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I know from watching many, many episodes of America's Next Top Model that all the fiercest models have a signature pose. So it's no surprise that Mattie LaMew, a potential top cat model, also has a signature pose, as seen here.
This is the pose that Mattie usually adopts in between activities. I wonder if she picked it up from different dogs in her foster home? Oh, and by the way, these pictures surely were taken with the new digital camera, which is now operational but sadly not compatible with my home computer.
Of all the Library 2.0 tools I've explored so far, LibraryThing is my hands down favorite. Rollyo and Technorati left me with a feeling of confusion mixed with "why would I need this?" But LibraryThing left me with a feeling of "I wish it was summer so I could explore this site all day." I especially love the widget feature - I think it really spruces up my blog! I want to add a similar widget to my school library's web page so I can showcase newly arrived titles ... definitely a summer project. I'm sort of obsessed with organizing items on my bookshelf (surprising, right?) and this gives me a whole new way to catalog my own stuff!
Digital Camera update: I picked up my digital camera on Sunday, but unfortunately it does not appear to be compatible with my home computer, which is getting a tad long in the tooth. The summer projects are really piling up ...
By the way, I'm really loving The Daily Coyote. I recommend it for anyone who enjoys nature writing, animals, and all things Wyoming.
I just made a quick run to Trader Joe's, and didn't I see WANDA SYKES out walking her dog with a couple of friends. She seems like a cool lady, her little dog is adorable (possibly a Jack Russell mix?), and she co-starred with Jane Fonda (love her) and Jennifer Lopez (love her) in Monster-in-Law. I feel a commemorative viewing coming on! If only I had a digital camera to document this brush with celebrity ...
In other news, I got a good recipe idea from my brother Doug yesterday. He made a fabulous pesto cream sauce by heating pesto, goat cheese, and a little milk over low heat. This is good on everything from tortellini to grilled salmon. Admittedly, I have only tried it on tortellini and grilled salmon. Some fresh grape tomatoes and wilted greens never hurt, either.
Some other edge-of-your-seat updates: I just started watching Season Two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD. I'm continuing to make progress through The Other Queen. And thanks to my brother Evan hooking me up with several birthday items from my Amazon.com Wish List, I have added some new books to my bookshelf:
- Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future by Greg Melville
- What I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (a romance that seems to be based on the Jennifer Aniston/Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie love triangle)
Actually Evan openly admits that he only buys books for me that he himself would not be embarrassed to be seen reading, so you can guess which one is from him and which one was guiltily checked out from the public library while I hoped I didn't run into anyone I know.
I just took a look around Flickr, using the Flickr Magical Feature Tour to get acclimated. I don't even own a camera, so my chances of using Flickr to upload, organize, and share photos are slim to none. It would be fun to have a camera someday, though, and I do have a birthday coming up ... Anyway, I really like the idea of using the Commons and the Creative Commons to teach students about public photography collections, attribution, and whether permission is required to make a derivative version of someone else's photo. It's the kind of thing that causes school librarians many a sleepless night!
So I browsed Flickr looking for photos of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, one of my favorite places. I found this beautiful photo of Phelps Lake and Death Canyon by Jose P. Isern Comas. This photo is "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs" which means that Flickr users can share this work as long as it is attributed to the artist, is not used for commercial purposes, and is not altered in any way. Not that I would ever opt to alter such a perfectly gorgeous shot!
This is the pose that Mattie usually adopts in between activities. I wonder if she picked it up from different dogs in her foster home? Oh, and by the way, these pictures surely were taken with the new digital camera, which is now operational but sadly not compatible with my home computer.
