Jimmy Fallon & Bruce Springsteen Parody

Jimmy Fallon and Bruce Springsteen sing a parody version of Springsteen's "Born To Run" with some very new lyrics......

Wisdom Knows No Age?

So I don't know whether this story is really true or not, and it doesn't matter, the message at the end still means a lot either way. There are two aspects of it that have meaning to me.

The first is that our pets can do so easily what so few humans manage to do, and that's love unconditionally. My cats don't give a rip what I look like, or if I'm overweight, they give back all the love and affection they get from me tenfold.

The second is that we all should be trying to be the best that we can be. And that doesn't have anything to do with looks, or money or religion.

I've been thinking a lot more about my life and legacy over the last year or so, and I definitely am trying harder to be the best me I can in the time I have left.

World's Slowest Going Needlepoint Project

So this is where it all began. I made this 'drawing' over 30 years ago. It was done with colored pens on paper that I had drawn my own grid lines on with pencil. It was my own handmade wrapping paper for a present I gave my mom. Thankfully she let me keep it after she opened the present.....

So fast forward to 4 winters ago, and I was feeling a deep need to do something creative and not wanting to just sit there watching TV during the dark winter nights after work. So I started this needlepoint using the drawing as my inspiration.






My intention was to create a throw pillow cover, and work on it while watching TV. I did not plot it out as much as I should have before I got started, but for being essentially a free hand design, it has worked out pretty well. The shape of the original drawing being rectangular, and the shape for the pillow being square has of course led to some adapting.

I worked on it pretty faithfully up through the summer of 2010, and then an unexpected thing happened. I got a kitten, and then it got put away for a while. A long while.

But can you blame me for falling in love with this little guy? This picture was pretty much me every day with my little boy.

Munchkin as a kitten

So the honeymoon with Munchkin lasted a long time, and the needlepoint got put aside. It had also become apparent to me that even when I wasn't going to be cuddling him all the time, he was so playful that I wouldn't have a chance to actually do anything without him constantly swiping at the yarn.

Well he's 3 1/2 years old now, and I picked it up again in December during our two week holiday break from work. So far Munchkin has been good and not gotten in the way of my working on it. I'll post an update, and hopefully a finished project by the end of the year.

A Day In The Life of a Cat Owner

I wish I could get my cats playing like this on video. They do it all the time, especially Boo. But 90% of the time when I grab my camera, they stop and just look at me.

Message for North Korea

OMG - I just laughed my a** off when I saw this on Meme Base.