September 2007

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Dogs
Vacances
09.30.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Earlier this month Mrs The Fyd and I took the dogs for a few days of vacation at the coast. The place we rented was rather more rural than where we have stayed in the past. At night I heard the howls of coyotes in the nearby hills. Across the gravel road was a swamp, […]
Music
Sonic Filth, Heavily Italicised
09.24.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Yesterday was a busy Sunday. Additionally it was somewhat emotionally fraught for me. So this morning I was very tired. That tired as to require more caffeine, in addition to the iced mocha Mrs The Fyd made for me this morning (thanks! and also thanks for driving me to work!). I went and purchased a mocha from […]
General
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09.21.07 | Permalink | Comment?

When a cartoon cat says it better than you can, stand back and let the big cat speak. In other news, the ugly pickup I bought in July actually passed its emissions test this week. My mechanic probably thought he was gonna get rich making it street legal, but I took my chances on limiting […]
Walks with the dogs
A Tree Grows in Montavilla
09.10.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Yeseterday was very warm, as if making up for the impression that we had an attenuated summer this year. Previously I had discovered, growing right next to the trunk of the dogwood in our back yard, a maple sapling. With the welcome assistance of our plant expert neighbor, we transplanted said sapling to the parking […]
Writing
We have a winnah
09.06.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Tim Pratt has won a Hugo for Best Short Story 2007. I don’t know Tim, but back when he was editor of Star*Line he accepted a poem of mine. I haven’t read this particular story, but I have read a lot of his other work and he is a very good writer indeed. Much deserved congratulations […]
Walks with the dogs
Happy Labor Day
09.03.07 | Permalink | Comment?

This evening I took the vicious beasts out for a stroll. While walking behind McDonald’s a Chrysler 300 pulled up into the parking lot, stopped, and disgorged a prostitute. The driver then backed out of the lot, almost hitting the woman as he turned onto the street. Then he drove to the end of the […]