Commute

You know Erin, I've had problems with my cats stomping around on my desk and lying on my keyboard when I'm trying to work, and I've figured out a solution.  Which is to have flexible QWERTY layout in the outline of a cat, which you can lay on top of the cat and punch in your keystrokes, which your computer would register those keystrokes by wireless, or the the kinetic energy would transfer from one side of the cat to the other side and type the appropriate keys that way.  Great idea, huh?  Let's market it and make tons of money.

Poor Natty.  Are you back in school and have to commute regularly?  That would be very stressful, and I don't know how you would tolerate that, especially since you already have a job with great earning potential.  School is something that needs focus, so I suggest that you do it later.  But commute just sucks.  Commute is the low point of civilization, where the innocent kills the innocent.  But I guess we can't escape it.  I try to avoid commute myself (I'm even trying to grow my own food crops), but today I had to do a lot of commuting.  My house is on the street to the local elementary school, and that street can get busy, sometimes from morning to dusk.  I nearly hit a motorcycle with 2 small kids on it while pulling out of my driveway just now.  Gag.  I hate commute.

Pina, that's a very pretty photo.  You would have been wealthy and popular if you focused on Milan, but if you like it tough then NYC it is.  But be warned, a hard life can make people very ugly.

Here's a snapshot of a chicken breast slow cooked in butter on top of a bed of steamed rice, with my Mom's bamboo shoot sweet pickle.