Chubby, the Silent Watcher

Chubby is our grey cat. Here's a picture of how he spent about 30 minutes of his time this morning (7/01/09), sitting very still the whole time.

And here's what he was watching, from his perspective.

The red & glass thing in the middle is a hummingbird feeder. There's nothing at it.

Going Green with Cap and Trade (video)

Are you ready for "Cap & Trade"?  If you're not sure what it is, just watch this little video from The Tax Foundation.  And at the same time, learn a snappy tune!

Hammer Time Flash Mob (video)

It's hard to think of anything more enjoyable than watching a flash mob performing the Hammer Time dance, all wearing shiny golden parachute pants.  Enjoy!

It's Tough Being Small and Tasty

A cute outdoor critter recently met his doom.

I was sitting near our open family room window and heard a commotion outside.  When I looked, I saw that a local cat (who is regularly roaming around our neighborhood) had jumped onto a tree in front of our house, and caught a chipmunk in his jaws.  The cat then ran off, undoubtedly to enjoy his snack.

Earlier in the week, I'd witnessed that same chipmunk being harrassed by a small songbird because, I guess, that bird didn't want the chipmunk eating some of the bird seed that had already fallen to the ground.  Of course, there was plenty of seed, both on the ground and in the bird feeder.  I think that bird, as small as it was, just wanted someone it could bully.

I will miss that little chipmunk.

1 Out Of 3 Cats Prefer Orbit Sweet Mint Gum

I walked into the house. The orange cat, Georgie, ran upstairs like he'd just been caught doing something he shouldn't have been doing. The other two cats, Blackie and Chubbie, were sitting watching me, as if they were on look out duty. Behind them, on the floor, was a package of Orbit Sweet Mint gum.

When I picked up the package of gum to return it to the table it had been on, I noticed that a corner of the package had been eaten into, some of the gum inside nibbled on, and it was all still moist.

Hmmm...

I later held the gum package to Chubbie and he acted like he'd never smelled anything worse. Blackie just wanted to rub her head against it. And Georgie is still hiding, like a guilty child who'd gotten caught swiping a cookie.