My Cat is Turning Into a Duck

Yesterday our cat, Cookie, came back into the house after having been out terrorizing the neighborhood strays. If you lived in Taipei you would know that for Cookie this is a full time job demanding a great deal of her attention. Last year was easier for her because there was one huge stray tomcat in the area that controlled the entire block with a vengeance. That cat was really tough! One night it was outside our bedroom window yowling loudly for ages. Even though I opend the window and yelled back at it and made lots of (what I thought) “scary to a cat” noises this thing just [...] . . . → Read More: My Cat is Turning Into a Duck

Finally I Understand the Ukelele

About six months ago my wife decided that she wanted to learn the ukulele. Don’t ask me why because I do not ask questions like that any more. At the time she also decided that this was going to be an enforced healthy family activity so I would resume playing the guitar… like it or not. I am a smart man, I decided to like it. Our son was given the choice of playing the guitar or the ukulele. To my horror he decided he wanted to play the ukulele. In the process of deciding what instrument he would play . . . → Read More: Finally I Understand the Ukelele