The Blue Puppet Maneuver

...and how it affects goats Stuff, Stuff, Stuffystuff Stuff The Gay Rights Meme: Yes, I support equal treatment of gay/lesbian/whatever people. The Price of Gasoline: It's about $3.80 here for the cheap stuff. How much longer until the sheeplike masses get upset enough to demand something be done? I'm saying November, when they vote Republicans …

Persimmon Cookie On A Stick

...yum yum yummy yum yum Another day filled with Exciting Garden Adventures. Today, it was all about finally getting the finished compost (about 175 pounds worth) out of Compost Pile X-34 Alpha. And by "compost", I mean 90% worm castings in a form so fine and nutrient packed that you'd pay about $5.00 a pound …

The Kitty Cats VS Gojira And Mothra

...my money is on the cats Today was a warm and sunny day, so I did a bit of gardening. Nothing like pulling weeds, cleaning up piles of previously pulled weeds and watering everything to make a fella tired. But not so tired that I couldn't walk 2 of the 4.5 miles home from the …

The Horticultural Whore Is Down

...but not out Sometimes, even I am humbled before the awesomeness that is Nature. Today, in a effort to get out of the house and at least do a little something in my garden, I set myself two tasks: water things and set out praying mantis egg cases. See, every fall, when I'm cutting back …

The Adventure Of The One Armed Redhead

...as written by John H. Watson, M.D. Well, Gentle Readers, my wrist surgery went well. My surgeon removed a good sized chunk of unwanted material and I pretty much slept thru the whole operation, awaking only to ask that the relaxing drugs be amped up. Now I'm home, typing one handed and in no pain …

How To Disarm An Antimatter Bomb In 43 Easy Steps

...with illustrations Gaming Related Stuff 1: I'm very much enjoying having one gaming group to GM and another to play in. The dynamics of the two groups is way different, which is good because the group I GM can sometimes go off on tangents that have me doing the GM equivalant of herding cats. The …

Zombie Cyborgs From Planet 14

...an Ed Wood film I have had, for the past couple of weeks, a pinched nerve or something in my neck. The left side of my neck will start hurting and that will lead to a headachce and that will make Doc a cranky and unmotivated boy. Which is a long way of saying that, …

Chapter 88: In Which Our Hero Is Forced To Marry A Cow , Little Suzy Goes Insane And Ed Eats An Eel

...fortunately, she was a good looking cow Stuff I did today 1: Collected my paycheck from the day job 2: Behaved rather lazily towards the whole gardening thing, as it was windy and cold out. 3: Watched the first episode of the new Doctor Who series "Voyage of the Damned". It was pretty good. 4: …

The Big Shootout At Coyote Gap

...fortunately, no coyotes were harmed Stuff 1: The man in the dress and pointy hat...err, I mean the pope...is visiting the USA this week. While this is of no importance to me, I know several recovered/recovering Catholics (including my wife) that have nothing good to say about it. Apparently, comedian Bill Maher pissed off a …

It’s All Fun And Games Until Somebody Gets Their Eyeball Stepped On

...by a high heeled shoe Weekend Update On Saturday, Grace and I hit the ASPCA book sale as planned and bought a bunch of books, mostly about gardening, pet care and such. After lunch and a bit of shopping, it was into the garden for me. I finally got all my veggies planted (with the …

Mighty Stork Adventures

...at the Stork Club, of course We shall be off to day one of the ASPCA book sale soon...The Girls are not going to be happy about us taking off for hours on a Saturday morning...After book sale, errands must be run...After errands, veggie garden will get the finishing touches...Should do some writing tonight, especially …

A Regal Eagle And A Legal Beagle Help Smeagol Do Something Illegal

...no, I don't know what it was That First Comic Book Meme Altho I no longer read or buy comic books, from the age of about 5 until I was in my mid 20's, I was a comic book fan. The first comic book I can clearly remember reading...the one that had me saying "Ooh! …

Frank And His Zombie Woof Poodle Go To Montana

...to raise up a crop of dental floss with Nanook Ok, yeah, I'm listening to some Zappa:) Gaming Stuff For the upcoming Modern Day Weird Shit series, I'm creating the characters for my players. They will get a few extra points to add onto skills and such, but 95% of the character creation is going …

The 15 Things You Must Never Say To A Pissed Off Woman

...under peril to your life Gaming Stuff Yesterday, our game day consisted of a totally fun game of "Kill Doctor Lucky" using the S.S. Afgang board from the "Doctor Lucky Ambivalence Pack". In the end, Paul managed to take out the lucky old S.O.B. in the Lilac Room with the Big Red Hammer. As previously …

Super Yummy Raspberry Pickles

...they're pic-cool-licious! So, it's Saturday and by now y'all know what that means here at Chez Cross: Gardening, Amusing/Exercising Dogs, Running Errands and other Suburbanite Adventures. Actually, now that I think of it, Grace and I are getting a bit predictable. I must throw a large monkey wrench into those works. I see a spur …

The Humorously Pornographic, Yet Stylish, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Humongous Burp

...co-starring her pet millipede, Xander I have not been posting these last couple of days due to the ravages of some gastrointestinal pest. While there has been no vomiting, I have become extremely well versed on the layouts of both of our bathrooms. Drinking copious amounts of Pepto Bismol has helped, but I'm not completely …