1) The world at large: I try not to talk too much about the news, but between what's coming out of Cornell and the death penalty torture in Tennessee, I'm starting to feel like even the non-federal government failing, endless wars, presidential corruption news is spiraling out of control. And it's all part of the same thing, right? If you put an admitted rapist in the White House, it's clear what the nation's priorities are. And those priorities do not include the safety of women. I might have to put myself back on a news moratorium until after the election.
2) Update on my girls: Zelda gets righteously pissed off when she runs out of water during the work day. This is the outcome.
Why don't you get her a bigger water bowl? BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY ONE SHE'LL DRINK OUT OF. Why do we have a fussypants as a cat?
Hannah makes a great yoga partner. Just look at this face.
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| Don't talk about her grey muzzle. Don't talk about it at all. |
3) Campus scenes: This week has been a bit hectic in our household. Here are some scenes from work this week. I'll leave you to figure out what's what.
4)
Earworm ahead: There's this controversy in my local area about building
giant power lines. Protest signs have been popping up all over the place. It's making for some interesting alliances and cross party agreement, so at least we all have NIMBYism in common, right?
I bring it up because whenever I see one of these signs, I start singing the
theme song to
Firefly. You are SUPER WELCOME if you've never heard that song before because it's awesome.
5)
Blogosphere things: There are two main things I want to talk about. One, Elisabeth is hosting
Cool Bloggers Walking Club (CBWC) in October. Go to her page for a printable. Just do 10 minutes of intentional movement a day and you are DOING IT.
Two, did you know that NaBloPoMo is next month! Egads! I created a
Google doc of topics a couple of years ago. Feel free to add to it or look at it for ideas. I have a special project I've been working on since January that is going to end up here on NaBloPoMo, but I want to make sure everyone's getting prepped!!
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Are you currently singing the Firefly theme? What unites people in your area across party lines? Who's in for CBWC and/or NaBloPoMo?
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That picture of Hannah is how I like to be in all yoga sessions. Stretched out on the floor relaxed.
ReplyDeleteI AM WALKING. It is positively shameful how little exercise I've done lately so I need CBWC very badly.
I am going to skip NaBloPoMo again this year :( I love it and feel torn, but I just do not have enough hours in the day. But I will enthusiastically cheer on from the sidelines.
News moratorium FTW! I've been doing it since 2008 and I don't feel that I'm missing out on anything.
ReplyDeleteListen, Zelda is the Queen and when you are the queen you are allowed to have a dainty water bowl because you have people for that. Unfortunately Zelda's people are silly peasants with silly jobs that take them out of the house all day. No one said that it was easy to be the queen!