Random vacation notes
It's funny how gunshots mean completely different things in different contexts. In many contexts, regular gunfire in the background means that you're in a crappy neighborhood. Regular gunfire here, where my parents live, means you're in a ritzy neighborhood, because it's a place where people who have the time and money to practice recreational shooting can come hang out. (My parents live right near a gun club.)
Yesterday I survived not one but TWO solo outings with my dad. Going places with my dad these days requires a great deal of patience, and I am not a patient person. So now I'm sure I'm going straight to hell even for feeling impatient.
I do get bonus points, though, for finding LDH this most EXCELLENT birthday gift:
It MEOWS when its alarm goes off! And it's an orange cat! (Since Youngest Cat is LDH's baby, I get him orange cat stuff now.) And like I said to him on the phone last night, he will NEVER guess what it is! He's impossible to buy for, in some ways, so I was most pleased to find this.
That is a cunning clock. So, LDH doesn't keep up with you via your blog, eh? If it were Mike, he'd know about it as soon I posted!
Posted by: Ancarett | Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 08:39 AM
OK -- that's at least as cool as my Wallace and Gromit clock!!
Posted by: Another Damned Medievalist | Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 11:10 AM
I WANT ONE OF THOSE!!
Posted by: sharon | Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 01:33 PM
i heart your new clock!
Posted by: Anastasia | Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 08:10 PM
I love that clock. Love. It.
Posted by: Maggie May | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 08:23 AM
How can one not wake up happy with a clock like that?
Posted by: sheepish | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 09:59 AM
Beautiful.
Posted by: George | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 10:00 AM
Where I live, gunshot means it's hunting season.
Posted by: jo(e) | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 10:46 AM
I saw clocks like that at Whole Foods! (For those who also want clocks.)
Posted by: Rebecca | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 06:59 PM
O my _gawd_ that clock is _soooooo_cute!!
Posted by: Chaser | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 09:31 PM
WHERE did you get that fantastic clock??!!
Posted by: Whitters | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 07:00 AM
neato timepiece!
Posted by: Medieval Woman | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 08:06 AM
What a neat find! You must tell us his reaction when you give it to him.
Posted by: rageyone | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 02:26 PM