human nature.

Thank you to Rebecca Trump for finding and sharing this little treat. [pun]

there's a celebrity in our midst

My name is Stefanie, and I'm an animals-on-the-web-aholic. If you have my, uh, problem... you might have read about Cooper the photographer cat. Cooper's dad puts a camera on his collar once a week and every two minutes the camera snaps a picture from Cooper's perspective. The results are surprisingly good. This week when I took Fig to get her adorable case of tape worms checked out, I spotted this. Cooper goes to my vet! I feel cool by association.

what does joy smell like?

In tough times (specifically, 1930: Depression times) Jean Patou created Joy which is now a classic scent. I'm not particularly into fragrances... but this illustration is just lovely.

You can read more in the NYT piece Eau de Woe.

tomatoes everywhere!

This just in: I didn't kill my tomato plants. It's true! Against all odds they survived, and they are quite tasty.

You'll notice that the tomatoes on the left side of the tray are red and the ones on the right are orange. This has nothing to do with ripeness. I special ordered Sun Gold tomatoes, and somehow a red cherry tomatoes plant found its way in. Variety is the spice of life I guess, so no harm done.

I'm tempted to go all out and get chickens. Too far?

the roots. how i got over. 10.20.09

Oh I love The Roots. Their new album is about to drop, so naturally, I need to SHOUT IT TO THE ROOFTOPS! (a.k.a. quietly blog about it.) I hear organs. I hear gospel goodness. I've pre-ordered it; there will be a physical disc involved. This is high school-esque enthusiasm and it feels good.