Mariposa is hosting this week’s fun monday. She said:
“This week’s Fun Monday is easy, I’ll only be asking TWO things -
(1) Please share to us how the NAME of your BLOG was made? I can’t wait to hear interesting funny stories!
(2) Please share to us (in words or photo, though a combination of both will be a bonus!) your favorite/ most common dish!”
This one was real easy for me:
1: It’s my name! it did used to be the roblog though, which I think is fairly self explanitory. Previous to that it was the world of Kaine, a name which I chose in my youth for a computer gaming alias. As a Christian I wanted it to be biblical. I opened the bible at the beginning an found Cain.
I thought the name was really cool, but since I didn’t kill my brother (it was my sister I killed) I wanted to disambiguate myself and so changed the spelling.
2: 
Nuff said.
Isn’t it great when you’re holding your camera, and by chance the ideal situation presents itself.
The other day Sarah asked me to take some photos at a dinner dance we hosted, So like a good boy I got out my camera to prepare it for the event.
As I stood there, Boxer hopped up onto the windowsill and sat behind the curtain with the sun right behind him. Here’s the shots:
Purrfectly acceptable results.
It was my first day back at work today having had the flu for a week.
Since I knew that I’d be absolutely exhausted by doing normal activities for the day, I decided I’d compound the feeling by accepting a friend’s offer to go or a walk across beachy head at lunchtime.
I am now absolutely shattered, but am glad I went. The weather was great and I enjoyed it thouroughly. You can see why:
Ok, now they’re just being rude…
Today I was driving home from work when I was forced into the position of following a double decker bus. Those of you who are regular readers will know that on new years day when behind a bus, this happened (and now those of you who just clicked that link do too).
As you can imagine, I get quite tense when behind a bus now, and the crash is all I can think of. So it’s a bit of a kick in the teeth when the offending bus says this to you:
Yeh, like that’s gonna happen!
This weeks is set by Tiggerlane
“Have you heard of The Bucket List? Well, that’s what I want from you! Make a list of things you want to do before you die. It must be at least five items – and you can make it as long as you desire. Photos are optional. And let’s hear about some of the wackiest, most bizarre to-do’s on your Bucket List!”
Well mine is going to be fairly short, as it’s late and my imagination is running low.
- Visit as many countries as I can
- Write & direct my own TV/Film comedy
- Learn to fly a plane
- Own a brand new car
- Help someone else to achieve their dream
- Restore & modernise a classic car
- Improve my imagination
For a long time, Boxer’s claws have been too long. This is because he is a house cat and choses to ignore the scratching post that we so nicely bought him. We’ve been meaning for a while to contact the vet to have them cut, but decided today that we’d save a bit of money and do the job ourselves. Here’s some instructions for those of you who might like to do the same:
- Lay out towel on the sofa
- Place cat on towel
- Fold towel over cat to restrain him
- Put plaster on scratch wound & retrieve cat from windowsill
- Place cat on towel
- Throw out shredded towel
- Rugby tackle cat and keep him in a headlock while you’re partner clips claws using pliers.
- Apply antiseptic to underarm
- Retrieve cat from light fitting
- Entice cat back onto sofa with whiskas treats
- leap from behind sofa landing on cat
- Instruct your partner to clip the claws from the limbs protruding from underneath you
- Release cat
- Seek medical advice regarding deep chest wounds
- Use the vet in future
My favorite Christmas present this year was by far a power kite from Sarah. Unfortunately, I crashed the car on new years day and mangled bits that are required for kite flying and consequently hadn’y had a chance to try it out.
Until Monday that is.
Both Sarah and I took the day off to go shopping in Ashford, which incidentally was where we were headed when I crashed. Since I was feeling better I threw the kite in the car and we stopped off on the way to give it a try. Here’s me flying it:
Thankfully we made it all the way to Ashford this time avoiding collisions with almost all other road users. We got some great bargains at the shopping centre too. I got a great new ski jacket heavily discounted, and Sarah got a really nice ballgown for an upcoming charity dinner dance we’re hosting. If you’re local, drop me a message and I’ll give you the details.
Look forward to my next flying trip now.
