I just had that special French press moment. I was greedy. I’d enjoyed my morning coffee—lovingly prepared by the lovely V—so much, I just had to take that last sip, the one full of grounds and sludge. But there was something good in the moment: I was reading this column by the Bay Area’s own […]
I spent the day at the courthouse reading the Nolo Press book on neighbor law today. Why? The lot next to my house has “red-tagged” seven trees, meaning the owners have applied for a permit to remove them, most likely because they mean to build a house there. Naturally my neighbors and I have opinions […]
Because somebody (specifically my blog mom, Kimberly) actually asked, here are pictures of my cats. As if I need to be asked to show pictures of my cats! In order of seniority, Norton the anthology of cats, Gjetost (aka Cheese Kitty), and Candy. You might be wondering if a labrador retriever qualifies as a cat. […]
When we adopted my parents’ eight-year-old black lab, Candy, Mom and Dad said that she slept on her dog bed. Turns out she prefers the couch, though, to which Mom suggested the trick was to place stacks of books and magazines on the couch. This worked for a few days, but then it led to […]
Something music geeks are known to do a lot is sing obscure songs with words changed slightly to suit the occasion. Music geeks who went to a church school are even worse–we do the same with obscure hymns. Just now our dog Candy tried to get me to make her dinner, even though Victoria had […]
because: when it’s cold out, the plastic NYTimes bag of warm poop in your pocket makes a fabulous hand-warmer you meet the neighbors who have completely ignored you all those years you went jogging past you get to stop to offer treats and not have to admit to yourself that you’re so out of breath […]
A bit of wisdom from one of my favorite blogs, “The Comics Curmudgeon”: …here’s a lesson for you childless types that I learned the hard way yesterday: if someone tells you an adorable anecdote about their toddler, and you counter with a very similar anecdote about your pet, the parent will not be pleased. Take […]
I accidentally developed a recipe for grey Cosmopolitans, which I’ve named in honor of my grey cat, Norton, and San Francisco (home of the original Cosmopolitan cocktail)’s folk hero (see more on him here): Shake over ice: One part fresh-squeezed lime juice Four parts tangerine-zest-infused vodka (make this yourself by dumping a bunch of tangerine […]