• Murka: 1983-2007

    My little cat Murka left us today, at the advanced age of 24 years. She had a good, long run for a cat. She was always the sweetest cat you could ever hope for, loved everyone she met. Except dogs… she would savagely attack any dog of any size, utterly without fear, while other, stronger…

  • Brown crunchies

    I was just getting coffee in the kitchen at work. The sugar bowl beside the coffee machine is, as always, full of brown crunchy nuggets. What is wrong with you people? There are stir sticks only inches away from the sugar bowl! Why must you use the @$%#$%^ spoon? Lazy-ass ignoramuses. This gave me an…

  • Caribbean Cruise

    Our 7-day honeymoon cruise in the Eastern Caribbean has come and gone, and was a quite a delight. I heartily recommend it to anyone. Some photos are up on my home-based photo-gallery. We’re already planning another cruise. We can get the Mariner’s Society platinum medallion if we cruise 700 days on Holland America… maybe someday.…

  • Muh!

    Today we cleaned out the fridge. Many bits of nasty old leftovers, all flushed down the garbage disposal. Found a large chunk of lasagna that neither of us would dare to eat. I pushed it into the disposal in two fairly large chunks. With the disposal turned on and water running in, I heard a…

  • Christmas song for cat-lovers

    On the first day of Christmas my kitty gave to me A poop in the box On the second day of Christmas my kitty gave to me Two lumps of urine And a poop in the box On the third day of Christmas my kitty gave to me Three slimy hairballs Two lumps of urine…