Today (August 1), Tink’s Third Annual PB Contest begins at 9 am EDT and continues throughout the day. Winners will receive their choice of “a mixed goody bag” or a personal post.
Margene sent me this great picture of a shoe she saw at Bill’s Footwear in Berkeley. I wonder why she thought of me?! 
I couldn’t actually find this shoe at the Bill’s Footwear website, so I tried a little google-fu and found these…. and these. Yowza. Who knew?!
Flamingos on Cute Overload – how timely!
Did you see Sydney’s link to the phone sheep? I wonder how many telephones it took to make that flock…
Check out the pictures of Bethe’s very cute and unexpectedly, um, educational sheepy water bottle… Sorry, I just bought the last one! 
Update: Thanks to KitKatKnit, who discovered another location that has these bottles.
If you’re a mystery fan, you hopefully already know about the wonderful mystery information site Stop, You’re Killing Me. If you’re a fan of the romance, suspense, speculative, or western genres, check out the FictionDB. While a lot of the site content is for paid subscribers, there’s enough free stuff to make it a handy reference.
Reading Update
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman. I’d argue that Anne Fadiman is something other than a common reader, but her essays on reading and books are excellent.
Dyer Consequences: A Knitting Mystery by Maggie Sefton. The latest book about Fort “Connor” knitter and accountant Kelly Flynn isn’t any better than the others, although Kelly does progress from scarves to a hat. I figure she’ll start her first St*rmore around book #2517. What can I say – if it’s a knitting mystery, I apparently persist with the series. Now, if there was a knitting vampire mystery series, would I be doomed or what?!
Rising Tides, Inner Harbor, Chesapeake Blue (Chesapeake Bay Saga, Books 2-4); Daring To Dream, Holding the Dream, and Finding the Dream (The Dream Trilogy); The Villa; Born O’Hurley (The Last Honest Woman and Dance to the Piper) by Nora Roberts. A-hem.
Twilight Fall: A Novel of the Darkyn by Lynn Viehl. These are decently written vampire-based paranormal romances, but they continue to not completely engage me for some reason… possibly because it’s a bit more crudely graphic than I look for in a “romance.”
CindyCindy has been very worried about Chaos not appearing on the blog this week. Never fear, CindyCindy, Chaos isn’t working two jobs or anything!
“Good grief, Mom, can’t I have any peace around here?! What’s a cat gotta do so he can take a private bath?!” -Chaos
I love those cat shoes! And I always love cute/funny cat pics.
ooo, cute shoes! And some of those shoes in the first link would be purrfect for hand knit socks too!
Love the linkies! Thanks!
Oh my goodness, the sheep water bottle is hilarious!
Ha! LOVE the shoes!
I love those shoes! Not sure where I’d wear them… but I think they’re great.
Poor Chaos! Tell mom she needs to compensate you with some catnip next time she wants to snap a picture of you indisposed.
You are just a font of information today! I’m off to look for that Sigg bottle
Chaos evidently enjoys his time away from the blog.
Sometimes (Dyer Consequences) we are just suckers for a fast read about a familiar topic…
Those shoes are totally cool.
Nice to see Chaos make an appearance today! LOL! Sorry we interrupted your quiet time, buddy.
I have wanted the black cat shoes in the maryjane style for about 5 years but don’t like buying shoes online. The water bottle is hysterical.. my husband has a mug with bears on it that he found at a yard sale which are all in different *cough* configurations. They are line drawings and you don’t even realize what they’re doing until you look closer. I’ve had to since hide that mug since my son is getting older.. lol.
I still think those leopard print ones are the coolest of the cool…
Chaos…gonna tickle your belly!
Sigh, those Black Cat Stiletto shoes aren’t by Keen so I guess I won’t be buying any. Right. Sure. Like I was going to. You?
Wow, those are some shoes. And that water bottle! I’ll have to post a pic of a rather similar coffee mug that I picked up while on vacation in Virginia a couple years ago.
Oh, lordy, those shoes are just perfect….
Cute shoe! Reminded me of THE SHOES in the Midnight Louie book with Louie’s image on them. Do you read Carole Nelso Douglas’ series?
Chaos, you are totally screwing up your alignment that your mommy pays good money to that kitty chiro.
Darling cat shoes, you’re getting the stiletos, right?
*wink*
I just reserved Dyer Consequences on your recommendation, and now I fear I’ll only knit stockinette socks for months!
lolol
Chaos, it’s good to see ya, boy! Even if there is a wicked gleam in your eyes…Chris be careful – he’s ticked you disturbed him!
(((hugs)))
Look at how Chaos is sitting! How FUNNY!
Awesome shoe pic from Margene! Good that you finished “Dyer….” before tomorrow!
i love the phone sheep, lol the shoes ARE you (and i love their brand) please email me the link to the water bottle, lol. I just was shopping for a new one today and they may get them back in stock someday. Is it aluminum or stainless? or plastic? Thanks chris!
o m g these shoes! Must! Have! Only yesterday I was blissfully ignorant that my shoe collection was lacking. : )
Great links!!
A friend of mine has the kitty-cat Mary Janes ad they are adorable! You seem like a stiletto woman to me
Hehe! Those water bottles are quite something – I’m not sure what, though!
Hehe, and it’s good to see Chaos.
Chris- C’mon- you must get yourself a pair of the Kitty docs- those are the cat’s meow. The Leopard ones are amazing.
I’ve seen the phone sheep before- wouldn’t that be cool to have one in your house?
Tell me you didn’t buy a pair of black cat stilletos? (I kinda liked the other shoes…)
Have I ever thanked you for having your blog set up so that when we click on all the little linkies we get a new tab and don’t have to navigate back to yours? So nice for browsing around on a hot summer day. Sigh.
LOL at the water bottle! And I love the cat shoes!
Poor Chaos, the guy just can’t get any privacy.
Black cat stilleto heels? The mind boggles.
There’s a niche that’s gone unfulfilled! Knitting vampires. I wonder if I can bang out a book in a weekend.
1. Chaos looks pissed. I’d be careful if I were you.
2. So. Did you buy yourself a pair of the black cat stilettos, hmmmm? How does one walk in those, I wonder.
3. Thanks for the mystery site link. That looks mighty interesting. I am pulling back from reading serious books and preferring mystery & suspense.
Ducky and Baby say “Thanks for the HOT pictures of Chaos, grandma shared the kitty porn with us”
Great shoes! A good friend takes a picture, a great friend sends you the shoes. wink, wink
Man, Chaos looks maaaad at you! Of course I would be too if someone took a picture of me in the shower.
No worries about the big kitty! He looks too relaxed.
I want those kitty shoes!
Chaos looks pretty cute!
I am finding it hard to resist the cat shoes.
Want. Those. Shoes. But I AM a shoe whore, so that’s hardly unexpected. The bottle is very cute too. I do not need to spend more money. Stop showing me nice stuff.
My favorite cat shoes were the “Black Emily, the Strange Cat” shoes, with the soles that made prints saying “Get Lost”. My 10-year-old would probably like those, actually….
I’m trying to figure out what knitting vampires would knit, and apparently it’s been too long a day at work, because the mind is boggling here.
Yeah, even though the series isn’t that great imo, the Maggie Sefton series, I continue to read them as well.