Hunter S. Thompson is dead.


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That's Feline New Guy.

Actually, "new" is pretty relative. Beau is an ancient kitty. He's mostly blind, fairly lame (doesn't do stairs, beds, or anything that requires jumping), and he has grooming issues. His tummy's been upset since he arrived at Toad Hall as well.

But he sure is cute.


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J and I watched quite a few movies over the holidays. Most of them were pretty light and fluffy, but a few rose to the level of good honest entertainment, like Calendar Girls and The Goodbye Girl. At one point, we saw the trailer for a recent Hollywood epic, Hidalgo. It looked interesting and I picked it up on the next trip to the video store ( Read more... )

Last Wednesday night, as I was reading myself to sleep, I groggily noted the presence of a couple of Columbus police "ghetto birds" circling nearby. Orbiting helicopters are a regular feature of the weekend small hours here, out on the northern fringe of the the sprawling OSU sphere of influence. But this was a weeknight, so something unusual was ( Read more... )

The nom de plume I've chosen comes from the memorable character in Kenneth Grahame's 1908 classic Wind in the Willows, which was inevitably turned into a Disney movie in the mid-20th century. Following the dictum that all great themes will be turned into theme parks, Disney duly installed amusement rides at Disneyland and Disney World commemorating ( Read more... )

Seems like as good a time as any to make an entry and test the system. Hi folks. If I've suddenly appeared on your friend-of list, it's probably because I've been reading your posts and, well, it seems fair to let you know that. I have no idea how I'll actually be using LJ, but it's probable that it will be more of a way to keep track of what you ( Read more... )