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The anxieties of cats
May. 14th, 2006 08:43 pmCollegium yesterday was a blast, as usual. I did a presentation on "surviving albs and undertunics of the 11-15th centuries" to a small but dedicated audience. (It was probably a good thing that it was small, since -- as mentioned previously -- I had to do the PowerPoint on the iMac rather than the malfunctioning projector. This is one of what I expect will be a long series of "digestions" of specific types of garments from the database. I did one on socks a few years ago. One of the benefits of doing these classes is that it gives me a reason to really work over the data on a particular set of records. For example, in this case, it helped me identify some duplicate records.
Oh, yes ... cats. I'm working on coming to terms with the conclusion that my cat isn't going to be around much longer. Details behind the cut. ( Read more... )
As a sort of a "birthday thing" I did take BART over to SF this morning to pick up a new piece of my china pattern at Macy's. A serving dish, to make it a special occasion, although I've pretty much filled up all the regular place-setting piece categories at this point. Back when I decided I wanted china, I fell in love with the Portmeirion Botanic Garden pattern for a bunch of reasons. First off, they're Welsh -- how cool is that? Secondly, rather than having to settle for one pattern, there are dozens of different pictures on the pieces and they keep coming up with more. Thirdly, it has a really wide range of different pieces. I was getting really frustrated with patterns where you just got a plate, salad plate, bowl, and cup and that was it. The number of different pieces is astounding. And one of these days I'll have my house organized enough to start having dinner parties like I want to, and I can use all this stuff properly.
Oh, yes ... cats. I'm working on coming to terms with the conclusion that my cat isn't going to be around much longer. Details behind the cut. ( Read more... )
As a sort of a "birthday thing" I did take BART over to SF this morning to pick up a new piece of my china pattern at Macy's. A serving dish, to make it a special occasion, although I've pretty much filled up all the regular place-setting piece categories at this point. Back when I decided I wanted china, I fell in love with the Portmeirion Botanic Garden pattern for a bunch of reasons. First off, they're Welsh -- how cool is that? Secondly, rather than having to settle for one pattern, there are dozens of different pictures on the pieces and they keep coming up with more. Thirdly, it has a really wide range of different pieces. I was getting really frustrated with patterns where you just got a plate, salad plate, bowl, and cup and that was it. The number of different pieces is astounding. And one of these days I'll have my house organized enough to start having dinner parties like I want to, and I can use all this stuff properly.
