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Critter Stories For Sunday

January 24, 2010Burt Likko

Dogs in Moscow learn how to use the subway.  At least one cat in London has learned how to take the bus to get fish and chips. European pets must be smarter than those of us Americans.  At least judging… Continue Reading →

Critters

This Never Happens When I Play The Sims

January 9, 2010Burt Likko 1 Comment

Three in the morning comes and my bladder tells me it’s time for a short interruption in sleep.  This problem is easy to solve.  But the dogs hear me moving about and come in, demanding food.  It’s earlier than their… Continue Reading →

Critters, Soffit House

Inspired By Hit Coffee: A Good Local Government Story

December 17, 2009Burt Likko

Inspired by this post over at Hit Coffee, I should point out two things that are good about the two municipal governments that I have noticed recently.  First, Soffit House is located on the very edge, but still within the municipal… Continue Reading →

California, Crime and Punishment, Critters, Death, Government, Soffit House, Writing

Weekend Weirdness, Volume IX

December 12, 2009Burt Likko

LOLCats — annoying the hell out of you since 1929! After Japanese stereoscopic photography was rediscovered, so was the lost art of stop-motion photography, this time by disaffected Spanish college students.  Living on a cliff:  probably not a good idea… Continue Reading →

Critters, Europe, History, Movies, Sex, Weirdness

Weekend Weirdness, Volume VI

November 22, 2009Burt Likko 1 Comment

Is that a meep I hear, young man?  Better not be! Can your cat do this?  Mine would like to but we don’t get house guests like this very often.  Well, at least they’re not this lazy. These aren’t cake… Continue Reading →

Critters, Food, Science, Teaching, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing, Weirdness

Coming Home

November 11, 2009Burt Likko

I finally thought of a good angle to comment on the Ft. Hood story.  But then I came cross this, and realized I couldn’t possibly beat a collection of happy-tear-jerking videos from mental_floss to commemorate Veteran’s Day.  Even if you’re… Continue Reading →

Critters, Link Love

Is The Start Of The Holiday Season Really The Best Time For This?

November 3, 2009Burt Likko 1 Comment

Counting calories sucks.  It leaves me feeling hungry and conscious of food all the time.  What I can do, though, is work a lot.  When I get into my work, I don’t think so much about feeling hungry. Cutting back… Continue Reading →

Critters, Food, Sickness and Health, The Wife

Weekend Weirdness, Volume III

October 31, 2009Burt Likko 2 Comments

We begin with a lamb jumping on a bed.  Very cute, but it comes to a strange ending. Then, I found a delightful children’s book about interspecies telepathy, and the inevitable conquest of our planet by alien retroviruses.  It’s fun… Continue Reading →

Critters, Domestic Politics, History, Houses, Movies, Tennessee, Weirdness, Writing

The Covey In My Front Yard

October 28, 2009Burt Likko 1 Comment

Last year, a covey of quail moved in to my front yard.  There were at least six chicks and at least two adults.  Both had drab coloring, so they seemed to both be females.  Then, a neighborhood cat was seen… Continue Reading →

California, Critters, Soffit House

Weekend Weirdness, Volume II

October 24, 2009Burt Likko

I quite enjoyed last week’s Saturday compliation of the weirdest things I’ve come across on the Intertubes.  So here’s this week’s installment. Let’s start with some big critters.  I don’t know why but the cow is somehow more impressive than… Continue Reading →

Atheism, Critters, Ethics and Morality, Music, Really Bad Ideas, Science, Weirdness

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