Archive for February, 2008

The snow has changed to rain and the ice is piling up on the trees so I’m going to try to get this off before I lose power. (How’s that for an optimistic view of my power company!?)
Apparently Mars is not retrograde enough that it enhances alien communication because there have been some strange things [...]

Frica moved the alien out of the bedroom this morning and left it on the top step. There it remained until mid-morning when she took it downstairs where it now lies next to another yellow toy. I think I’ve discovered why she’s been so bitchy toward Bee: Bee is obviously in heat. Can’t believe I [...]

I have no idea what a retrograding Mars looks like apparently that’s what Mars is doing now, which might explain why the yellow alien is on the move again. When I went to bed last night, it was still on the floor downstairs. When I woke up this morning it was on the rug at [...]

Sometimes I think the animals in my life wait for me to make assumptions or come to conclusions just so they can refute them. No doubt part of their strategy to keep me humble. Saturday I was in the bedroom for some reason, Fric followed me in, jumped on the bed, grabbed the yellow alien [...]

Someone once defined a specialist as a person who knows more and more about less and less. I think I can legitimately call myself an alien specialist because the only alien who is moving is the yellow one and it’s not moving very much. I think Frica moved it a few inches on the bed [...]

I found the furry ring in the toy box so I assume Fric took it downstairs at some point and I just picked it up along with all the other toys and didn’t even notice.
Had a “Be still my heart” moment this morning when I looked into the pen first thing and all four of [...]

Perhaps after the cat scored such a decisive victory in the on-going Who’s the Smartest: Bi- or Quadrupeds? games, things have been very quiet on the animal front. Or rather everyone seems to be acting pretty normal for once. The yellow alien is still on my bed and the two purple ones are still [...]

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Yesterday I heard some noise in the back of the downstairs closet and immediately thought Frica was in there. Because she was usually done doing whatever it was she was doing before I got there, this time I decided to sneak up quietly so I would not disturb her. (Why I thought this would work [...]

As northern New England continues what appears to be a move in the northern rainforest direction, we’ve had several snows that ended with sleet and freezing rain. The result is a hard crust on the snow capable of supporting all of the dogs, but not me. In the past, this hasn’t been an issue because [...]