Month: October 2008

bugs like cheetos

I brought the houseplants in for the winter and after drooping, dropping and playing dead (ingrates), they are finally starting to perk up. I knew that they had become home to a variety of outdoor critters, but I dislike pesticides and have been deluding myself that the bugs will stay inside the flower pots. But […]

Happy Birthday Doug!

Today is Doug’s birthday. Please jump over to his blog and tell him Happy Birthday. Yes, he probably just posted a paranoid conspiracy theory, but that’s okay. That just means he is happy. I don’t have anything special planned for the day. On my birthday, he made me the cake you see here. I’m pretty […]

BlogHer DC Sponsors

In my previous life, I orchestrated an annual event at the zoo in May. The sponsors and exhibitors would give up a Saturday to the event. I always felt like they deserved more thanks than they were given since without them, the event would have been hollow. Instead of anything close to adequate praise, they […]

Beware the Reavers

While we’ve been distractedly preparing for the zombie invasion, the Reavers have been walking among us. Okay, maybe they aren’t Reavers, but they are certainly not the same as you and I. Example number one – I left my favorite store and sat in my parking space messing with the phone and radio before I […]

locals make the best tour guides

I owe a big thanks to my brother for playing tour guide while we were in DC last week. If not for Danny, I wouldn’t know such valuable things as: “This is where Monica Lewinsky was deposed.” “This statue made so many people angry that the compromise was to place it outside the memorial.” “That’s […]

trauma for me and thee

Today was give the stinky dog a bath day. My dogs don’t like baths, so I straddle them like a horse and hold them with my legs. Since the dogs spend the entire bath trying to escape, this is a lot like jello wrestling a piglet. No. It’s more like mud wrestling except that I […]

signs Knoxville needs

Gallaher View – “Stay in your lane or stay off this road.” West Town mall stairwells – “Do NOT urinate in stairwells. Moron.” Nubbin Ridge – “No joggers. Ever.” unisex bathrooms – “No quickies when other people are waiting for restroom.” & “Bathroom NOT soundproof.” Everywhere else – “No spitting on sidewalk. Yuck.”

Evan the tattletale

Evan: “I lock you outside.” Me: “No. Let’s not lock Mommy outside today. Did you lock Daddy outside when Mommy wasn’t home?” Evan: “Yeah. Daddy say, D*mm*t Evan. I working ‘puter. Open door.” Me: “DOUG!”