Likes and Dislikes: Food Edition -- update no. 2

Follow up to this and this...

The baby loves:

hormone-free, organic chicken
cheese -- mozzarella, cheddar, parmesan, gouda
apples
chickpeas
rawhide chew sticks
non-fat yogurt
free-range organic egg yolks
onigiris
dried seaweed
peanut butter (esp. in the form of a pbj sammich)
oranges and tangerines (but only if slightly masticated)
wellness pure rewards jerky
cat food (wet and dry) and treats
freeze-dried beef
strawberries
frozen bananas
mangoes
various fish -- salmon, eel, turbot, flounder, sole, tuna and sardines

The baby likes:

kibble (depending on the day)
cherries
almonds
pears
soy cheese
peaches & nectarines (slightly masticated)
bananas (mushed and pulp-ed up)
blueberries (skinned)
freeze-dried beef liver
sushi
mackerel

The baby dislikes:

kibble (depending on the day)
Milk Bones and most dog biscuits
peas
spinach
carrots
onions
grapes (thank goodness, despite Enn's best efforts)
carbonated drinks

What the baby loves but can't have:

popcorn (allergic reaction -- lots of ensuing itchiness)
wet dog food
the faux meat that I eat

Mon Dieu, le sandwich

In as many weeks there's been these articles in US papers regarding the uptick in the popularity of sandwiches in France, especially as this rise coincides with the decline of traditional lunchtime dining. Makes me wonder if Americans are doing more hand-wringing than the French over what is being lost, i.e. romanticized images of three-hour lunches along the Seine. Next.

Pros and Cons of Working From Home

Pros:

+ get to work in my pjs or whatever else I choose to wear or not wear
+ don't have to deal with teeming masses
+ working when I want

Cons:

+ getting guilted by the b (this is what I see when I turn around -- pretty much all the time):


+ succumbing to Memphis's hypnotic stare:

Saboteur, Part Deux -- a more subtle approach

Pet Peeve No. 3

The Godfather theme being blared out as a car horn. And this is how you do it:


People, really??? Is this really necessary???

Sadly, some of my neighbors think so since I hear this stupid sound pretty much every day outside my windows.

Saboteur

I've been trying to take more pics of Memphis esp. when the lighting is good because of requests from some quarters clamoring for more kitty porn. However, someone had other ideas.

Can you see the him now?


Oh, you need me to move? Ok, how about now?

Midday Nap

So, while I'm working/surfing, both the baby and Memphis are taking a midday nap. Though for them midday nap usually means sleeping between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. -- with short breaks for fetch or string in between.

With that said, sometimes I wonder what they're thinking when they're dreaming their days away, especially when I hear the baby chirping away. And then there are those times were I wonder what they're thinking, period. For example, I'd like to know how in the world this particular angle can possibly be comfortable???

Admittedly, this line of questioning usually only applies to the baby as Memphis has a more conventional form of sleep: