For Christmas I put together a “cat training kit” for the teenager, consisting of a book on how to clicker-train, a training clicker, and bags of cat treats. He didn’t seem very interested on Christmas, probably because his new electronics trumped the furry playthings, but yesterday he attempted to train Daenerys to jump down from surfaces. Partway …
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Best Book Gifts for Moms With a Bent Sense of Humor.
Fair Warning: This post is almost completely affiliate links. Not that anyone cares, but the feds say you have to announce that stuff, right? So there it is. I couldn’t think of anything to write tonight, and spent a ludicrous amount of time browsing Amazon and cracking up at twisted “childrens” books, so I figured I’d …
Can Cartoon Foxes Teach Me To Be Smart?
Last night I dreamt in code. It was a “sick” dream. You know how when you’re sick you have the worst time falling asleep, and then when you finally do you have those kinds of dreams that repeat themselves all night? Especially if you’ve been concentrating on something in particular before you fall asleep? It …
Amusement: Chapter 1, Part 3
First read this… I’ve decided to tell you a story. You’ll find the other parts of the story by following “Amusement” tags on the homepage. His tantrum escalated as his wife pleaded with him to pick up the bags and comply. He was having none of it. “Jim,” she begged near tears and shaking like a leaf, …
Amusement: Chapter 1, Part 2
First you want to read this… I’ve decided to tell you a story. And this… Amusement: Chapter 1, Part 1 Here’s Part 2 of Chapter 1 Anyhow, as I said, all hell breaks loose. Some people, no matter how courteously you treat them, are out for blood, or at least out to spread their own misery far …
Amusement: Chapter 1, Part 1
CHAPTER ONE Tonight I found out where the bad guests go: the ones who try to smack us around, swear long streams of colorful obscenities at us, and generally treat loyal service workers with disrespect. They’re eaten. And all this time we’d been complaining about security never backing us up out there. How were we …
I’ve decided tell you a story.
Last year I got a pretty great start on *NaNoWriMo before I burned out, like I do every year. I start out each year thinking, “1,600 words per day… yeah, I can do that easy-peasy!”, and I write about 800 words per day for the first three days and think, “I’ll catch up. I’ll have a …
