Rhymes with Safari

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35972252009-05-15T22:29:44.495-07:00Rhymes with SafariWe are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. <br>~Queen VictoriaKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.comBlogger1200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-10711675368500126532009-05-15T22:23:00.000-07:002009-05-15T22:29:44.510-07:00Aren't you going out tonight?

I felt a real kinship with Andy Dick when he moved into the Celebrity Rehab Sober House.It dates back to when I was in college. I didn’t drink so I didn’t enjoy hitting the frat parties or using my fake ID at a bar. I did like sitting around the dorms and hanging out with my friends. But inevitably, at 10 or 11 or midnight, someone would say, “Let’s go out,” as though the evening activity didn’t

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-80768327379539382032009-05-13T13:08:00.001-07:002009-05-15T22:22:33.366-07:00Carcass

Did you ever think you’d see the day when I’d be buying chicken hearts in bulk and feeding raw meat to my dog?After reading a lot about the health benefits of raw feeding (less shedding, no bad breath, smaller poops, walking on two legs, growing opposable thumbs), in addition to my concern that her teeth were eroding because of some sort of nutritional deficiency…or else she’s compulsively

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-28043052186372857132009-04-22T17:43:00.000-07:002009-04-22T17:57:49.861-07:00Career notes

I worked from home unexpectedly yesterday, so I could take my dog to the vet. As a result, I didn't have a work notebook to take with me to a seminar today.So I found an old reporter's notebook that had not been completely filled up. It was the notebook they gave me when I did my trial story at the my first newspaper job in January 2003. The story was about plans for an off-leash dog park. A

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-20241422206130840142009-04-21T15:36:00.000-07:002009-04-21T18:08:14.496-07:00My canine's canines

I loved getting a root canal so much that I'm getting one for my dog.A little more than a year ago, I noticed that one of Isis' teeny little lower front teeth looked like it had been worn down. I googled it, got scared and took her to the vet, whose reaction was basically, "Eh, no big."That tooth never seemed to bother her and didn't wear away to nothing. So I wasn't overly concerned when I

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-57766297998946470672009-03-30T14:42:00.000-07:002009-03-30T15:20:22.649-07:00Information Officer

When you hear that 80 percent of Americans say the economy is a significant source of stress, don't you think the other 20 percent must be in serious denial? Of those surveyed, only 48 percent report being depressed or sad?I'm depressed about the economy, and in particular the decline of The Newspaper, even though I'm "safe." I got out of the newspaper business 3 years ago to work for a state

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-59580356286806678442009-02-26T15:02:00.000-08:002009-02-26T15:23:43.449-08:00Still winter

We had a little snowfall last nightAnd now for your moment of Zen:

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-3993746123702820472009-02-13T17:17:00.000-08:002009-02-13T21:21:37.655-08:00Behold Toy Time

Isis has started some new training. I've described before various incidents that were amusing, or embarrassing, or perhaps frightening to the person on the other end. And I've watched The Dog Whisperer and thought all I had to do is walk, walk, walk this dog until she stops scaring people.It used to be that she'd bark and lunge at other dogs. When I started walking her daily, in about October, I

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-80573025425238415332009-02-12T10:14:00.001-08:002009-02-12T10:46:30.334-08:00You don't know what you have until it's gone

Unless you don't know it's missing in the first place.The most recent episode of Brothers and Sisters featured U2's "Running to Stand Still." I sang along a little bit and thought, "I love this song, I should listen to The Joshua Tree."But when I checked my iPod, I did not have The Joshua Tree on there, just The Unforgettable Fire and Achtung Baby (plus the song "Stuck in the Moment," which I

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-38241564651944174102009-02-11T16:41:00.000-08:002009-02-11T16:56:43.130-08:00Mouse House

Apparently, mouse invaders have a schedule. At this same time last year,** we discovered mouse turds and murdered two mice. After we found the second mouse, I got an ultrasonic, electoromagnetic magic forcefield.I assumed it worked, since we didn't have another mouse for an entire year!However, last night I was turning off the lights before bed and I heard a noise that almost sounded like a leak

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-60928918163455646922009-02-11T16:32:00.000-08:002009-02-11T16:55:11.224-08:00Nemesis

At the risk of offending someone I don't know, but who shares the pronunciation of my name (I'm guessing), I want to share the discovery of "The Kari Safari," not to be confused with Rhymes with Safari.Interestingly, her blog appears to be mostly movie reviews. Interesting, because of course, I am trained in the art of reviewing movies. I have a degree in it.The Other Kari has not posted lately,

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-5284302690137748502009-01-27T11:54:00.000-08:002009-01-27T12:04:41.082-08:00Can you imagine if I Twittered?

I don't know what to say. Which is precisely the problem. All the random thoughts I want to share with the Internet have become Facebook status updates instead of blogs, and that's where I've been posting photos too.Partly, because I've tried to remain anonymous here, I have virtually no audience, and the things I say on Facebook get reactions from people I went to junior high with. Junior high!

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-1120489877357396422009-01-16T10:49:00.001-08:002009-01-16T12:31:38.161-08:00I told you Stew was a girl

I love it when I'm right. More than a year ago, Stew was acting a little sluggish and not eating, and I thought she might be "egg-bound." I did some internet reading and learned that you can help female iguanas lay their eggs by creating an egg box. If they are unable to lay the eggs, they can die.I filled Isis' first carrier (which she had long ago outgrown) with playground sand and duct-taped

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-69248346505460452672008-12-20T09:43:00.000-08:002008-12-20T10:13:45.554-08:00Ch-ch-chains, chains of fools

As it turns out, my cute little car is crap in the snow. I miss my Honda CR-V for the first time since gas prices skyrocketed to $4-plus (oh, how smart I felt back then).It's not a huge deal, as there aren't many days when snow is on the ground around here. But I've never been scared to drive before.Don't remember when I first drove in the snow. Maybe in high school during a trip to Lake

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-5770509299656545912008-12-17T18:40:00.001-08:002008-12-17T18:44:35.209-08:00Let it snow!

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-85704190004906509102008-12-14T00:46:00.000-08:002008-12-14T00:59:22.271-08:00Largest wintering population in the lower 48

Last week I went on a salmon spawning survey. Didn't see too many live fish...and those that we did see were tough to photograph, even with a polarizing filter. What we saw plenty of were eagles. Hundreds of them.

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-42000517242459298192008-12-11T15:55:00.000-08:002008-12-11T16:02:45.297-08:00Reindoggie

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-82328869504260429812008-12-05T15:12:00.001-08:002008-12-05T16:15:30.277-08:00Progress

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-6366846970381675962008-12-04T10:42:00.000-08:002008-12-04T14:56:18.272-08:00Monkey man

If you don't follow SYTYCD (Canada or otherwise), surely you'd like to hear the latest on my dog.While we were in California for Thanksgiving, Isis tore the legs off of one of the first toys we ever got her. A stuffed monkey with stretchy legs we cleverly named "Monkey Man." Rob got it for her while Isis and I were still in California (also for Thanksgiving).She tears apart most toys, sometimes

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-29433905890698838922008-12-04T10:18:00.000-08:002008-12-04T11:50:55.623-08:00Who doesn't Jean-Marc Genereaux love?

Last night's performance finale of SYTYDC made me want to revisit Blake the Judge's earlier work as a contestant on Season 1 of SYTYCD. When he talked about what is expected of the Top 4, I was all like, "How would you know, you were cut from the Top 6!" Burn!That's not fair though, because he really deserved to be in the Top 4. I was able to verify this, because I happen to have seasons 1-4 of

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-69967223765102180472008-11-26T21:45:00.001-08:002008-11-26T22:43:12.815-08:00Pilgrims and Canadians

I know I'm probably supposed to write something about Thanksgiving, but I'd rather talk about So You Think You Can Dance Canada. That's right, I've got dual dance citizenship.I forgot I got the Canadian channel that runs SYTYCDC, so I missed the first few episodes. Interestingly, I wasn't really that into it at first. Maybe because I hadn't gotten to know the dancers yet. They use many of the

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-20228271443635665322008-11-20T15:49:00.001-08:002008-12-05T15:28:40.789-08:00The castle in my backyard

Construction has begun on Rob's dream: a backyard building where he can practice martial arts. I have a vague fantasy that I'll be able to park my car in the garage when all is said and done, but who knows, he may decide that the kettlebell collection needs to stay where it is.It's a stressful thing, home construction. I'm in a weird place where I don't actually have any opinion about what goes

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-88976246690769297152008-11-14T10:42:00.000-08:002008-11-20T16:24:37.132-08:00November rain

So how 'bout that economy, huh? And that election?Paul Rudd stole my joke, by the way. On a promo for his episode of Saturday Night Live this weekend, Beyonce asked him what he thought about the election and he covered his ears and said, "Don't tell me, I taped it and haven't watched it yet."Of course my version was more up-to-the-minute, I Facebook-statused, "Don't spoil the election results, I

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-2520097642635889412008-10-23T14:05:00.000-07:002008-10-23T14:33:34.312-07:00Empathy

My therapeutic massages were leaving me with aching neck tendons, so I gave those up after ten sessions. I couldn't even get an appointment for physical therapy for another couple of weeks, and by the time of my appointment, I wasn't really in all that much pain.Hadn't been having headaches at all, really. But my neck still hurt, and my shoulders were tighter than they used to be. Probably there

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-5431424878521169162008-10-22T16:19:00.001-07:002008-10-22T16:47:45.558-07:00Is this line secure?

Back in the day, paper records were considered to be the reliable, permanent thing, right? I'm sure there was a time when sending someone an email felt riskier than sending it in the regular mail...or even sending a fax.If they have the paper in hand, I know they've got it. This email thing? I don't know where it goes, or if it even got to the person. There's no permanent record.But for some

Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357836727274428610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597225.post-31268165900805737892008-10-20T15:18:00.000-07:002008-10-20T15:35:28.323-07:00Situation: Lunch

I have a weird food issue. Frequently, I don't know what I want to eat and nothing sounds good.At work, this manifests itself in my not eating anything at all until the problem becomes not only figuring out what I want to eat, but also getting to a place that serves it to me fast enough that I don't collapse from starvation.It was once suggested that I automate the process. Just have the same

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