Saturday, April 14, 2007

They Scared the Cats, Norwegian Rats!

Interesting week. Here are some things that I learned:

  1. An adult Norway Rat, pictured at right, can kill an adult cat. (Note: All cats are safe and accounted for. This is not a lesson born of experience.)
  2. If Scott Podsednik takes a baseball off his head in the outfield to lose a game for the White Sox, no one will talk about it. Why? This is hilarious.
  3. The last name of the manager of the apartment complex we'd like to move to in NJ is, I kid you not, Soprano. Shudder.
  4. I need to get a microwave, because leftover pizza meatballs are not nearly as good cold as they are hot.
  5. Finding energy to complete a semester after thesis completion is not very easy.
  6. More than one local Episcopal church prayed for Anna Nicole Smith at their Easter vigil. There was giggling.
  7. Earning a jointly-conferred Master's degree does not mean that the two institutions involved jointly confer about how to lessen the paperwork you must fill out.
  8. Jackie Robinson wore number 42. Does anyone know about this? Somebody should do something to commemorate that.
  9. Cal Ripken, when asked by Alex Rodriguez for advice about handling the media, said "Go watch Bull Durham." A-Rod is said to have replied, "Why's he calling me meat?"
  10. Firejoemorgan.com brings me an inordinate amount of joy.

5 comments:

Miss K said...

Lilies can kill cats too, apparently, unless you figure it out early on and spend obscene amounts of money at the vet. The cats are fine, but my credit card balance is not. So make sure you put lilies on your "don't bring into the house" list, along with Norwegian rats.

Unknown said...

add chocolate to that list, too. no wait, that's dogs. nevermind.

Unknown said...

Rats like chocolate.

Unknown said...

your face likes chocolate.

Olivia Hubert-Allen said...

Sam! How are you? Eric gave me your blog address while he was explaining about the rat incident. Quite amusing. I will say, though, all that comes to mind is Splinter from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ... and who could kill him?

Olivia Hubert-Allen