Not sure if any of you caught Martha Wainwright performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last week. She sang the Edith Piaf classic “C’est Toujours La Mê me Histoire.” According to her website she recently recorded live an entire album of “rare Edith Piaf songs”. If the album is anything like the performance below I will be running out to buy the album.
(In case that video goes away, you can see the Wainwright performance here at about 36:50.)
Now I only took high school French, but I know this song is about heartbreak. I’d love to see a good translation of the lyrics. The Google translation, I believe, came close but no Gauloises.
It’s been about six months since we put our cat Eno to sleep, and we started serious talks about getting a new cat about a month ago. Our male cat seemed extra needy and our son suggested that maybe Casper was lonely and “needed a new sister.”
A friend of mine’s mom had a cat with a new litter of kittens. I wanted a female and this pretty little girl was the only one in the bunch. Her first night in our house was the Stanley Cup Final. I knew when she was a good cat when she happily played and then fell asleep despite our anxiety and hollering. She has acclimated well to our hectic schedules, and after some initial hissing and posturing, Casper seems to have befriended her as well. (I think that it helps to have a common enemy in the vacuum cleaner).
The problem is that this kitty has been a part of our family for almost a week and she still doesn’t have a name. We’ve had lots of great ideas, but we can’t seem to settle on one. Internets, can you help us out?
I took the poll out because the javascipt did screwy things to my template. The below list includes all of your favorites and a few more to choose. If you have an opinion, please leave a comment.
“Peacy” – Tommy’s fav (Could also be “PC”, or short for, say “Penny Candy”)
“Sidney” – a crowd favorite
“Talbot” – another Penguiny suggestion from my SIL that has a nice kitty ring to it
“Oz” – a suggestion from the Peanut Gallery
None of the above – my suggestion is below!
I have zero interest in your poll or your kitten. Get a life.
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Here’s a couple more pics for you while you mull it over.
Eight years ago today – right about this time – it was pouring down rain at my wedding reception. Some say that rain is good luck on your wedding day. Some say that rain means many tears will be shed in the marriage. Some say that rain foretells of many children being born to the married couple. I am not a superstitious person, but I will say we’ve had a generous dose of luck, tears, and kids (if you include the cats).
I’ve known my husband now for 21 years. We’ve been together for a total of 10 and married now for 8. It took us a while to figure out we were supposed to be together, but when we did we stuck.
Love you, Babe. Thanks for being my friend and my partner and so much more.
I’m posting some of my favorite pics from our wedding / reception/ honeymoon. These are some of the first pictures taken those new fangled digital cameras. The last one was taken today with my iPhone.
