inspired thinking

classifying rare species of stray shopping carts....pure genious....

Check out that Coif!

The wonderful things you find when your mom and her friends are on facebook.

skip and char a.k.a. "chip" spotted in 1975.

skip was ron burgundy meets burt reynolds with a pipe! char just had big earings and a hairdo fall less voluminous than skips.

enjoy.

spaghetti anyone?

How to shame your pet

Now that I am all about sewing and have Tilly, I thought it would be a fun project to make my own kitty bed. So while googling sewing patterns for pets... i found these....

note the look of shame on the top right pugs face...

why is there enough of a demand for stupid dog hats and cat "suits" that these patterns resulted? and what sedatives are these animals on to be wearing such articles?

simplicity pattern makers: i spray my water bottle at you..."No!"

Meet Tilly!

Justin and I are the proud owners of a little sphynx. We named her Tilly and she is the sweetest cat. Now you all need to come to Buffalo to meet her!

Likewise M'Lady!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY M'LADY!
I wish I could celebrate with you! I missss you!

Why we all left Connecticut

CHIMPANZEE ATTACKS WOMAN IN STAMFORD

A massive ape lost control at his Connecticut owner's home today and mauled a woman's face before he was repeatedly stabbed by his horrified owner and eventually shot dead by police, authorities said.

Travis, a 200-pound primate, attacked the 55-year-old woman today in Stamford as she visited her friend and chimp owner Sandy Herold around 3:30 p.m, cops said.

When Herold saw what happening, she ran out of the house with a butcher knife and stabbed Travis numerous times.

Cops showed up and a bloodied Travis tried to open a door of the patrol car. When he discovered it was locked, he moved to the other side and ripped the mirror off. One of the officers then shot Travis. The 15-year-old chimp staggered back inside Herald's home, where he collapsed in a pool of blood. The victim was taken to Stamford Hospital with severe facial injuries.

"It was a very brutal attack," said Stamford police Cpt. Richard Conklin, adding that the woman's "hands were mangled."

In 2003, Travis escaped from the Herold car by jumping from her car in Stamford. He was corralled by cops a few hours later.

Travis was well known around Stamford because he rode around in the truck belonging to Herold's towing company, Desire Me Motors in Stamford, according to the Stamford Advocate newspaper.

Also in the 2003 escape incident, a man threw something in Herold's truck that struck Travis. The chimp unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the door and ran out after the man, but did not catch him, the paper said.

Later that day, Travis then played at an intersection for two hours, causing traffic to stall. Police eventually sedated him with stun guns and got him back into the truck.

Travis took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass. He also brushed his teeth using a Water Pik, according to the Stamford Advocate.

Aside from appearing in Coca Cola and Old Navy TV commercials, he appeared once on the "Maury Povich Show" and was in a TV pilot