Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

  • Low Carb Granola

    I love Granola. Unfortunately, we're presently on a long-term reduced carbohydrate adventure so most granolas are out for the time being. However, one of the women on the low-carb mailing list I'm on recently recommended a low-carb granola called "FlaxOMeal Granola" (Low-Carb Success brand). Several other women chimed in to agree that they think it's… Continue reading

  • Cats and Mice

    Cleaning out the trackball. An excuse to post a favorite image. Continue reading

  • Childhood Memories, Childhood Books

    A friend of mine wrote to me … Clare Turlay Newberry – one of my all time favorite authors of children's books/illustrator of cats. She wrote and illustrated Pandora, the book from my childhood. … I finally, after many years, have purchased Pandora and am looking forward to receiving the book. As a child, I… Continue reading

  • Purple Prompts #1-#3

    There were 10 writing prompts this week on Purple Ink, so I'll be posting a few at a time over more than one day. Remember: if you like journal writing, join Purple Ink! List the contents of your purse or carryall. List all the jobs you've ever had. List everything you have accomplished today, no… Continue reading

  • …in other words…. We Have a Player!

    As I mentioned back on January 6, I decided to start my own meme about quotes, called …in other words…. It's been added to the Memes List and today I have my first (official) player (she signed the guest book and left her link with a nicely phrased, well thought-out discussion of the quote: There… Continue reading

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  • Why I Write (revisited)

    Back in December, I wrote a weblog essay entitled Why I Write. I’ve been having a lot of fun writing since then. I’ve been averaging two weblog entries a day in my regular weblog (aka my “other” weblog) as well as several per month here, in my “family eyes-only” weblog, and in the cats’ weblog.… Continue reading

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  • Circle of Words – #3

    Circle of Words is a weekly set of questions that are somewhat personal, spiritual, and will explore your inner most thoughts and feelings. Hopefully these questions will provide you with a little bit of  personal therapy and allow your readers a little peek inside your soul. Each question will first start off with a quote… Continue reading

  • Egg Cartons

    Consider the egg, a miracle of structural design. If you drop it, it breaks. But try to break one by simple inward pressure between the tip and the round end. It’s hard to do. Even by grasping the egg in your fist, you’ll find it doesn’t break (unless you apply finger pressure). Now consider the… Continue reading

  • Imagine-a-sense

    This week’s prompt from Satuurday Senses: “I remembered those psychological tests where you´re prompted to imagine a scene and your answers say a lot about what´s in your subconscious. So, although I cannot analyze the results ;-) I thought it would be fun to see what´s deep inside your minds, or at least, how creative… Continue reading

  • 1 Terabyte. Really

    In a bit of understatement, storage enclosure manufacturer LaCie announced the "Bigger Disk" this week, a device that houses a full terabyte of storage. c.f. extremetech.com, "LaCie Boosts PC External Storage To 1 Terabyte", Jan 16, 2004 The LaCie Bigger Disk, with the largest hard drive capacity available, is a unique innovation that packs an… Continue reading