Written by Lenix. Big and black. He came to us about 11 years ago, getting away from a neighbor who wasn’t taking very good care of him. He wandered into the garage one day looking painfully skinny and asked for a drink of milk. I put a saucer on the floor, he drank. Then I gave him [...]
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An evening at Mouseburgers
Picture it: 1970. A hot summer night. Friend Libby and I are cruising through the Westport area, when we get the munchies. A couple of Libby’s REALLY good doobies will do that to a person. Just down the street is Woolfburgers, a greasy spoon (really greasy) where the ‘hippy set’ dines. Libby parks her Pontiac [...]
READ MORE »Well SHIT! Welcome home, Yip.
Well now. Ain’t this a fine how do you do! I arrived back in the flatlands Sunday afternoon after a nifty weekend in Eureka Springs. When I escape for a weekend, I usually stop by my office to check mail, phone messages, make sure the place is still there, etc. before the work week starts. [...]
READ MORE »My brother thinks he’s SO smart.
He is pretty smart, I guess. He reads a lot. Mostly Batman comic books. But, you know, one can learn a lot by reading. Last night we were sitting around talking about that Jeopardy show, and how difficult some of the questions are. We were drinking Coconut Blazers (with little paper umbrellas!). By the third [...]
READ MORE »Hey Yip! Where ya been lately?
I haven’t posted anything here in almost two months. Where have I been? Well, it’s like this: I was over England way doing a line with Whitney Houston. Whitney has enough money that she can buy some really GOOD shit, too. Just about the time we got to feelin’ pretty good, some super model whose [...]
READ MORE »Cheap wine makes anything taste good. Especially when one is naked.
Got home from work last night and found there was nothing in the house to eat. Not surprising, since I’m the only swingin richard in the place that does any grocery shopping or cooking, and I haven’t had a chance to get to the store in a few days. Glanced in the icebox, there was [...]
READ MORE »Kvetch of the day – April 1, 2010
While walking through a local store yesterday I was seduced by a large sign reading “BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE!” It was attached to a display of body wash. (or, as I am wont to say, body worsh.) Bright red and blue squeeze bottles about 8 inches tall. The labels on the bottles had little [...]
READ MORE »As I see it, it was a gentle greeting from beyond
Got a call here at work from my father yesterday. ‘Yip, I’ve been cleaning out some stuff laying around here. I want you to come over and look at some things before I give them to Goodwill. See if there’s anything you want.’ This happens about once per week. It usually means he’s found the [...]
READ MORE »Adventures in Postal World
Be warned, not only is the story disturbing, the author is disturbed. Picture it: A cold, blustery day in January, and our hero, Yip, is headed to the post office to buy stamps, and to complain to an uncaring postal clerk about the ever-rising postal rates. He opens his office door, car key in hand, [...]
READ MORE »Spam! Not the delicious canned stuff.
So I get to the office this morning and turn on the computer. (It’s about the only thing I’m able to ‘turn on’ lately. Poor Yip. Poor, poor Yip.) I check Geekfest while waiting for my email to download. After a few minutes I go to the email file. There they are; 37 emails. 37! [...]
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