news

Cheers. I got word from on high, they still like me at work despite the Rooster incident (see above picture and don't ask questions).... Huzzah!

So lift a glass to good news. Good news all 'round.

List for a Flickr Account

Why people need Flickr (caveat: those people mainly being my friends):

• Cool people generally take cool photos
  
• you can't always see them, ie: they're 500 miles away or on another continent
  
• sometimes you need a place to put pictures of food
• same theory as maintaining the blog
• images of shoes and/or feet do really well
• safe storage of your digital images (insofar as that particular medium is safe)
• American Apparel images, such as this gem of KFR and ReBecky
  

This particular American Apparel image came from the quarter-end potluck in the cave.

Another Haiku

I wrote these little gems while waiting to meet a friend. And yes, I had a Guiness in front of me.... Happy Thursday, all.


A song to Guiness
Budweiser of Ireland
without the crap taste


Thunderdome of Broad
Mock my ass, challenge my walk
Sucks to your asthma!


Really, that whole last Haiku should be said with the same little British accent and with the same feeling as Piggy in Lord of the Flies.

I'm such a nerd...

Okay, okay, last quiz for a spell. I couldn't help it. Last night C. asked a very important question we all must face: What if you're not the Austen character you thought you were? Or perhaps more appropriately, what if you were Lydia Bennet or Mr. Collins? I've always suspected Elinor Dashwood could be my Austen alter ego. If they want to say I'm more like Elizabeth Bennet, so be it.

You scored as Elizabeth Bennet. As one of Austen's most beloved characters, Elizabeth Bennet represents what most women would like to become: strong, independent, and loyal. Of course, she has her faults including a stubborn will of iron and a clinging to first impressions. Overall, Lizzie is bright and lovable...something to admire and aspire to. Elizabeth Bennet 84% Elinor Dashwood 66% Jane Bennet 63% Emma Woodhouse 59% Marianne Dashwood 47% Charlotte Lucas 44% Lady Catherine 31% Which Jane Austen Character are You? (For Females) created with QuizFarm.com

Somehow I don't think my southern Baptist grandparents would be (or would have been) too happy with these scores.

You scored as Paganism. Your beliefs are most closely aligned with those of paganism, Wicca, or a similar earth-based religion. You may also follow a Native American religion. Paganism 75% Buddhism 75% atheism 46% Hinduism 42% Satanism 42% agnosticism 42% Judaism 29% Christianity 29% Islam 21% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

Pooky, Defender of the Cube

My friend gave me this little pooch yesterday as she didn't know when/if I'd be leaving and it was just too much to ask to hold onto it. Pooky is, in fact, a purse. So... what is one to do when the purse strap unclips to form a perfect silver leash? You walk the dog. Dogs on parade! Pooky made a few stop-ins yesterday, gave a little bark shout-out to her peeps. Along the way she became friends with a monkey named Monks... Pooky and Monks, stories for another day.

~Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I am waiting for the Great Divide to be crossed
and I am anxiously waiting
for the secret of eternal life to be discovered
by an obscure general practitioner
and save me forever from certain death
and I am waiting
for life to begin
and I am waiting
for the storms of life
to be over
and I am waiting
to set sail for happiness
and I am waiting
for a reconstructed Mayflower
to reach America
with its picture story and tv rights
sold in advance to the natives
and I am waiting
for the lost music to sound again
in the Lost Continent
in a new rebirth of wonder