Wordless Wednesday: Cows on Skyscrapers

Your move, Texas. Related Links: Wordless Wednesday: Cows on Cranes Wordless Wednesday: Cows on Condos More Wordless Wednesday on Caterpickles

“Mommyo, help! Does paper conduct even a low level of electricity?”

Even though paper is an insulator, not a conductor of electricity, it is possible to conduct a low level of electricity through paper, provided you have the right tools. Here’s what you’ll need to set up your own paper circuit at home.

Sunday Dinner at Caterpickles

Mommyo: “The Eight-Year-Old actually accused me this week of geeking out over Jane Austen.” Uncle Phil: “She’s not incorrect.” (I would like to note for the record…

What’s The Nine-Year-Old reading this week?

Our mostly-weekly survey of the tidbits that cross The Nine-Year-Old’s desk. This week after reading James Howe’s Bunnicula series, The Nine-Year-Old does her level best to convince her lunch buddies that vampire rabbits are real.

Wordless Wednesday: Stuff on Cat Edition

“Ok, Cat Mom, here’s the deal. I don’t take off The Nine-Year-Old’s hand in just retribution for putting this @*&^%$ hat on me, and you start…

“Why did Jeeves describe an orange tabby as a ‘lemon-colored animal?'”

Did you know that orange tabby cats are ranked according to the color of their coats? The darker the shade, the theory goes, the better bred the cat. Is your cat a marmalade or a lemon?

Wordless Wednesday: Cows on condos are awesome

Well-played, Chicago. Related Links: Wordless Wednesday: Cows on Cranes More Wordless Wednesday on Caterpickles

A Random Act of Poetry, by e.e. cummings

I’m still buried in a forest of tax documents — I’ve reached the “Where is that one last form I need?” phase. Sadly, that one last…

“Mommyo, did you run out of questions?”

Nope. I’ve simply been taken hostage by our tax return. Caterpickles will resume regular posting once I escape this paper forest.

What’s The (now) Nine-Year-Old reading this week?

Our mostly-weekly survey of the tidbits that cross The (now) Nine-Year-Old’s desk (Happy birthday, The Nine-Year-Old!). This week, The Nine-Year-Old picks her favorite Laura Ingalls Wilder story, reviews the entire history of Snoopy’s wars with the Red Baron, and takes steps to counter Bunnicula’s plans for the coming Vampire Bunny/Zombie Vegetable Apocalypse.