sisu tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16966 2009-11-24T17:01:16-05:00 Beauty in unexpected places TypePad Soylent Green revisited tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2012875d35855970c 2009-11-24T17:01:16-05:00 2009-11-24T17:01:16-05:00 "The Tribal Filter on Green News," Insight July 23, 1990. It's been nearly twenty years we've been calling out the warmenists and their media allies, wondering when, already, the truth would finally out. Now it finally has, as Drudge headlines... Sissy Willis Beautiful dreamer tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a6c20c6f970b 2009-11-21T20:36:55-05:00 2009-11-22T05:08:13-05:00 Because her fans demand it, a few shots from Tiny's latest fur fashion portfolio. (Tuck Willis photo) She had to spend the whole day yesterday at the vet having a Blood Glucose Curve, where they draw blood and check glucose... Sissy Willis New Girl Media Unplugs Old Girl Network tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2012875c230f4970c 2009-11-21T20:00:23-05:00 2009-11-23T18:20:49-05:00 Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often 'illusory and deceitful," reports Reuters. Compare Papa Ratzi's open invitation to engage... Sissy Willis All Palin all the time and loving it, revisited tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2012875a999bc970c 2009-11-16T14:37:14-05:00 2009-11-16T17:52:10-05:00 "We're savoring the joy of bloggers, politicians and media types who think McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as running mate is the best thing since sliced sourdough bread," we captioned this image in our August 2008 post dissecting opponents' false... Sissy Willis 90 candles make a lovely light tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a6a3ce01970b 2009-11-15T21:32:40-05:00 2009-11-20T06:27:30-05:00 Just another day on the couch for Goompa's Purrky yesterday, but we had our eye on a bigger prize, our pater familias's 90th birthday. We three children, two spouses and four grandchildren drove and flew in from points south and... Sissy Willis "Other than a little hissing, she's a pretty easy cat" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20128758bcfce970c 2009-11-12T17:02:31-05:00 2009-11-15T04:26:27-05:00 In medical news,Tiny was diagnosed with diabetes on Tuesday and is responding well to insulin injections (twice a day following meals). You start with a low dose, vet checks glucose level periodically, and then you adjust as indicated. Symptoms —... Sissy Willis "The media treat it like a case of non-denominational shoplifting" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a6b2b656970c 2009-11-06T15:24:16-05:00 2009-11-09T17:38:34-05:00 As temperatures hovered in the low thirties early morning, Tiny kept warm atop the kitchen counter register while Cat Whisperer Tuck murmured sweet nothings. "Twitter makes it almost impossible to surprise people with breaking news because they all already know... Sissy Willis The GOP establishment is the problem tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a647e793970b 2009-11-01T14:48:37-05:00 2009-11-03T15:38:01-05:00 Even as DIABLO (Democrat In All But Label Only) Dede Scozzafava (above) showed her true colors — after dropping out of the NY District 23 congressional race Saturday — when she "began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to... Sissy Willis Assimilating with panache tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a69aa809970c 2009-10-31T18:05:57-04:00 2009-11-06T05:17:26-05:00 "I am a lion," oldest sister of the family next door explained as she and her siblings approached our front porch late afternoon on this Halloween Night, transmogrifying a Muslim headscarf into the golden mane of the King of the... Sissy Willis When you notice a cat in profound meditation* tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a6851670970c 2009-10-28T17:46:17-04:00 2009-10-30T08:19:22-04:00 "Call me Chinese. I mean they practically own us anyway," quips Glenn Beck. Tiny is not amused. Update: All animals all the time at Modulator's Friday Ark #267, now boarding. *Blog title is excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "The Naming of... Sissy Willis Give to strategic small-government candidates, not parties tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a623cfe3970b 2009-10-27T11:08:59-04:00 2009-11-16T15:36:24-05:00 There's something happening here. The anti-establishment protest song has been turned on its head as Tea Partiers find their voice: "People speaking their minds/Getting so much resistance from behind/What a field-day for the heat/A thousand people in the street/Singing songs... Sissy Willis So easy to love tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a675d316970c 2009-10-25T19:35:57-04:00 2009-10-25T20:03:11-04:00 Earl Grey, majestic lord of all he surveys. Putty in Tiny's paws. Seductive. Voluptuous. Wary of entering the inner sanctum. Sissy Willis "Now that President Obama has made it safe to hate Fox" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a6106d02970b 2009-10-21T18:35:34-04:00 2009-10-24T05:29:11-04:00 Tiny's main squeeze Earl Grey stopped by early morning for a nip. After we suggested the feral fellow not enter the house, he scurried into Tiny's hosta blind to reconnoiter before heading off for parts unknown. "Obama has authorized 40,000... Sissy Willis Limbaugh's critics: Fools Rush in tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a5f227dc970b 2009-10-18T12:09:36-04:00 2009-10-19T18:40:31-04:00 "Freedom from Fear" (left) and "Freedom from Want" are two of Norman Rockwell's "The Four Freedoms" series inspired by FDR's rousing wartime State of the Union address in 1941. Reproduced in four consecutive issues of The Saturday Evening Post in... Sissy Willis That you do so well tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a5f0d4a3970b 2009-10-17T19:23:12-04:00 2009-10-17T19:23:12-04:00 Being the object of a voodoo-doll puncturing. It's remarkably effective. Could we sue for physical deterioration caused by mental anguish? Sissy Willis Within striking distance of the jaws tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a6306e51970c 2009-10-11T17:01:50-04:00 2009-10-16T14:13:59-04:00 Squirrels on the lawn, skunks in the border garden, raccoon kits clinging to the Silver Maple in the predawn, sparrows flocking in the lilac bush out front on a breezy afternoon. These crisp autumn days in Chelsea-by-the-Sea were made to... Sissy Willis Roll over, Alfred Nobel, and tell Jimmy Carter the news tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a627e3c2970c 2009-10-09T06:29:57-04:00 2009-10-09T14:48:50-04:00 "Barack Obama is the third sitting US President to be given the prize after Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson," The Times captions above image. It figures (see Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism). Kevin Lamarque/Reuters photo. Vanderleun trumps Drudge on Twitter:Drudgereport still... Sissy Willis What's up, doc? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a5cb6392970b 2009-10-07T18:43:02-04:00 2009-10-09T19:17:23-04:00 "I feel better already, and Tiny is blissfully unaware of my concerns," we wrote in a message of thanks accompanying a donation to Angell Memorial, Boston's historic animal hospital and research center this afternoon. The contrast between the patient-centered service... Sissy Willis Kit Chat tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a617a7f4970c 2009-10-06T14:45:34-04:00 2009-10-06T17:24:36-04:00 Gentleman caller Earl Grey stops by for an early-morning clowder and catnip klatch with his coy mistress Sweet Tiny Pea. Update: "I LOVE the new post," imails our sis: She: Clowdering seems to be the way to keep romance alive.... Sissy Willis Blue skies smiling at me tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a612fb84970c 2009-10-04T17:59:46-04:00 2009-10-04T17:59:46-04:00 He loves, and she loves … Tiny and Earl clowder the light fantastic this afternoon as foggy overcast gives way to "blue skies smiling at me." Even as Tuck sands and paints and climbs ladders to the sky to spit... Sissy Willis "Men who will deal likewise with their fellow men" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a5bb80a8970b 2009-10-04T12:35:34-04:00 2009-10-04T12:57:41-04:00 "St. Francis preaching to the birds" attributed to Giotto (1295-1300. Fresco. St. Francis, Upper Church, Assisi, Italy) "If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who... Sissy Willis Beautiful dreamer tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a6105ef1970c 2009-10-03T17:30:26-04:00 2009-10-03T17:30:26-04:00 Sissy Willis "Twitter, Gawd love it, is blogging for people with ADHD" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a5b28869970b 2009-10-01T17:41:27-04:00 2009-10-03T12:57:23-04:00 Tiny and late bloomer Sedum 'Autumn Joy' trace a tapestry of delicious pinks and grays in the autumn light. "Put down the Twitter machine. Your fans and admirers miss you," writes a gently scolding Gayle Miller in the comments of... Sissy Willis The soul of wit tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a58982b3970b 2009-09-23T13:52:17-04:00 2009-09-25T05:53:03-04:00 Where have all the blogposts gone? First time we've gone over a week without blogging since launching our little flagship into the blogosphere 5 3/4 years ago on December 12, 2003, with "The tidings that dare not speak their name."... Sissy Willis To sleep, perchance to scream tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20120a5c05deb970c 2009-09-13T13:21:46-04:00 2009-09-18T06:36:03-04:00 Tiny spoke to us in a dream last night. Not her usual meows, maos, prrts and purrs, but in The King's English. Tuck asked what she sounded like. Don't remember a sound. Were her lips moving? More like reading her... Sissy Willis