Mon 26 May 2008
The Last Full Measure of Devotion
To remember: U.S. Army Pfc. Ross McGinnis (1987-2006) will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor June 2 for valor in Iraq.
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Sat 24 May 2008
Green and Growing: Pear Blossoms on a Green Bush
I had taken photos days before of the blossoms on the pear tree, but then the inevitable spring winds kicked up soon after and blew down nearly all of the small white petals. Some of them didn’t reach the ground, like these which landed in the nearby landscaping.
Thu 22 May 2008
Twist Swerve Crunch
The way I heard the story, Bing Crosby and Phil Harris were traveling through Scotland one night and drove by a distillery with all its lights on. Bing said, “See Phil, they’re making it faster than you can drink it.”
And Phil Harris replied, “Yeah, but at least I’ve got ‘em working nights.”
That came to mind when I learned that as a result of a truck accident, 14 tons of Oreo Double Stufs were spilled on an Illinois highway. (”28,000 pounds of Oreo Double Stufs” just doesn’t have the same ring to it as Harry Chapin’s song “30,000 Pounds of Bananas”.) I bet the thought of a truck driver losing his cookies occurred to a lot of writers…
Oreos made up a good portion of a care package my mother sent to me when I was living in France. I tried to explain to my French family that these cookies were good by themselves, but they were great with a glass of milk. I poured a glass, and Madame Méron exclaimed, “But it’s not warmed up!” I dunked happily anyway, and they probably thought “Ils sont fous ces américains!”
And now the introduction of Oreos in Britain has hit a few bumps in the road there as well, also related to that strange American habit of milk-dunking…
Lizzie’s Turn To Shout
Here’s Lizzie with the Good Cats’ 2nd entry in Kimo and Sabi’s Jump and Shout contest and fundraiser.
Wed 21 May 2008
3 Good Things to Report
- Kimo and Sabi from Cat Banter have announced the beginning of their Jump and Shout Contest. (That’s a linking graphic over there in the sidebar.) Winners get fun prizes and for every participant, they will donate 50 cents to Cat Friends Helping Friends.
Here’s the Good Cats’ first entry, a photo taken by Pat’s son Jack close to 10 years ago, with one of the early digital cameras. Caitie was behind a window screen, but it reminds me of a picture taken off a TV screen:
- Also in the sidebar is a new graphic promoting the upcoming BlogBlast For Peace. The Good Cats participated last year, and we’ll be doing it again this year on June 4.
- Winner of the Day: Bonnie Underfoot and Victor Tabbycat’s human mom, who was out in the woods and rescued an oriole that was tangled and trapped in a tree.
10:30 a.m. update: The blog was down for a few hours this morning due to a “500 internal server error.” I did some quick searching and reading to try to learn how to fix it, but I suspect the problem was with the blog host, since everything was working fine last night.
Anyway, things are once more back to normal, and as a result I now know how to create an error page using cPanel. It’s like I always say: You don’t learn anything when everything goes right.
