Upside Down In The River
13 May 2011
Four hours of sleep. Dismantling the house. Sick cats to house somewhere. Whee!
12 May 2011
Even the fish wants to know what the hell is going on around here.
If Greece is the Cradle of Democracy, then America is the Cradle of Grease. All our greatest contributions to the world are bathed in oily substances. The Age of the Automobile, petroleum made into power, Fried Foods, mass-produced in glorious fatty quantities, and American Democracy, in which entire deliberative chambers full of well-greased palms are raised in praise of the Lord.
11 May 2011
Just finished watching Toy Story 3 with the kids. (They'd already seen it.) I must be the only person who hadn't seen it by now. Anyway, raised an obvious question: is it the best third movie in a franchise ever? I can't think of another series offhand that got past number two without a serious drop in quality of story.
Moving sucks. That's my entire philosophy on the subject. Subtle, I know, but that's the kind of mind you're dealing with here.
9 May 2011
I was chatting with the neighborhood cat and suddenly realized that (not counting the n. c. and several raccoons I feed) we have nine pets. Nine! We went off the tracks there somewhere. It is no wonder that I am old beyond my years and crispy as a tortilla someone forgot to take out of the oven.
I just found an old pair of glasses. My eyes are exactly one half a nose-bridge worse than ten years ago.
8 May 2011
Also a shout-out to my other mom, my mother-in-law, who except for occasionally getting crazy drunk and throwing things at the neighbors is about as good as I could ask for, too. Thanks, Mama Hazel!
(Okay, the drunk and throwing things part isn't really true. We hide the liquor.)
My mom isn't on Facebook, so she won't see this, but she's been just a wonderful mother. All the nurturing stuff, the love, plus funny and smart. Couldn't ask for more. Thanks, Mom. You're the best.
Well, it's pretty much official now, so I might as well mention it to my various friends I haven't had a chance to contact yet. We're moving house, from one side of the hills to the other, coming to harbor near Santa Cruz. There will be lots of fun and new coming out of it eventually, but at the moment it's kind of like being upside down in the river.
7 May 2011
via Sarah Snow. An amazing (and quite large) animal.
Biggest Great White Shark Caught, Released
news.nationalgeographic.com
A monster male named Apache hauled up off Mexico is the biggest great white shark yet caught, an expedition team reports.
6 May 2011
After a long and extremely stressful day I was sitting here idly scratching what I was beginning to think might be a mosquito bite on my leg, then I looked down and recognized the telltale shape of a poison ivy contact. I just got rid of one of those — took two weeks. Crap. I'm feeling very Charlie Brown at the moment.
5 May 2011
I stole the profile pic from one of my FB friends, but lost the info. Please feel free to claim the credit if it's you. Sorry and thanks.
I was drinking a Caffeine-Free Diet Coke tonight and I suddenly realized that it didn't taste like anything. I mean, it had a taste, but it bore no relation to any natural flavor I could name. It has been derived so far from a beverage based around a real thing in the real world that it's now like a decades-long game of Chinese whispers. Nobody remembers the point of the whole thing.
