Daily Archives: October 11, 2013

Oct 11 2013

Cat Muse

Cat Desk

The experience of writing has become even more interesting in a new way since we got our new kitten.

Just imagine a cat jumping onto the back of your desk chair, sitting behind your neck, while you’re typing a paragraph.

Or leaping onto your desk, planting herself right in front of the monitor, and swatting your cursor with her paw.

Or deciding that it would be cozy to take a nap on top of your mousepad, mouse, and hand.

In many ways, she provides inspiration like young children do.

She is energetic, highly curious, playful, and cute.

Cat Desk 2 (640x360)

Chris McMullen

Have you heard about Read Tuesday? It’s a Black Friday type of event, but specially for books.

Oct 11 2013

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I truly enjoy Helen Valentina’s poetry. Occasionally, her poems feature a little math or physics. This inspired me to see if I can make a little “physetry” or “poemath.”

Copyright (c) 2013 Chris McMullen

Oct 11 2013

Improving Cat Literacy Video on YouTube

Just what the internet needs: Another cat video!

We have a new kitten named Blondie. I helped her “read” one of my books.

(The hissing noise in the background is a pressure cooker.)

This is my first ever YouTube video. I made it with Read Tuesday in mind.

Read Tuesday is a great way to help improve literacy: Gift a book to a kid.

So how about cat literacy? Why not?

If you haven’t already heard about Read Tuesday, you should check it out.

Read Tuesday will be a big event like Black Friday, but just for books.

It’s going to be HUGE!

Give the gift of reading this holiday season.

Chris McMullen

Oct 11 2013

Apples to Oranges

Who says you can’t compare apples to oranges?

(If they were identical, then you couldn’t compare them.)

They both grow on trees.

(Different kinds of trees. So what?)

You find seeds in the core of both.

(What does it matter that one is juicier?)

Each is roughly the size of a fist.

(So color is different; it is taste that counts.)

Both are sort of round.

(Do you get bonus points for being more round?)

They each make healthy snacks.

(Are apples healthier by keeping doctors away?)

 

If you eat an apple, is it okay to say that it

…is crispier…

…comes in more colors…

…has a tastier peel…

than an orange?

Or is it wrong to complain that it

…can’t be peeled with your fingers…

…gets stuck in your teeth…

…appears bruised through oxidation…

not like an orange?

 

If you eat an orange, what’s wrong with stating that it

…is juicier…

…tastes sweeter….

…feels softer…

than an apple?

Or is there harm in saying that it

…tasted too sour…

…makes a bigger mess…

…causes acid problems for your tummy…

unlike an apple?

 

And if you eat a really juicy apple…

…can you only say it’s juicier than other apples?

…or is it okay to see how juicy it is compared to an orange?

 

Copyright (c) 2013 Chris McMullen

If you haven’t already heard about Read Tuesday, you should check it out.

It’s going to be HUGE!

Give the gift of reading this holiday season.