OMG!!! I am not really a dog person, but I so want to borrow someone's dog for Halloween so we can "trick and treat" down on 11th street in style this year.


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This cat desires world domination and he's not afraid to smack you upside the head to get it.  Resistance is futile.  His autobiography Mein Paw will be available soon through Cat Power Press for two bags of Meow Mix or three toy mice.

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Today my heart is wearing
concrete boots
and is quickly sinking to the bottom
of the East River.

The weekend is no proper
consolation for the scourge
of emotions digging out
their own special
hiding place.

Yesterday was a terrible, awful, shitty, crappy, sucky, miserable, all-around horrible day. I don't want to tell the whole story here, but I had an ugly confrontation with a student. Basically, a kid accused me of being racist because I made them read Huck Finn.  However, she didn't seem to have any issue with the book until she got in trouble for ( Read more... )

What weird ingredient is in this Bath and Body works Japanese Cherry Blossom  body spray
that makes my cat go insane?  Whenever I am wearing it, Zoe will lick my arm like crazy!! It's like spray-on cat nip or something.  In fact, sometimes, if I am taking a nap in the afternoon, I will be awakened by the feeling of wet sand paper being rubbed ( Read more... )

Is there anything more patience-testing than the obsessive picture-taking of a doting aunt? Yeah, um...probably not.  But here's picture of Aiden from Saturday's visit anyway.  He will be eight months old on the 31st of this month.  Time goes too quickly.  The girl in the red is Aiden's mom, my niece, of course.


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Yep, if Lucifer or Satan or the dark prince....or any other more nebulous evil has a scent, it smells like these f#@%ing pear trees.  Gag!

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So my mom and dad just got back from their 50th wedding anniversary cruise.  They brought me some groovy presents, which is super cool of them.  They had a great time and ate tons of amazing food.
So here some pictures of my presents.


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Yeah, so I thought I'd just play with the digital camera and take some stupid self-portraits....very silly.


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