Jenn Martinelli Blogging in Boston
- At Baker Peak in Vermont with Cleo, August 2011.
Where I'm always right and no one can argue with me.
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Why you must read this book
Something someone said at work today reminded me of this book, and I now must officially recommend to all of you that you read it, as soon as possible:
I'm not really sure how to encourage you to read the book without giving away interesting information from the book itself, which I'd rather not do, because I want you to read it! I'll just say it contains amazing information about how the human mind works and an awful lot of what you learn in this book will surprise you.
Your emotional mind is much more in control than you are likely to think it is. And that's not even necessarily a bad thing. A lot of the time, it's a good thing.
There are a lot of interesting lessons about intelligence, empathy, and rational thinking. It will give you new insight into almost every decision you and the people you know make.
Read it and tell me what you think!
ETA: My bad, I should have linked to Rob's original post about this too. He started reading the book before me and finished it first. He couldn't help himself and had to tell me some of the stuff about it as he was reading it!
Questions about my new weblog platform?...
Glad you asked. It's a super awesome new platform for creating weblogs or any other dynamic site created by my genius boyfriend Rob (robreed at gmail dot com). Email him and tell him how awesome he is.
Why you should visit this site regularly
Because I'm right about everything. If you disagree, I don't care.
What's going on right now
I swear, someday we will be done fixing things and moving in. Seems like every time we start something we find an unanticipated problem. And it's hard to find the time to work on this stuff. I made a Homeownership category on this blog but it is woefully out of date. I will try to keep it current, though. The process of fixing things and putting things where they belong continues.
We adopted two kitties from the Animal Rescue League of Boston in the fall of 2010. Molly is a sweet black and white/piebald kitty who was found on the streets as a stray. Katie is a torbie/Maine Coon who was confiscated in a hoarding case where there were 98 cats total. Both are great in their own way. Molly loves to cuddle like no cat I have ever known. She would rather be carried around like a baby or sleeping in your lap literally every second of her life than anything else. She's also a heat-seeker and regularly tries to march around on the stove while we are cooking. Don't worry, we keep a careful watch on her.
Katie is now enormous. When she stretches out she spans the entire width of our dining table. She still has a lot of kitten type energy and likes to play a lot. Luckily she easily makes a game out of a lot of things. Unfortunately, one of those things is our blinds. Which will need to be replaced. Her favorite toy in the universe is a plastic drinking straw. She literally goes crazy for them.
In Memory of Billy the dog
Best.Dog.Ever. 1995-2009.
Many of you knew or knew of Billy. We miss him a lot but his memory lives on, especially thanks to this blog.
Here are some favorites:
Some photos in honor of Billy's 13th birthday
In Memory of Emily the kitty
Greatest kitty in the world! 1992-2010.
Many of you probably have heard Emily stories. She was a sweet and funny cat who seemed to get more personality every year. Imagine how much she had by the time she was 17 and a half years old!
Check out this post to see links to more favorites:
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