Cute Cat Thursday 2014-11-27: Thanksgiving Edition

On this day, we give thanks for all the good things in our lives. For us, that includes sharing our home with two magnificent, infuriating, and much loved cats. Tonight Belle and Dexter will enjoy their share of roast turkey.

Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate it!

Is the turkey ready yet?

A Shirtgate challenge to Boris Johnson

I am beginning to think NASA had the right idea, when they expected Mission Control engineers to dress like this:

Ed Harris in Apollo 13, wearing an uncontroversial shirt.
Source: toutlecine

At least it would have spared us the idiocy known as Shirtgate.

Cute Cat Friday 2014-11-21: Dexter

Having a well-deserved cat nap after getting back from the vet. (Fortunately his injury is healing well.)

The Rosetta shirt incident

This week, the Rosetta mission landed a probe on a comet; but instead of a richly deserved celebration of their achievement, a lot of discussion centred on one man's shirt. This is not just a failing of one individual, but of the European Space Agency as a whole.

The man in question is Dr Matt Taylor, a senior scientist on the mission, and this is the shirt:

"Covered with half-naked women" would be a fair description.
Source: BBC News

Cute Cat Friday 2014-11-14: Belle

It's my chair now. If you wanted to keep it, you shouldn't have gone for that cup of tea.

Edit: This is the 100th post to be published on my blog. Huzzah!

Interstellar: Review

Interstellar has definite flaws, but in its themes, ambition, and visual spectacle, it is a deeply impressive film.

Cute Cat Friday 2014-11-07: Dexter

Just another lazy afternoon.