I spent the weekend in Tucson visiting Homer. He says he's smiling in this picture.
Oh, and check out Homer's new ride.
I bet this baby gets great gas mileage.
We had a fun weekend playing with his many cats, shopping at dollar stores and making fun of rich conservatives.
As for the rest of the weekend, it started with this...
and ended with this...
And that's all I'm going to say about that.
This one goes out to Ricker who loooooooooves him some proper grammar and spelling.
Recently I've heard from a few of you (ahem) that there's a problem with my comments. My guess is it has something to do with the comment CAPTCHA thingy. Truth is, it was never a perfect solution. It had its drawbacks. And people bitched about it. A lot.
For now, I've disabled it so... comment away my pretties! Likely I will start getting bombarded with spam for V!@GRA! or RIHANNA S3XY CLIPS! Now there's something to look forward to.
Of course, if I actually upgraded to the current version of Movable Type, this would most likely be moot. But I am inherently lazy, so that's probably not going to happen any time soon.
Update - OMG! It only took about 20 minutes before I got my first spam. Grrr. I enabled something about "trusted" commenters. I'm not sure what that does. Guess we'll find out.
Another Update - Apparently, it means I have to approve everyone's comment to be published. *heavy sigh* I'll have to look at this some more this week. Grrr.
The LAST UPDATE (9/15) - I just installed ReCAPTCHA (which was SUPER easy to do) to reduce spam and OMFG let me tell you there has been spam! OY VEY! And those spammers didn't let me down. I did get the Paris Hilton Sex Tape spam. I think I'll frame that one.
Still no word on Rihanna.
But I did get one that gets the first place ribbon.
big labia lips
open labia
labia minor
mondo labia
beautiful labia woman
Any guess what they are selling?
I can't wait to see what kind of Google hits I get after posting this.
Oy. I need a drink now.
Later.
Yay! I remembered!
07:56
Sometimes when I say, "Hold still," Elliott thinks I'm saying, "Rub your face on the camera."
07:58
This little guy what hanging out on my door. Hey Elliott, this is how you hold still.
08:29
I hate the clutter elections cause.
09:37
I listen to my poor outdated iPod Nano all day at work. I've been listening to a lot of news and election-based podcasts lately. That can't be good for my blood pressure.
If you haven't already, you should check out Daniel Brewer, Alden and the naughty bed monkey on Dubious Intent.
11:59
John and I ate here today. I am fascinated by the font choice for this signage. It's such an odd choice. Like a font for pizza parlor with animatronic rodents and a ball pit instead of a Vietnamese place. Does anyone know what font it is?
</font nerd>
12:28
John loves him some noodles.
12:43
The restaurant has an indoor koi pond. It also has a disco ball. And paintings of what look like streets in Italy. The whole place really fucked with my mind.
12:50
Vote Obama 08, but don't smoke.
12:58
These are like crack for me. I'm glad there are only seven. And I'm also glad John ate two of them.
15:21
Upgrading to CS3. Just in time for CS4 to be released.
17:59
I had entirely too much fun with this coupon/flip book from Target that came in the mail.
18:06
$5.99 CHiPs shades + my CwC T-shirt = Badass Mofo.
The goodies arrived! She has some photos of her loot on Flickr.
I still have one more to mail out if I ever get off my lazy ass and go to the post office.
I have to say, this year's Stampapalooza has certainly fed my dollar store obsession. I might have to do this again soon.
I was feeling kind of gloomy when I got home. Then, I found her email in my inbox. She totally brightened my day.
To see what she got, visit her blog.
Someone brought a package to my desk at work today.
Hang on. This looks familiar.
It's from Cute With Chris!
My very own Pervy the Horse T-Shirt! I am so wearing this to the polls when I vote in November.
I showed it to John after I opened it. He said, "That is a violation of the dress code."
What does he have against donuts? Or maybe he doesn't like yellow.
There was also a note.
Thanks Homer!
Thomas left for Colorado today. It took eleven of us and about three hours to pack his entire life onto a truck. It probably wouldn't have taken as long, however special consideration had to be given for The Death Star® and the three thousand books he owns to complete his dissertation.
While loading the truck, someone commented on how calm Thomas was about the whole thing considering how stressful moving can be. He said it was because he trusted all of us completely with his stuff. I turned to him, "Well, that, and I slipped you a Xanax."
Thomas and I met ten years ago while we were volunteers at the local LGBT community center. If it were still around, I suppose it would now be called the LGBTIQA community center. Or better yet, the LGBTIQAOMGWTFBBQ!!!1! community center. I was the volunteer coordinator at the time. Someone told me about Thomas and new mens social group he was running at the center. I called and left him a message to introduce myself and find out what volunteer needs he had.
Now, this next part has been hotly contested for a number of years, but trust me readers, when I tell you MY version is correct.
TWO LONG MONTHS after leaving that message, I answer my phone to hear, "Hi. This is Thomas. I'm returning your call." He said this as if I has just called the night before. I pulled the phone away and looked at it like, "Is this a joke?" Um, sure. Let me see if I remember why I called TWO LONG MONTHS AGO.
That was my introduction to Thomas. I'm happy to say he is much better at returning phone calls now.
Over the years, Thomas has become someone I rely on. When something good happens, he is one of the first to hear about it. When I need help, he is who I call. And when I need someone to mock on my blog, he is always there. He never disappoints.
He's been a pretty good sport about it too.
Thomas is one of the smartest, kindest, funniest, warmest, most generous people I know. He is noble and selfless in his actions always thinks of everyone else before himself. I am lucky to have him in my life and I already miss him dearly.
This isn't a goodbye. Just a "see you later."
It was my turn to bring Friday Treats for work today. I think I chose wisely.
And Astrud the Kittybear approves!
Julia is the lovely and talented sister of the lovely and talented Alden. Them's some good genes running in that family tree.
Being an only child, I've always been sort of fascinated by the dynamic of siblings. When I'm around siblings, I sometimes catch myself observing them and making mental notes about how the interact with each other. Like Jane Goodall watching the gorillas. But I'm sure Julia and Alden don't pick things out of each other's hair.
At least I hope not.
Sung to the tune of Last Dance.
Oh, it's my last batch†...last batch...to mailllll.
Guess what. I'm out of stamps!
Doh!
If I get time today, I'll take this batch of Stampapalooza goodies to the post office today to ship.
Now, do yourself a favor and check out UK jazz artist Eliza Lumley and her amazing album of Radiohead covers.
Go on. Do it!
†Unless you ask nicely.
UPDATE: Sent!
And in answer to Kezza's comment, I've sent a total of 12 and the farthest one went to Australia!
Check out this graceful back stroke.
She never spilled her drink.
Happy Labor Day, ya'll.
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