Archive for October, 2008

Foul and Disgusting

October 21, 2008

DSC02276, originally uploaded by kathieshoop.

Sorry to do this to you folks. But, in the effort to blog more often I’ve decided to try out various products you’ve seen advertised on tv. So, here’s number 1. These Kinoki pads. I don’t know what they actually do, but I definately got the result the commercial suggested I [...]

Ahhhhh, how cute…

October 18, 2008

DSC00529, originally uploaded by kathieshoop.

Well, looks like dinner anyway, right?
I think the turkeys who roam our neighborhood are interesting if nothing else. By Thanksgiving we’ll have twenty in our yard on a daily basis.
Our one neighbor doesn’t appreciate the site of any wildlife–she’ll bludgeon a snake to death and tear a mouse limb from limb [...]

View From Starbucks

October 3, 2008

 I forgot how different the city is.
 
In Oakmont the dress seems to stretch from every imaginable type of chino—pants to skirts to shorts—and sweat pants. There are chunks of people you might see in suits. Except for the suits, the chino and sweat crowd occupy pretty much the bulk of clothing.
 
Then in the city the dress [...]

What the hell?

October 2, 2008

This part has nothing to do with the intended post, but I can’t stop from saying that upon entering Bruegger’s this morning, I was struck by two very large-headed men. I’m not talking a little outsized, like the men had to wear men-sized caps since they were three but their bodies grew into their noggins, [...]