, who is very cool, took this photograph of mine and turned it into a cross-stitch pattern. She then sent me the finished cross-stitch, which is gorgeous! Isn’t that *cool*? *beam* THANK you, Marith!
dance stuff
This morning, gmail provided me with a link to this very cool article about how the body learns a dance. Ted and I sent Mom and Dad to the Paco Peña performance in Dublin. Mom said it was fantastic and also the most pointless €5 she’d ever spent on a program, so, being unable to name the dancers, was forced to refer to the men as “Red Shoes” and “Cute Butt”. CB was Ángel Muñoz (who really did have a cute butt) and Red Shoes was, well, the other guy.…
progress report
It doesn’t seem much like progress when all you do is spend the day reading the manuscript (between helping ferry the cat around), but I think I did accomplish some things. First, I actually pretty much enjoyed the book. Second, I think it’s hanging together. There’s a caveat to the second, which is very often at this stage when I re-read the manuscript as far as I’ve gotten, I think, “Hey, this isn’t bad,” and then spend ten days trying to figure out why I can’t get any further, and…
cat update
The dumb cat had in fact wet his cast through by climbing into the bottom of the shower, so now he’s been re-cast (after the vet said, “Aaah, ya dumb cat!” to him) and the bathroom door is closed against anybody without opposable thumbs. Poor Zilli is looking rather wide-eyed and bleary with anesthetics, and I, personally, am quite ready for him to be all healed up. However, everyone who’s seen him at the vet’s (both vets and people bringing their pets in) have admired what a pretty cat he…
introducing the zimmers
Ok, so earlier this evening I saw this article on BBC about a guy who made a documentary about old people’s lives in Britain. He met about forty old age pensioners, many of whom were pretty miserable living in care facilities or tower apartments, and he got ’em all together and found a record label willing to take a chance and they recorded “My Generation” as a single. And the video’s had 2 million downloads on youtube and the single was released today. Their lead singer is 90. I’m totally…