Author Archives: Joel

I’ve spoken often here of T., my best friend and landlord who passed away almost exactly a year ago. T was, among other exemplary things, a fantastic cook but his cooking had one amusing peculiarity: He Couldn’t Cook Small. Everything … Continue reading →

Look, I open Yahoo to check the weather forecast and this is all the news they show me. Clearly someone thinks it’s important. I’m perplexed.I’m going to assume the answer is yes, people do care. That show has been around … Continue reading →

Well, yesterday’s weather was everything advertised and more. Any day in April where you never lower your hood indoors or out, where you have to tack against the wind just to get across your yard, is no day for a … Continue reading →

About a week and a half ago I mentioned that I might be adding a pup to the pack. This morning my friends S&L sent me the first glimpse I’ve had of the litter. This is a quandary. The mama … Continue reading →

I really hate rats. Especially in the food, I hate rats. The boys, on the other hand. They love rats. Rats are food. “Sure, Seymour! ‘I found this great place for our new nest,’ he says. ‘Food for a lifetime,’ … Continue reading →

When Ghost ripped off a rear claw last week, it left the inner pulp in place – a sort of bright-red mini-claw that was obviously sensitive as hell. He limped around on three legs, and for possibly the first time … Continue reading →

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN [REDACTED] HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF [REDACTED}. WESTERLY WINDS … Continue reading →

While I was working on the last post the dogs got all excited about somebody coming up the driveway. It was my friends D&L, who almost never come to visit. They’d just spent much of the day cleaning out a … Continue reading →

…and when they arrive, I wonder if they’ll do something psychotic? Girl, 5, loses fight for life after house fire which killed family as police held back neighbours desperate to help The five-year-old girl left fighting for life in hospital … Continue reading →

I’m afraid it’s time to admit that Butch the cat has left the building, in all likelihood permanently. I was warned, when I first mentioned to friends the thought of getting a pet cat, that I shouldn’t grow too attached. … Continue reading →

No, I’m NOT making this up. In the shadow of the nation’s most recognizable phallic symbol, they gather and march. There are about 50 of them, all ages, both sexes, nearly all white, smiling, quiet, enjoying the sun as they … Continue reading →

So yesterday morning it’s heading toward beautiful weather. All afternoon it’s overcast, windy and cold. Along about sundown the clouds all blow away. I wake up around midnight, the stars are shining like lasers. I wake up around five, it’s … Continue reading →

They say that there’s a broken light for every heart on Broadway. They say that life’s a game and then they take the board awayThey give you masks and costumes and an outline of the storyThen leave you all to … Continue reading →

Via Wendy McElroy: This headline from the Florida Sun-Sentinel (03/26): New cameras in police cruisers can analyze thousands of license tags a day. The article opens, The multi-camera and scanner system, mounted on the trunk, hood, or roof of a … Continue reading →

But in the meantime, I loves me some Onion… Experts Agree Giant, Razor-Clawed Bioengineered Crabs Pose No Threat

Yesterday broke cloudy, windy and cold. The clouds blew off, but the wind stayed. Then in the early afternoon I saw really ugly low clouds roll in fast from the north. I was in the lair, and answered Magnus’ call … Continue reading →

Yeah, I need to grab some lunch and get to work, but what the hell… “the Democrats won’t pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan..they are not organized enough. They couldn’t even get Bill Clinton to pull out of Monica Lewinsky.” … Continue reading →

Not as bad as the first, but this time we did get some damage. That big plastic sail I taped to the fruit tree tried manfully to uproot the poor thing, not to mention knocking off most of the blossoms … Continue reading →

One thing I’ve never even come close to breaking Ghost of is chasing trucks. He just loves it so, he won’t listen to me at all and I’ve always been terrified he was going to get hurt. Well, maybe this … Continue reading →

I don’t know who this guy is. I don’t know what his politics are. He’s in the EU parliament, so I assume he’s a scumbag. But this speech, spoken to the British Prime Minister while the PM is in the … Continue reading →