I’ve got some good posts brewing, finally. One was nigh-complete, but then disappeared entirely. I hope to write more soon, but in the meantime, please enjoy my Visual DNA. It’s in the footer for now, though if anyone can tell me how to get it into a post on Wordpress, I’ll move it.
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“This is a nonfiction drawing.”
—9-year-old kid, to his mom
Coworker in the next cubicle: Wow, did you smell my client who just left?
Me: No, I… Wait. That was your client?
CitNC nods.
Me: Okay, that explains why I couldn’t find anything on the bottoms of my shoes.
And no, it’s not Acorn. A pre-approved credit card application came to the house today, addressed as follows:
P. O. Box
911 Our Street
Function Junction, Homestate
The Box family really needs to put a little more thought into the initials they’re bestowing upon their children.
From Nina:
Here, I walk every day–long walks along the shore and out to the old fort. The wind is strong. I keep walking in order not to face it, but I get to the lighthouse and have no choice but to turn around and lean into it howling around my ears. My [...]
Her Most Serene Highness Lady Mouse the Sheepish of Old Yarkhillshire
Seems appropriate, somehow.
(via Pharyngula )
But sitting behind a woman wearing a bright red sweatshirt that reads:
“Happy Holidays”
“MERRY CHRISTMAS”
Is enough to make me very cranky indeed.
Please make up your mind whether you are going to act like a jerk or like a decent human being toward me. I can deal appropriately with whichever one you select, but this business of switching back and forth is for the birds.
Respectfully,
Mouse
I wonder what it says about me that when my computer truncates the email title “A More Complete Response” to “A More Compl…” I mentally fill it in with “Complex” or “Complicated.”
Sandstone. Especially when it’s been weathered smooth.
Clay. Wet and on a potter’s wheel.
Ordinary wool yarn, be it slightly scratchy or sleek.
Freshly cleaned woven cotton.
A fresh strawberry on my tongue.
The tips of the petals of a newly-budded flower. Especially a rose.
The heft and grain of carved wood.
Polished slate.
River rocks.