Author: Elaine
Boxing Cats
The Library of Congress Blog announces that the Library of Congress is putting some of its vast collection of audio-visual materials on You Tube, including a short clip of boxing cats from an archive of Edison clips.
Orion and His Gorilla
One of Orion’s favorite and oldest toys is his latex squeaky gorilla. He is not very destructive with his toys so far, though I keep an eye on them to make sure that they don’t have dangerous bits he might swallow. However, his gorilla was not very sturdy to start with, so today I replaced the old gorilla (missing its tongue, squeaker, and arms) with a new one. Orion seems to approve, and has been playing with it since I gave it to him. He has been trying very hard to entice Lody into taking it away from him which is a lost cause. She didn’t like dog toys when she was a much younger dog.
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Best Beer Map of America
When I moved to Colorado Springs, I noticed that a lot of people apparently had the dream of moving to Colorado and opening either a bookstore or a brew pub. Sadly, the number of bookstores has declined significantly, but not the brew pubs, according to Best Beer Map of America. California wins over all, but Colorado wins out based on brewing medals per capita.
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Blizzard – Not So Much
According to the newspaper, Colorado Springs did experience blizzard conditions yesterday. However, out little micro-clime seemed to escape the worst of the storm. Of course, anyone who experienced the Blizzard of October 1997 has a hard time taking seriously a storm that doesn’t dump a few feet of snow.
Approaching Storm
We haven’t had many snowstorms this winter, and this looks as though it may be the first significant one. I went out early to the grocery store, and have some beef stew cooking in the crock pot. It is snowing heavily as I write this. This storm is coming from the north, and they are forecasting up to two feet of snow for our micro-clime.
The Alphabetizer
Use the the Alphabetizer to sort a list without starting a spreadsheet or word processing program.