В кои-то веки, в субботу вечером я был дома (и относительно трезв). Вечер обещал был томным - в наличие имелись:
1) бутылка Бордо
2) Две (!) непрочитанных книжки
3) "Холодная гора" по телеку
Требовалось: компания. Тут-то и начались проблемы. Мама самоустранилась на первых репликах "Холодной горы". Собак, надо отдать ему должное, поначалу всячески ( Read more... )

Cat peed on the floor. Dog rolled in it, then greeted me enthusiactically, rubbing some of it off. Didn't notice, as was in a hurry. Now what do you think the vice governor of the Kaliningrad Region was thinking about, sitting next to the interpreter who smelled of you-know-what? I somehow doubt that the joint Russian/Danish project on economic ( Read more... )

... well, no but this is a cat that killed the mouse. Yes, you heard right. My cat killed the mouse. A computer mouse. Yesterday, while launching the attack on the Dog, he missed, landed on my desk, and knocked down the mouse, together with a pad, some books and a pencil case. Results ( Read more... )

When it is storming outside, owning a dog does pose a bit of a problem. When choosing a dog, Mimoletnoe and I had a good laugh browsing through the ads - one of them was offering some tiny Chinese breed, specifically, as a bonus mentioning that “there is no need to walk it. Cat’s litter box will do nicely”. And in times like today I wish I owned a ( Read more... )