Asteroid! and Other News of the Week
Asteroid 2005 YU55 buzzes by the Earth and other space news of the week.
Book Review: Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Cat
As Sara Swan Miller explains in her introduction to Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Cat, cats sleep a lot because they get bored a lot. Since you and I know that reading books is one of the best ways to counter an attack of boredom, she explains, one of the nicest things you can do for your feline friend when boredom has flattened him on the couch is to entice your cat onto your lap and with a soft voice and gentle petting read him a story. After all, “Cats always like to hear stories about themselves.”
“How do you trim a cactus?”
Last week, one of my readers lamented that with all the questions my daughter asks, I’ll never need to take reader questions. But the fact is, I love those too. This week’s question comes from Chris, who writes in to ask “How do you trim a cactus?”
Sugar Does a Body Good
The Four-Year-Old, munching contentedly on a milk chocolate pumpkin: “Mommyo, do you know why Sproing Cats eat a lot of sugar?” Mother: “No.” The Four-Year-Old, licking…
In which a new Mommyo truism is born
Recently, we acquired a 2012 Entertainment book in the hopes that it would have lots of great coupons The Four-Year-Old and I could use as we…
“So, where do we get to go, Mommyo?”
The Four-Year-Old, as the cop walks away from the car after giving her mother a ticket for an illegal right turn: “Where do we get to go now, Mommyo?”
Mother: “What do you mean?”
The Four-Year-Old: “What’s the ticket to? Is it to SteveSongs?”
“How did Friday get its name?”
The Four-Year-Old, climbing into her car seat after preschool, wasted no time on small talk. “Mommyo, I know Saturday is named after Saturn and Monday after the moon. How did Friday get its name?”
The planet of Stuck-In-The-Muck
Time is a bit short around Caterpickles Central this week, what with two major deadlines coming up on Friday, so I’m going to let The Four-Year-Old commandeer the blog again. Regularly scheduled book reviews will return next week.
Mind-Control Zombie Parasites and Other News of the Week
What? A rant about penguins wearing sweaters on a Friday? Science news on a Wednesday? Doesn’t this woman know how important routine is to preschoolers? What the heck is going on?
“What’s that red stuff coming out of the cat’s eye?”
I know what you’re thinking. I can hear you from here. “For heaven’s sake, woman! Get that cat to a vet! Don’t sit around blogging about it!” And while in general I would agree with you, in this particular case, the red stuff in question was due to a previously diagnosed condition and not the result of an unfortunate Preschooler-Cat interaction. So, what is the red stuff coming out of my cat’s eye?
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