Justin Matott's Blog, page 29
May 31, 2009
I wish people would pay attention to this sign!
It seems EVERY TIME I run, which is basically every day, I see the remnants of a careless dog owner's apathy or the actual deed in the making. It is amazing to me how many people use the PUBLIC trail system in my area and don't see the FREE pick up bags for THEIR dogs!
I mean, come on, do you really think it is going to EVAPORATE or more likely you think someone else should take care of it because YOU ARE ENTITLED!
I carry a bag with me for my dog so no HYPOCRITE here.
Today was the THIRD TIME ju
May 29, 2009
Helping some people move, but thought you should know....
There was another doggone squirrel in the trap this morning.... There are starting to make me a slave to critter counting. I have retired the trap for the rest of the day...
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NUGGETS! NUGGETS! NUGGETS! I said NUGGETS!
Here is the amazing power of the internet: yesterday I twittered that I would donate 100 books to a charity for 2 tix to the Nuggets/Lakers playoff and within four hours I had two tix and the books will go to a good cause!
My son and I are going to the Nuggets Playoff against the Lakers tonight!
Thank you Terra!
What a great time we will have!
Nuggets are PURE GOLD, but what the heck is a Laker anyway?
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May 28, 2009
After our jog today, coming home to the SQUIRREL!
Tootsie aka Batman Matott (named thus by my son) got the scent of a squirrel in the trap. SHE WENT NUTS! Then we spotted a mother robin, who swooped both Toots and me on the way to her nest on MY drainspout on MY house, but that did not stop her from swooping low to make sure we didn't get too close...
The Toots found a great place to take a nap. Yeah, easy for her. I am the squirrel's school bus, carting them to and fro, mostly fro...
Bob Ross, the old network television painter is the one pi
The Toots found a great place to take a nap. Yeah, easy for her. I am the squirrel's school bus, carting them to and fro, mostly fro...Bob Ross, the old network television painter is the one pi
Critter Count Summer 09, 4 Squirrels, make that 5, NO WAIT 6! 1 Raccoon, 1 Bird
This dude or dudette seems to be mooning me...
MORNING NEWS: Squirrel # 4
So, no kidding, when I let this dude or dudette go in the open space he or she sprinted toward a huge blue spruce and as my eyes followed him or her I saw that he or she was joining two other squirrels foraging beneath the tree for pine cones. With peanut butter and apple breath he or she joined them. Bet they are jealous.
Here is something that strikes me
odd: everyone that has talked to me about my little squirrel reloca
MORNING NEWS: Squirrel # 4
So, no kidding, when I let this dude or dudette go in the open space he or she sprinted toward a huge blue spruce and as my eyes followed him or her I saw that he or she was joining two other squirrels foraging beneath the tree for pine cones. With peanut butter and apple breath he or she joined them. Bet they are jealous.
Here is something that strikes me
odd: everyone that has talked to me about my little squirrel reloca
May 27, 2009
All of my followers will get...
There's A Fly On My Toast! on CD if they
1. Send me their address by this Friday at noon to justin@justinmatott.com
2. Make a comment about one of my May blog post (yes another one)
and 3. If at all possible tweet it to gain more followers of course.
(This includes anyone who starts to follow me as of today...) ahem, ladies and gentlemen, let them know...
Thank you to those of you who follow my silly blog and I hope you are enjoying it.
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Could it BEE?
Well, after such an eventful critter catching day yesterday, I must say I was a bit disappointed that my quarter of a red apple attracted no one but a handful of small ants to the trap. I think a peanut or almond butter smear on it might bring some company. Just when I thought the morning would remain uneventful, a run, a quick trip to the gym and Starbucks and back for a session on my laptop with my new book I saw something I haven't seen before on the "trail"...
Amazing things you see in a pa
Amazing things you see in a pa
May 25, 2009
When it rains... it pours... Squirrels that is! Critter Count (Day Two)
For the second day in a row on critter count (the trap has been out for two days) a squirrel has found his or her way to my peanut butter laden bread.
This dude or dudette is currently living in the same treed area as yesterday's so I hope they have found one another and don't form a gang to get back at me when I go to the gym in the morning (same parking lot).
This dude had a tendency more toward the
superhero than the military!Trivia question: From my book Go Ask Mom, which character becomes a v
Critter Count Summer 09
This morning, after baiting my critter catcher last night with a crusty rye bread and peanut butter treat, I awakened to the absolute largest squirrel I have ever seen sitting in the trap giving me a bit of attitude. I loaded him or her up and relocated him or her to a lovely little treed area on the south edge of Highlands Ranch. "Daniel's Park, HERE I COME!" were the last words I heard him or her scream as he or she scrambled across the field toward a grove of scrub oak...[image error]
