Tag: Sofia

Knee

~ Veselin ~ 5 Comments

I did my first true long walk since I bumped my knee into a concrete trash can a week ago. 10K steps in one go and the knee held well. I dodged a bullet this time. However, I lost my shape, feeling as if I did 20K, not 10K.

The bin is now out of the way, hopefully it doesn’t hurt anyone else.

And speaking of trash, a the gallery below shows a pigeon eating steak, Wartburg 1.3, and a cat, resting on a pillow. Sofia is not very clean under our current leadership, whose battle with the cleaning companies shows.

Criticism

~ Veselin ~ 11 Comments

In How to Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie argues that criticism is futile. Criticism opens the gates to hell, little devils fly back, criticize, gossip, and destroy morale.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

And yet, walking around all day with your zipper open while your friends politely say nothing isn’t kindness either. So while we search for the middle were kindness wins without criticism, remember this cat.

This is the most critical cat in my recent catblogging history. I tried to blog about her several times and didn’t know what to say. I tried different crops, and neither worked.

I know she’s not really criticizing me for taking photos of her but she looks that way 🙂 and eventually inspired me to write a brief essay about criticism.

Limping Park

~ Veselin ~ 2 Comments

I managed to do 3K steps today. My knee is better, only hurts when walking. The pain at rest is gone. However, I think I won’t be able to do the daily steps challenge for another week or so.

Meanwhile, the winter decided that it’s not over yet and surprised us with snow. The weather forecast says it will be summer within 3-4 days. Not sure who to trust on that. Sofia has this tendency to stay cold when the nearby mountains are covered with snow, and they will be for another month.

Trabant

~ Veselin ~ 7 Comments

A Mercedes is trying to overtake a Trabant on the highway. The speed is high, way over the limit. The Mercedes is in the red, driving parallel to the Trabant. At the last moment, the Trabant slows down slightly. The Mercedes driver rolls down his window and shouts to the Trabant driver:

“Now what?”
“Now third gear.” – shouts the other driver back and disappears ahead.

The photo features a cat. Can you find her?