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I got a cat and I can’t figure out what to name her. Nilam? Mbuzi? Ada? Smudge? WHY DOES THIS FEEL LIKE SUCH A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY? (Because it is).

I got a cat and I can’t figure out what to name her.

Nilam?
Mbuzi?
Ada?
Smudge?

WHY DOES THIS FEEL LIKE SUCH A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY? (Because it is).

“Each year, executives at every television network except one face the same dilemma: what to air during the Super Bowl? Before 2005, Animal Planet usually punted, airing nature documentaries that no one was expected to watch. But Melinda Toporoff, an executive producer, wanted to compete. “I was inspired by the Yule log,” she said. “Something you can just stare at and surrender to.” Her version was the Puppy Bowl….For every ten Americans who want to watch large men concuss one another, there is one who wants to surrender to cuteness. Beyoncé may be singing on CBS, but the Animal Planet halftime show features a kitten scrimmage, with hedgehog cheerleaders dressed in tutus.” —The New Yorker, jan 28 2013 (via wafflewednesday)
* Things I learned in the Grand Caymans (so far)

• the real challenge of driving on the other side? Windshield wipers & turn signals.

• No sidewalks = flattened chickens. Or maybe that isn’t so correlated.

• Stroking a turtle’s neck helps soothe them.

• Conch fritters are not delicious.e

• When an island is only 22miles long, the route on your map goes by quickly.

• The usual restaurant scouting tactics: full tables, recommendations, tiny hole-in-the-walls are not reliable here.

• Snorkeling is not my forté.

• You can walk with sting rays as long as you don’t step on them.

• But they’re still scary.

• Irish Moss (the drink) feels a bit like chunky saliva, but tastes like egg nog.

• The Grand Caymans doesn’t observe daylight savings time.

• Neither does Arizona.

• The Cayman trench is over 25,000ft deep and it looks amazing.

• How to make sticky rice (& I inherited a sticky rice pot + basket).

• Saliva helps de-fog your goggles.

• Baby turtles dig their way through ~34in. of sand before making their début. 

My first ever food box! I looked forward to this since the moment I clicked “sign up”. It was delivered on time by the lovely New Roots Organics. I already made one large batch of veggie soup. It was disappointing actually. But there is always another soup to be made!

My first ever food box! I looked forward to this since the moment I clicked “sign up”. It was delivered on time by the lovely New Roots Organics.

I already made one large batch of veggie soup. It was disappointing actually. But there is always another soup to be made!

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