Archive for March, 2005
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2005First, a quick note: Dear friends, I offer my sincere and continued apologies for not yet having sent out your GNFNR CDs as of yet. I feel just terrible about the whole thing, perhaps even more so because I’ve got the envelopes labeled, the little CD covers with the track listings printed out and everything, [...]
When in Doubt …
Sunday, March 13th, 2005… Go for the kitty pictures. Sometimes when we dole out the all-too-frequent kitty rations, and the little turds come running, Gus and Smudge eat first, side by side. They were tiny bastardy kittens together, and seeing them crouching and crunching like they’ve always done makes me feel all paternal and fuzzy. Sometimes I worry [...]
A Letter From Home
Thursday, March 10th, 2005The following is an excerpt from an e-mail I wrote my sister this morning; midway through, it occurred to me I should probably share it with you fine people as well. I should note here, by way of explaining the first line, that my sister is most of the way to becoming a Doctor. The [...]
At Laaaaaaast
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005After way, way, way more of an in-depth tutorial on creating online slideshows than I was hoping for, I have, at long last, finished a slideshow of zoo pics from Sunday’s expedition. It’s not just peeing chimps anymore.
Continuance
Tuesday, March 8th, 2005I’d like to tell you this peeing chimpanzee wasn’t the first thing we saw at the zoo Sunday. Though with the kinds of stories I’m given to telling, I’m not even sure I believe myself when I say that. I would, however, like to tell you I’m done putting together a zoo slideshow. I cannot, [...]
Seen around town
Monday, March 7th, 2005Um, so in the parking lot at the baby doctor’s office, the first thing Ern and I saw when we got out’ da car was an otherwise nondescript Blazer, a couple of years old, sporting the following: • Two (2) window decals, one of Calvin with a firefighter hat on, peeing out a fire; another [...]
Joe Early
Monday, March 7th, 2005Oh my god, the zoo. If ever there were a dangerous place for a lousy photographer obsessed with animals and shooting with a low-end consumer digital camera, this be that place. The combined excitement of that and the fucking premiere of goddamn “Deadwood” last night was enough to make me completely forget a part of [...]
Kickin’ it`
Saturday, March 5th, 2005We’ve been takin’ it sleazy here at Fort Awesome. Last night we finally got Sal’s book jacket picture taken. It’s a manual on arc welding. Sal says he’s gonna pay off his bookie once he gets the advance, but I’ll believe that when I see it. Meanwhile, Smudge and Trucky took a ‘Nam nap, leaning [...]
My god, the power.
Friday, March 4th, 2005While web browsing this morning, I opened up the home page for the library of the University where I work, meaning to check on some thing or another. I went off to do something else, then clicked back and was amazed to discover what looked, for a moment, like “Catalog of the Universe.” This sort [...]
Bubba, We Hardly Knew Ye
Thursday, March 3rd, 2005It’s a sad day in the lobster community: After building a decades long career as a lobster (estimates range between 30 and 100 years), Bubba, who’d reached the ripe old weight of 22 pounds, died this morning at a Pittsburgh zoo. For god’s sake, if this nation can’t come together long enough to look after [...]
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