Anecdote on why cats are smarter than we think they are:

Pixel waits for us to get up in the morning to feed her. Whenever I get up first she will sit and wait on the bed. She will sit there until she hears one particular sound from the bathroom …

Thirteen years ago JoDee and I made official that which was already unofficial: our enduring love for each other.

Happy anniversary sweetheart. Here's to thirteen times thirteen more.

J: "... and we learned in class that Curious George is not a monkey."

C: "So what is he? A small human?"

J: "No, he's not a monkey. Does he have a tail?"

C: "No, he doesn't have a tail"

J: "Then he's an ape"

[Discussion on JoDee's anthropology teacher relating …

I'm living in the future.

Writing this on a tablet computer. (Nexus 7)

Using a wireless keyboard using a standardized protocol (Bluetooth).

While using another wireless protocol to communicate with my desktop computer (SSH, WiFi)

Sitting at my kitchen table. (Wood, circa 2000s Art Van)

Communicating this to you over …

Hope you have a great 2016!

(Not posting a retrospective of 2015. It's in the past, and the only way out is forward.)