Ever wonder what your pet gets up to while you’re at work?  Well I recently bought security software that turns your webcam into a motion detecting surveillance system.   I turned it on before I left for work today.  Here’s a time-lapsed video of what my cat got up to:

I just finished reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan (thanks to Jennifer Vuillemot for lending it to me!).   Before finishing this book, I also read his other book “In Defense of Food” and watched a documentary that he’s featured in called “Food Inc.”.

If you’re concerned about the food you’re eating, how its produced, how the animals are treated and how the land is used, these three are must read/views.   If you’re a farmer, an animal rights activist, vegetarian, an environmentalist, a worker for a factory farm or slaughterhouse, or just a regular person, these books and documentary will speak to you.

None of these are extremist propaganda in case you’re worried.  You’ll come away with the tools you need to make informed choices about the food you eat…and to support the producers you trust and respect.

Well, I’ve had Puffy for a while now, and she just keeps getting cuter and cuter.  Here are pics from yesterday.  You can see one of her favourite pastimes:  destroying Tim Horton’s wrappers.   She also loves to be wrapped up in anything.   She stayed in this cloth long enough for a nap.

I just finished reading this book.  I HIGHLY recommend it for anyone that eats.  Hopefully that means you!

Its written from an American perspective but it still applies to our Canadian food supply.  If you want to know how to shop for REAL food and how to stay healthy without memorizing all the “food science” out there, then its for you.  It will serve you well for the rest of your life.

Here’s the author’s website:  http://www.michaelpollan.com/indefense.php

This is a beautiful singer that my friend Nathan introduced me to. Check her out!

Check out my pictures from my visit with my folks in June. If you’re a nature lover, there’s lots of animals, trees, birds and flowers. www.chowntown.com/photographs/

TICKLE TICKLE!

Here’s my cat, Puffy, and the bottom picture is a barn cat in New Brunswick named Tom.  Separated at birth, don’t you think?

I’ve moved my site over to a new server with MySQL 5.0 so I can update this thing a lot easier!  Expect posts to fly fast and furious!

There are a few bugs to fix and improvements to implement so bear with me.