Archive for the 'cat' Category

Sub-optimal feline storage, redux

Published on January 20, 2008 in cat. Closed

N.B.: We did not put him in there.

Snag, Bunk

Published on November 8, 2007 in cat. Closed

At our house, we all watch The Wire.

Non-optimal feline storage

Published on October 17, 2007 in cat and Thrifting. Closed

Snag, inside the flat file that is perhaps our best estate sale acquisition ever. Sixteen drawers, big enough to store original comics pages. Snag is in the zines drawer.

I tried to do that one career meme

Published on September 15, 2007 in cat. Closed

…but I lost my results trying to format them properly.

Here are the highlights: Costume Designer was #1 (yay, Katrina would be proud!), Cartoonist/Illustrator was #12 (sure, if I could draw), Pet Groomer was like #19 or so (only Snag) and Writer was way down at #38.

No great loss. I know what y’all would rather see:

The last photo should really be an empty food dish to provide closure, but contrary to previous behavior, he failed to eat the bread.

Cat photo Thursday

Published on September 6, 2007 in cat. Closed

It is not a great photo, but it illustrates Snag’s latest personality quirk, which is that now, when he eats, he prefers it if you are also petting him.

About Empress

Empress of the World is about friendship, love, and the sometimes blurry lines between the two. Nicola Lancaster comes to the Siegel Summer Institute for Gifted Youth to decide whether or not she wants to be an archaeologist. She doesn’t expect to make the best friends she’s ever had, and she especially doesn’t expect to fall in love with another girl.

Empress is a 2002 Oregon Book Award winner, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Best quick summary comes from the New York Public Library, which named it a Book for the Teen Age and described it as follows: “Girls find kissing easier than talking.” Words to live by, folks.

A companion book, The Rules for Hearts, was published in 2007.