Is that kinda like, "Bork Bork"? I guess if Swedish Chef can say "Bork Bork", then Norwegian Chef can say "Blog Blog", though it doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well.

Some of you have expressed concern that I haven't blogged in a while. Well, get over it. :-P

No, really. A lot has been going on lately, I've been working a lot of overtime, and I think my cat hates me because I'm never home, and when I am home, I can't scratch her head because I'm sleeping or eating.

Ever wonder why cats like their heads scratched or necks rubbed? It reminds them of when they were mere kittens, when momma-cat would bathe them, licking them on their heads, or when momma-cat would carry them around by grabbing them by the scruff of the neck.

My neck kinda hurts. I think it's just the position I'm in, laying down as I type.

Did you know that the QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow typists down? Originally, manual typewriters had a problem of the hammers colliding if a typist typed too fast. Also, it's laid out such that letters in words are supposed to alternate hands. It almost never works out that way. They say using the Dvorak keyboard can increase typing speed by 3 times or more.

I'm really enjoying listening to Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World". It embodies all of the drama and emotion associated with the Romantic Era of music. I was quite pleased to have caught a performance of it on "Live from Lincoln Center" on PBS one time.

Time for bed. Mmm, bacon!

¶ 11:43 PM