not much to say

Sting wrote a beautiful song back in the 90s called "I'm So Happy That I Can't Stop Crying," from the point of view of a father going through a divorce. He wrote it as a country song, but I didn't realize Toby Keith later covered it (with Sting as guest vocals) -- it's even better than the original. And the combo of the song, and the video this person put together, brought out all kinds of sweet comments on youtube about divorce and deceased fathers. Shniff!




On a lighter note--the full "Big Bang Theory" theme, with great pictures.

Oliver Kitteh - Chapter Five: Comprising further particulars of Oliver's physical therapy

Oliver Kitteh - Chapter Five

Comprising further particulars of Oliver's physical therapy.

As told by Ms Brownlow (italic narration by Mabel).

Click here for chapters one, two, three and four.

Dear Faithful Readers, thank-you for your patience in awaiting the next adventure of Oliver Kitteh. You shall be well rewarded by another exciting tale of fortitude, and another adorable picture.

I got this little structure at Petco. I thought Oliver might like it
because he liked 'climbing over' thingsand it's made with plastic dowels.

The picture shows Oliver 'climbing through' after climbing over his
towel mountain and down the other side into this little structure.  He
appears to be lying, and his is resting at the moment I snapped the
picture, but this is what he looked like walking.

And all this took a lot of time, a lot of effort, and lots and lots of
practice.  Whenever he wasn't sleeping, he was working at mastering
getting about.  I've never seen a kitten who worked so hard.

He slept very soundly in between his adventures, because he was
completely exhausted.  But he took advantage of everything given him
that gave him an opportunity to master a new ability.

You may be able to spot a small 'window' in this little structure.
It's an opening in the 'room' part of the structure to the left in the
picture, and the opening you can see is in the upper left corner of
the picture.  There was another opening opposite.  Once Oliver was
stronger [and bigger] he made it a point to master getting through the
window.  Once, he could, he made it a point for a few days to always
go through the window when going in or out of the little structure.

Oliver Kitteh: Hardest working kitton* in show business. I shall remember him this week whenever I face any daunting tasks.

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* Kitton: Not a type-o. Pronounced: kee-tohn (silent "n"). My old roommate used to like proncouncing "kitten" as though it were a French word.


             

The novel as plant

Just not a very good blogging month for me--too much else on my mind, I think. Oliver's weekly post will have to wait yet another day, cause I don't like to just throw him up here pell-mell.

In the meantime, here is a visual representation of Kerouac's On the Road. It's hard to read here, but the colors represent themes/subjects, and the stems are the chapters, paragraphs, sentences--ending with the flower tip word counts.

Click on them to see a bit bigger.