gobble garbled

Monster in my sink by quinn.anya It’s been a rough couple weeks. My pleasant and breezy 2009, apparently, was spent on deficit, and now I’m paying some backtaxes of bleah, oof, and ugh. I’ll try to keep the bitching brief. Seriously, as soon as some turkey and wine hit my system tomorrow, things will be…

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presidential pets (dogs, unless otherwise specified)

I dare you to use one of these on your next name tag. Drunkard Washington Satan Adams Dick Jefferson (mockingbird) Polly Madison (macaw) Buddy Monroe “Unnamed” Quincy Adams (alligator) Pol Jackson (parrot) “Unnamed” Van Buren (tiger cub) Sukey Harrison (cow) Le Beau Tyler “Unnamed” Polk (horse) Old Whitey Taylor Mason and Dixon Fillmore (ponies) “Unnamed”…

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bureaucracy of an imploded weekend

It’s been a bracing few days of chaos. Fortunately my head has been screwed on a little tighter than the default lately, and I’m managing just fine. Let’s get that out of the way before I begin, shall we? I’m fine! The Thursday-at-11:20am-Becky was touchingly oblivious to the events about to unfold. As she drove…

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my awesome conversation with david frost about pie

Here’s the full story of the meeting I mentioned in this post. When I was a teenager, I got to go to this concert: [direct link] The clip above shows a list of the performers and brief clips of some of the performances. If you want to catch any of the acts in their full,…

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mock orange at a holiday boutique near you

Holiday Boutique Open House Sunday, November 15, 1pm – 4pm at The Inquisitive Canine Studio 2159 Palma Dr, Ventura (map) Mock Orange (the online store operated by Turquoise and me) is proud to participate in this festive boutique — and portions all proceeds will go to the Humane Society of Ventura County. We’ll be selling…

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halloween, no nablo

Halloween pictures are up in this photoset. I was a member of a Mob of Angry Villagers. You can see us chase a vampire and a couple of witches (who fought back with a gun) and many, many silly (some might say stupid) shots. That’s Todd, me, Talia and Kyle, out for some vigilante justice:…

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