OTHER COOL THINGS is the blog page where I go off topic. In other words, this is a page where I ramble about a wide variety of subjects which have nothing to do with the Cross House restoration or Emporia.

OTHER COOL THINGS is where I might suggest a great new restaurant. Or a movie I enjoyed, or book. Or a favored blog.

OTHER COOL THINGS may — fasten your seat belt — open discussions about dangerous subjects such politics or religion.

OTHER COOL THINGS will, in short, be a page where I ramble about anything which captures my special attention. Like, perhaps, a nice moment I had with my favorite cat Gilda.

I love comments, so please do not hesitate to toss your two cents in, even if you disagree with me.

My blog posts are below. Enjoy!

 

Gilda. My favorite ever cat.

Gilda. My favorite ever cat.

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Gray. Hunter Extraordinaire.

   

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A Gray with Three Options

  Three options: Gray is dead. Gray has had a really hard day. Gray figured out how to unlock the liquor cabinet.  

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A Not Quite Restoration

For two decades, whenever I visited the city, I would always drive by to see The House. I loved the house. It was brick, 1880s, and with an extraordinary turret rich with leaded-glass curved windows. Also of note was its condition. Which was terrible. The porch was decaying, paint peeled on every surface, and the…

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Shakespeare. In Kansas.

After I fed the goldfish, Gray pondered: To dive in? Or not to dive? THAT is the question.      

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A Deluxe Home for Gray!

I am so excited! Yesterday, the absurdly expensive super-deluxe custom-made KittyMansion™ from catsaregods.com arrived! And I am thrilled that Gray loves it! I feel SO much better about spending $4,865! Wanna see? Scroll way down…                                        …

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A 1900 Theater Update!

Here.      

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My New Baby!

So, I came home around 5PM and went out to feed the yard kitties. They were all acting strange. This is NOT a good sign. I looked around and saw several cats around Flash, who was standing still. With something in his mouth. Something furry. Shit. I calmly walked towards Flash. Then I yelled: FLASH!…

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A Petite Visitor

This morning, I showered, and then reached for the towel to dry myself. Then I placed the towel back on its hook. It was then that I saw a spider at the edge of the tub. I like spiders. So, I wished it no harm and turned away. A moment later I moved to the…

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Comparisons

This is a political post. If you don’t like politics, don’t scroll down.                                       Trump spent eight years claiming that the economy under Obama was terrible. This, like almost everything Trump says, is a lie. Trump has…

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The Young May Save Us

   

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A Light Moment

   

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A GRAY TRIPTYCH

  Gray likes to sit, like a furry gargoyle, on the back of my desk chair. Tonight, I thought: can I snap a picture of her behind me?          

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A Gray Adventure. A Ross Nightmare.

I have just aged ten years during the past two hours. My nightmare began when I got home at 5:30, and went to feed my yard kitties. These are my outdoor beasts, safe behind an eight-foot-high unclimbable fence. During the day, I let Gray out into the yard. As mentioned previously, I found her last…

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Pondering Kitties

  Gray is thinking: Can I turn this into a water slide? Fine is thinking: Can I wrap up the new cat and ship her to…    

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A Guilty Gray

  Gray. You can just hear her thinking: What? What? I haven’t been anywhere I wasn’t supposed to be. Really! And why don’t I quite believe her?  

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Destroying America

This is a political post. If you hate politics, do not scroll down. If you do scroll down….caveat emptor.                                     After four decades of hard work, our lakes and rivers are vastly cleaner. Today though, the GOP is…

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Why I Can’t Get Anything Done!

EVERY time I leave my desk chair, when I return I am confronted with… (scroll down)                                              

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My Talking Cat

   

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Favorite Books

I love books and own a lot of them. Indeed, one of the reasons I purchased the Cross House was because it had a library. For my whole life, the idea of an entire room dedicated just for books seemed an impossible dream. Two of my favorite books are, unsurprisingly, about restoration. These two books…

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The Value of Details

      It was so sad realizing how beautiful the house had once been, but would likely never be again. Sigh. But…but…a company which buys old houses, fixes them, and resells them purchased the house. This is normally bad news for an old house as these so-called flippers usually destroy any soul an old…

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