Ross E. Lockhart's Blog, page 94
October 24, 2010
October 23, 2010
The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island: A Tragedy for People Who Eat Food
Fantastic fiction fosters a certain kind of melancholic anti-hero, an amoral, luckless mess of a messiah destined to do more harm than good. Now, to the ranks of Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné and Donaldson's Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever comes Gaston Glew, a pickle, narrator of Cameron Pierce's The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island: A Tragedy for People Who Eat Food. Sixteen and hereditarily-depressed, Glew escapes the confines of the pickle planet, launching himself into space in a vehicle built and fueled--literally--via the deaths of his parents. Coming to Pancake Island, Glew proceeds to indulge his every sour whim, romancing princesslike pancake Fanny Fod even as he murders her fellow pancakes with impunity, poisons the environment, and destabilizes the sun, kicking off the titular apocalypse. Strangeness abounds in a world where the fauna includes bacon vultures and an imprisoned cuddlywumpus (the source of all happiness), and the plot wickedly spirals through an absurd--if doomed--landscape toward catharsis. Like a demented children's story for adults, The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island: A Tragedy for People Who Eat Food is inspired weirdness in the Bizarro tradition from the author of Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden and Ass Goblins of Auschwitz.
October 19, 2010
Office Assistant
"Don't forget," says my office assistant. "You have a meeting at noon today. And follow up on those proofs. And after that, maybe we can fit in a walk."
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Spotted on my way in to the office...
Did a miracle happen here? Rise up and walk, sinner!
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October 17, 2010
Little Lion Dog
Little Lion Dog: Maddie tries on a costume, and gets a treat for her trouble, at Our Best Friends on Friday.
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October 10, 2010
Havin' a picnic
I'm hanging out on a park bench with Maddie as Jennifer plays bingo, as we slouch into the waning hours of her annual company picnic.
Good food, good conversations, good games, and lots of good dogs sniffing about...
But sometimes it's best to hide in the shade of a big tree and catch your breath. And be struck with wonder over things like this:
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October 9, 2010
Whiskerino?
In reply, Maddie stomped through a pile of leaves, then came up grinning.
"I know," she said. "Let's go to Walnut Park and check out the Whiskerino Contest. I'm a shoo-in in the 'Best Ornamentation' category."
El Dia de los Muertos
As mentioned previously, El Dia de los Muertos is big in Petaluma. So once again, Jennifer, Maddie, and I are setting up the traditional pet-oriented Ofrenda at Our Best Friends. Here's an in-progress glimpse:
And over the next few weeks, customers and others are encouraged to add their own memento mori, memorializing and celebrating their departed Best Friends...
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October 8, 2010
Jeremy at the office, en route to watch the Giants win.
Jeremy at the office, en route to watch the Giants win.
Preach it!
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Randy and Chuck
Randy and Chuck
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