Why Cats like boxes

cat in box
Our cat Stanley in a box

I caught our cat jumping in one of the boxes under my desk. Why do cats do this?

One theory is that they feel safe in a box. But just the image of a square on the ground seems to also attract them.

All recent articles on the topic seem to refer to the same study.

More research is required.

Oh, they jump in other boxes and crates, too.

cat in crate
cat in crate

The convenience of a vegetarian diet

Haloumi burger
Haloumi burger

More than a year ago, I became a vegetarian. In fact, I am a pescatarian; I do eat fish, although I try to limit that, too.

Sometimes, it’s hard to eat vegetarian. When visiting people who are not prepared for it, for example, and also at home, when the rest of the family does want to eat meat. (And I’m not the evangelical type; they have to decide for themselves.)

But it also has advantages. In a restaurant, a vegetarian diet pleasantly limits the choices to no more than a handful of options. Easy, no choice, stress.

Sometimes the choice is limited to a bare pasta, but then you’re in the wrong restaurant anyway.

Simpel

Versimpelde vandaag de website van mijn IT bedrijfje. Wel tevreden over. Veel BS weggegooid.

Advice by Kevin Kelly for the photographer

A very enjoyable book: Excellent Advice for Living. The advice applies to photographers, too.

To move through a place you may not be permitted, act like you belong there.

Don’t create things to make money; make money so you can create things. The reward for good work is more work.

Ignore what others may be thinking of you because they aren’t thinking of you.

Rutger Bregman en de mandarijnen van NRC

Rutger Bregman schreef een boek over ‘Morele ambitie‘. Stine Jensen schrijft er een rammelend en jaloersig stukje over in NRC: ‘Rutger Bregman bedenkt die sterke ideeën niet zelf‘. De Correspondent reageert fel en vindt dat Jensen/NRC Bregman beticht van plagiaat en eist rectificatie, wat NRC weigert. Heel fijntjes toont De Correspondent de gaten in het betoog van Jensen aan in een reactie op hun site.

Onbegrijpelijk hoe Jensen, die ik toch redelijk hoog heb zitten, zo onzorgvuldig kan zijn bij zulke stevige beweringen.

Mandarijnen bij NRC.

Ach, leefde W.F. Hermans nog maar.