The Diary of A Simple Man

Sebastian's cast Here it is. He picked the color, of course. It's signed now - he asked me to be the first.

Here's a photo of the Traveler restaurant in northern CT. It's well worth a visit if you can get there. A free book with every meal!

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I've had far greater thrills at Arisia, over the years. The one thing that came close to an "Ooooh!" moment was when they lit up their magic castle with an amazing lighting effect; it was a lovely shade of blue with incredible-looking silver lights all over it. It looked like a beautiful magic castle. Unfortunately my pictures didn't come out well.

All in all, Disney World was fun and I'd do it again - if it weren't so incredibly expensive.

Coming up: the cruise, and the first of three video blog entries.

Here are some pictures of Widget, by popular demand.

She's locked in our bathroom (it's a very big bathroom) with food, water, and a litter box. We were told to keep her in there a week to let her get used to the house, and to make her introduction to our other cats easier.

Sarah has seen her. She hissed at her several times; short, shart hisses. But she didn't do any of the classic growling or whining, and she didn't get violent (I was holding her). Widget just looked back curiously.

Baby doesn't seem to be aware that there's a new cat in the house. But then, he's really not very bright.

Here are some photos. For aesthetic reasons I'm leaving out the photo of the scratches she made on my upper leg while jumping up on my shoulders.









It's funny; at first she was jumping all over me, but once I started taking pictures it's like she wanted to put on a little show.

Sebastian up a tree Sebastian high in a tree at the playground in Brookline, 03/16/2008.

Check this out!

I snapped this with my cell phone when Teri was driving me to the train station a couple of days ago. Heavy, sticky snow had fallen the night before, and some quirk of melting made it fall into this odd pattern. Cool, huh? It looks like frosting!

Sebastian at Teri's Party - Age 6 I haven't published a photo of Sebastian in quite a while - so here's one from this weekend, at Teri's 40th birthday party. He looks a little anxious here, but he actually had a great time. Most of the time he was giggling, laughing, or screeching with excitement. The blue thing is a balloon he was holding.

Sebastian Riding 2007 An update on the old photo in my icon. Since he's now a lot heavier, I'm not actually standing in this one - he jumped me from behind while I was sitting down. It's a self-portrait, incidentally, which I snapped at arm's length.

Sebastian's New Swing Set By popular request.

At the zoo Sebastian at Roger Williams Zoo, 11/11/2006. This was early in our visit; later in the day he got cranky and difficult, demaning that I pick him up and carry him. He's getting too heavy for that, though.