Jun
My Crazy Kitty
Posted by Kyle as Kitty
I got home today from visiting Eric & Karen and when I opened the door, I expected the usual barage of meows that tell me that I’m in trouble for being away so long. But, I heard nothing. I figured she was probably napping somewhere and wasn’t expecting me at such an atypical hour. I searched the house, looking in her usual hiding places. I couldn’t find her anywhere.
Then I had a flash back to a conversation I had with EJ just before I left. He had opened wide a window in my living room that had a slightly ripped screen at the bottom. I said, “no, I don’t open that all the way because I don’t want Skully to even think about trying to crawl out. I ran straight to that window, and the rip went all the way across the bottom. Clearly something had exited through that newly formed hole. I slowly leaned forward and looked outside. Skully was sitting, scrunched up on the narrow fence between the downstairs apartments. As soon as she saw me she started meowing hysterically, wild eyed, like she had been sitting on that fence for days without sleep.
I immediately ran out and knocked on the doors of the apartments adjacent to that fence. No answer. I ran around to the next lot, mostly empty, and tried to coax her to come out to the end of the fence that connected to a much higher perpendicular fence, but she was too scared. I ran back in and ripped the screen frame out of the window to see how far I could lean out, but it was a good 5 meters down.
Then I put on pants and real shoes because I was ready to do some climbing. I had a small step stool that would allow me to get high enough to climb up to the top of the taller fence and walk tight-rope-style across the smaller fence to retrieve my kitty. Before this daring effort, I gave one last try at running around knocking on doors, including my manager’s, but, still, nobody answered.
I headed back to my apartment to get the step stool, and when I swung the door open, there was Skully.
Some combination of removing the screen so that there was a much easier entrance and my being there, calling to her must have been enough to give her the courage to climb up the scraggly tree that lives on that wall.
She doesn’t seem hurt. She’s extremely dusty. We had a good sit and cuddle session.
Crazy kitty…
May
Frank The Aeonium!
Posted by Kyle as frank, plants
I think we have a winner.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/99061
Purple Crest Aeonium, Black Tree Aeonium ‘Schwarzkopf’
Aeonium arboreum var. atropurpureum f. nigrum
May
Frank’s Growing… Up
Posted by Kyle as frank, plants
Frank is getting really tall:
http://www.ky13.net/pics/misc/frank/
Can anyone help me identify him?
May
Even Newer <Body>
Posted by Kyle as Tech
Since my closet colo is going away, I decided to move back to a real colo. Yes, ky13.net is coming out of the closet. =P
I’m now on a VM with some friends. It’s a pretty cool setup. I like that I have access to the console through VMware Server client so that if something goes horribly wrong I can rescue it without needing someone at the machine.
Feb
New <Body>
Posted by Kyle as Tech
The hardware swap over went fairly smoothly. ky13.net is now running on an Intel Mac Mini. The old hardware will be desecrated and pooped on. Pics to follow.
Feb
Second Impressions
Posted by Kyle as Drinks, Gaming
So, I tried another Mana Potion today. They don’t work. I don’t get the alert feeling I get with either espresso or Monster. Final opinion, not worth the price or nasty taste.
Feb
Potion FTW
Posted by Kyle as Drinks, Gaming
Well, I tried my first Mana Energy Potion. It is really strong. Tastes like green plastic. We’ll see how long it takes to get to my blood stream.
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