Anywho, I digress …

Loosely based on what might have happened. Or not.

Blinky, Peanut, Goober or something else? You decide!

Posted by episode81 on January 16, 2010

To blink, or not to blink? That is the question.

I can’t help feeling that Blinky sounds like he was named by a 5 year old.  In my book, that’s not good. What do you think?

Please add new names to the comments section and I will add them to the poll 🙂

Lisa.

PS  That is not me holding him in the pic!

UPDATE: 17JAN10    The votes are in!  There were only 3 😦  As Alan has 3 votes, you might think that Blinky is now Alan, but no.  I was inspired this afternoon by his hot, bald tummy.  Jelly Belly popped into my head.  Please welcome Jelly Belly!

SECOND UPDATE:  18JAN10    I blinked.  The votes win.  Please welcome Alan!  The name is inspired by this fabulous video 😀

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Blink and you’ll miss him!

Posted by episode81 on January 15, 2010

Take me home please. Please.

I have been looking at PetFinder a lot recently.  There have been so many small dogs abandoned in California that shelters have been overflowing – quite a few have been shipped off to New York.  Paris Hilton has  a lot to answer for.

Anywho, I digress …

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Windy Nat

Posted by episode81 on January 14, 2010

I was following a car on the freeway this morning when I noticed the license plate.  I almost had a moment.  Not good when you are driving at 65 on a busy freeway!

It must be in the air because I had a bit of a moment earlier in the week.  We’ve all seen the poor guy dressed in an inexplicable costume, waving a sign to advertise a sale or rentals.  On Tuesday I saw a dancing rabbit waving a sign that said “Lettuce” – a local sandwich shop.  The rabbit wasn’t swaying but shaking his behind and really getting down to boogie!  I failed to get any video 😦

Anywho, I digress …

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A victory for common sense

Posted by episode81 on January 11, 2010

Woot!

I have mentioned before my aversion to trees that smell of bodily functions.  Since I wrote that post, I have noticed female ginkgo trees all over the place.  There are a lot in Palo Alto, and sadly, I seem to walk past them all the time.  I had hoped there would be less fruit in the winter.  There is less, but it smells twice as bad.

Anywho, I digress …

Reason: Other, smells like poo

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It’ll be alright on the night

Posted by episode81 on January 10, 2010

Funnier than you think

Every year or so, I start to laugh and …. well, it gets out of hand.  Some would call it hysteria.  I like to think of it as uncontrollable mirth.  That is not to say that I only laugh every year or so!  I laugh quite a bit 😀

I often scare people in the card shop when I come across a particularly funny card and start to titter.  Last year, I found a really good birthday card with a stork theme that cracked me up.  You know who you are 😉

Anywho, I digress …

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That’ll be the day

Posted by episode81 on January 6, 2010

I had a subscription. Oh yes!

There is a new ad for the US Postal Service that makes me shiver.  It prominently features a clown – a creepy clown.  I don’t like clowns, creepy or otherwise.

A couple of years ago, I took my mum and my sister to Las Vegas for a bit of shopping, a show and a fabulous dinner at the Bellagio.  All was going well until the fabulous dinner at the Bellagio.  I picked the restaurant because there was a view of the fountains from the window and the food was French.  What I failed to notice was the theme of the restaurant – the circus.  There were clowns.  I ate my dinner with eyes downcast.  I couldn’t taste the food and I didn’t notice the fountains  😐

Anywho, I digress …

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Cause and effect

Posted by episode81 on January 4, 2010

How much is too much?

I have always drunk a lot of tea – in a typical day, maybe 8 pints of black tea with fat-free milk.  Yes, 8 pints.  I really like tea.

Every year, at my annual physical, I get told to cut back.  I have never paid any attention to such an outrageous request!  I don’t like to drink water, never liked soda/fizzy drinks (Champagne excepted!) and will drink coffee when Typhoo is not available. Typhoo is expensive in the USA – if you can find it.  My Mum sends me large tea parcels several times a year to keep me going.  Thanks Mum!  I have always firmly believed that caffeine has no effect on me.  Oh, I get withdrawal headaches if I miss a cup here and there, but that’s about it … or so I thought.

I have been “at leisure” recently and, consequently, my tea consumption has dropped as I have no real routine.  Routines are good, but there is something (well, quite a lot actually) to be said for waking up without an alarm clock and planning the day on the fly.

For as long as I can remember, it has taken me 2 hours to fall asleep at night.  I never fall asleep in front of the TV.  I am not a morning person.  At times, I am not much of an afternoon person either.

Anywho, I digress …

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Not so wordy

Posted by episode81 on January 3, 2010

Mmmm. Orange!

I still love my new Kindle – even more now that it has a stylish orange cover 🙂  I love orange.  I love my Kindle.  Life is good.

Anywho, I digress …

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Wordy flapdoodle

Posted by episode81 on December 27, 2009

Two of my favorite people

I got a Kindle for Christmas.  I had forgotten that it was on my Amazon Wishlist, but what a great surprise!

I got the DX which has the bigger screen.  I thought it would be good for reading newspapers.  As it turns out, newspapers on the Kindle are a bit crap.  Few pictures, fewer articles than the print or online versions, not updated during the day like the online versions and a pain to navigate.  I actually prefer newspapers on my Blackberry!

Anywho, I digress …

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Sneezy Noodle

Posted by episode81 on December 16, 2009

Ah. Ah.. Ah... Choo!

I mentioned before that Noodles lost his dewclaws due to my incompetence as a Noodle parent.  Well, it appears that I remain incompetent 😦

Before I dropped him at Save-A-Bunny, Noodles was sneezing every now and again.  It seemed to coincide with when he went under the bed, so I assumed it was a dust allergy.  What a boob!

It would have been funny if Noodles was allergic to dust bunnies though  🙂

Anywho, I digress …

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