Peeps, this is a special open thread, because we’re celebrating a birthday! Here’s reader Georgiana Y. with the news:
A very happy birthday to my sweet Minnie who just happens to be turning 18 on Caturday, October 19th. She has good days and bad days but she’s a tough little girl and we love her very much.
Of all the works in this museum, one above all captivated my soul. Its deceptively simplistic composition — rectangles of steel and glass revealing tightly undulating curves — spoke to our constant yearning to break free of society’s constraints and serve our true purpose. At least that’s what I thought until someone explained I’d been looking at a fire hose.
Artistically submitted by Andrew Y.
They thought it was a goner!
YouTube, via Karen F.
Let’s start the weekend with this calm cat from reader Andrew Y.
Yes, it can be a lonely existence. Sitting at my post for days at a time, with nothing but a voice on the radio for company, can drive you crazy if you let it. But thanks to me, there hasn’t been a single forest fire in the living room.
