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{ Monthly Archives } January 2010

Getting with the times

I finally got around to hanging up my Christmas-present action figures.  You go ahead and mock me.  Just go ahead.  But you will mock no more when I tell you that in addition to Sam, Jack, and Daniel from Stargate, I got a Dexter action figure, complete with blood slide and forensics laminate.  You can [...]

Ode to Spot

Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature, An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature; Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses. I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations, A singular development of cat communications That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate [...]

The Pied Fluter of Vegas

Chris bought me a flute for Christmas. I have not played a flute since I graduated from high school.  It sounds like it.  Nevertheless, I’ve enjoyed annoying cats and neighbors alike as I attempt to make a Mendelssohn flute concerto sound like…well, a Mendelssohn flute concerto. Clears the cats off of the couch in two [...]