are a warning that Kathryn is near!
  4. There are six towns named Kathryn in the United States.
  5. The air around Kathryn is superheated to about five times the temperature of the sun!
  6. Finding Kathryn on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.
  7. Over 46,000 pieces of Kathryn float on every square mile of ocean.
  8. Kathryn never said ‘Play it again, Sam’!
  9. The liquid inside Kathryn can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
  10. Kathryn cannot be detected by infrared cameras.

I am interested in – do tell me about


[via La Chambre d’Ecoute]

This Is What Happens

…when one of your cats is sleeping next to you on the sofa and you reach out absently to pet her, startling her from a deep sleep, in response to which she leaps vertically and then rappels horizontally across your chest, face, and head to get away from Whatever Horrible Thing Might Be About To Descend upon her. She startled the hell out of me and left her mark unwittingly. Yes, it’s late. Yes, I should go to sleep. I’m doing the crazy cat lady thing and what’s worse, I’m not even posting a photo of the cat.

cat scratch fever

Hee Hee!

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.

–Paul Fix

It’s been a very busy week, and a fulfilling one. I have missed writing here and spending time on other blogs. On the other hand, I’m immersed in something very important to me and am living for a change. It’s quite refreshing.

This is not the moment to linger here and write, however. I have a husband and the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica awaiting me. Tomorrow I have a date with a friend for lunch and a tour through the San Jose Museum of Art. Sunday I’m working on a project in Redwood City. I’ll have Monday off (not for MLK day, just the comp time for working Sunday), so I may write more then. Or sooner, if I have the energy.

Real Knitter

Happy new year! Husband and I worked diligently to put away Christmas. It always seems to go faster taking down the decorations. I feel a sense of deflation, but I also feel content that I have my living room returned to its ordinary state. Time to get on with the business of 2006.

The weather is appropriate for the day: rainy, blustery, with wind gusts up to 50 mph. It’s very dramatic and makes me want to stay inside, take a long hot bath, and light a fire tonight. The cats will be quite happy about the extra warmth.

By the way, we thoroughly cleaned the living room and there is still no sign of the missing knitting needle. It’s not a small needle either! It’s a mystery as to where Sophie hid it. I’m grateful I received a Michael’s gift card from my parents. I may need to buy another set. Guess this means I’m a “real” knitter, now that I’ve misplaced a needle!

Very Specific Instructions

My brother makes a kick-ass stuffing. He and his wife are visiting over the holidays and he will make said stuffing. Today I received the following in an email from him:

Lest I forget, here’s what you’ll need to have on hand for stuffing:

One bag of herbed stuffing cubes (e.g., Pepperidge Farm) – not cornbread

One roll of sage pork sausage (e.g., Jimmy Dean silver label, which is apparently now gold with a small silver medallion on the front) – brand is not important, but sage is

one small bunch of celery

three or four yellow onions

three or four cans of chicken broth

one stick of butter-esque fatty substance

You must not vary from the path! I will feel the disturbance in the Force if you do.

And that’s why it’s a kick-ass stuffing; because he’ll probably kick mine if I stray from the righteous path. šŸ˜‰