A couple of announcements
Saturday, 20 February 2010Number one: This blog has been redesigned, and about 70 percent combined with my professional website. I have to go to bed soon, after I clean up the kitchen, but by the end of the weekend, it should be 110 percent combined with my professional website. Why the extra 10 percent? Because my elementary and junior high school gym teachers did their job, obviously, that’s why.
Number two: WE HAVE FINALLY NAMED THE CAT. Some of you might have thought this happened several days ago, when we told you her name was Petunia Pufferson. We we wrong. After getting to know her a little better, we have determined that her name is actually Priscilla Pufferson (still of the Madison Puffersons), which affords us the opportunity to refer to her both as “Priscilla, Queen of the Basement” and Silly, which is just, like, so clever of us. Also, she is really silly.
Ahhh, she’s so sweet. Looks like she’s settling in. That’s a very trusting pose, you know. “Silly”, hmm? I will call her “Cilla” because that’s more grandmotherly.
Great name, Josh. I like the diminutive. Very cute.
(And Dr. Lizardo has it exactly right: “lulling you into a false sense of security”)
I would use “Pris” as a diminituve. Like the blonde, feline replicant in Blade Runner.
Salute!
@Carlos: I like it! But Kelly told me “No ‘nerd’ names,” so it’ll have to be our secret.
@Nadja: For shame! This cat is a protector. She woke us up in the middle of the night last night just to warn us about the loud monster in the basement. It was just the water softener, but it’s hard to explain that to a cat.
You make her sleep in the basement??
She stayed down there the first couple of nights she lived with us (we kept the heat turned up, instead of dropping like we usually do at bedtime), but now she sleeps on the couch in the living room. She actually has a blanket and prefers to be tucked in. We need to have a real baby, stat.