...our sweet little Winkerdog Yesterday, February 23, 2012, at 9:30 pm we said goodbye to Winker. After pulling through from congestive heart failure brought on by her enlarged heart almost exactly a year ago, she had a relapse that we could do nothing about. She died at home, on the floor next to Grace's chair, … Continue reading R.I.P. Winker Sue Cross (2004-2012)
Month: February 2012
Time For Time Off
This blog is on a short hiatus due to family problems and health issues. I will try to get back to it as soon as I am able. Doc
It Was Time For Hot Chocolate And Bourbon
...together in a large mug Doc Update 1: Dundracon was great. Was going to write a report here, but... ...2: Winker is not feeling well at all. It's her heart acting up again. 3: Healthwise, I'm doing ok, but I'm back on the Diet Train. 4: I'll do Doclopedia entries tonight or tomorrow. More blogging … Continue reading It Was Time For Hot Chocolate And Bourbon
The Journal Of The Royal Society Of Stuffy Old Gents
...harrumph! I say! The Doclopedia #413 The Alphabet, Again: G is for...Guys Wearing Floppy Hats Guys Wearing Floppy Hats (GWFH) was one of the hottest musical groups of the 1980's. They had a string of hits beginning with “You Can Wear My Hat” and peaking with “Big & Floppy”. They deftly combined swing, disco & … Continue reading The Journal Of The Royal Society Of Stuffy Old Gents
Please Deposit $100,000.00 For This Post
...even if only a couple of you do it, I'm debt free YOW! I'm not fully packed up for Dundracon yet, plus there are about 35 gazillion things to do here at The D&G Home for Spoiled Hounds. See, this is why I have to take blood pressure pills. At any rate, I found time … Continue reading Please Deposit $100,000.00 For This Post
Perky Twits
...everybody hates them The Doclopedia #411 The Alphabet, Again: F is for...Feline Telekinesis Syndrome What is Feline Telekinesis Syndrome?: Although not fully understood by the scientific and medical establishment, it appears that FTS causes cats to manifest the ability to move things merely by thinking of it. In most cases, the afflicted cat can only … Continue reading Perky Twits
The 13 Things You Never Want Have In Your Pants
...#6: Weasels! A Call For Suggestions Gentle Readers, I need your help with the Doclopedia. In a couple of months, I want to do between 30 and 60 posts on the theme of “Subject Line Madness”, in which each entry will expand upon some of the nearly 2,000 (actually, by then, over 2,000) subject lines/titles … Continue reading The 13 Things You Never Want Have In Your Pants
Talking Business With Mom
Around 11:30 this morning, just after returning from breakfast out with Grace, the phone rang and it was my mom calling. In typical fashion for my mother when she wants to talk about something serious, she was very vague, saying only that she needed me to come up to her house in Marysville to discuss … Continue reading Talking Business With Mom
Is That A Mark III Thermo Unit In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Glad To See Me?
...oh my, it's armed! The Doclopedia #409 The Alphabet, Again: F is for... Fingers Of Hell The Fingers of Hell first appeared on one of the magic based Earths just after a great war had begun. Extending up out of the ground, they were five 1 mile long writing columns of what looked like smoke … Continue reading Is That A Mark III Thermo Unit In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Glad To See Me?
Linguine With Clem Sauce
...umm, no thanks, Clem The Doclopedia #407 The Alphabet, Again: E is for...Elephants, Pink In the Tooniverse, Pink Elephants appear whenever a character gets drunk or is having a case of the DTs. Sometimes they just hang around, but often there will be a bunch of them doing a musical number, usually about the evils … Continue reading Linguine With Clem Sauce
Doc Tempest: The City Dies At Dawn
...from the 1999 graphic novel The Doclopedia #405 The Alphabet, Again: D is for...Dragontooth Dragontooth is a legendary sword made from, you guessed it, a real dragon tooth. After being taken from the mouth of a recently slain dragon, the tooth had many sorcerous spell laid upon it. It was then given to skilled Gnomish … Continue reading Doc Tempest: The City Dies At Dawn
True Tails Of The Winkerdog
...co-starring her sisters, Neurotic Nelly and Speedy McBarksalot In Which I Prepare To Jump Into The Fire As I've mentioned a few times over the interwebs, I'm going to have outpatient surgery on my fucked up left shoulder on March 7th. This will put me out of work for about 6 weeks, assuming I heal … Continue reading True Tails Of The Winkerdog
Was That A Mouse Over There?
...or was it a tiny flesh devouring alien? The Doclopedia #404 The Alphabet, Again: D is for...Dimm Street In the city of Toronto, Canada, there is a very short street called Dimm Street. It's very old, narrow, dark most of the day (it runs east to west between very tall buildings) and is just two … Continue reading Was That A Mouse Over There?
Mr. Porkwaffle Sets Loose The Kraken
...no, really, it was his pet kraken, Oliver TWO Doclopedia posts here, my little gyring & gimboling slithy toves! Might do two more later this evening! The Doclopedia #402 The Alphabet, Again: C is for...Corn Man Some superheroes are just not cut out for the big time. Corn Man is a prime example of this, … Continue reading Mr. Porkwaffle Sets Loose The Kraken
A Poem About Dancing Elk
...because they deserve it The Doclopedia #401 The Alphabet, Again: C is for...Czinnlik Czinnlik is a planet orbiting the binary star system Yarvax 9. Due to the two suns being rather small and not too hot, there is a rather large zone where planets can support life. Czinnlik is one of three planets in this … Continue reading A Poem About Dancing Elk
Drugged Up Kakapos Bitchslapped My Dormouse
...he was traumatized by it 400th Doclopedia post below. Commentary below it. The Doclopedia #400 The Alphabet, Again: C is for...Chocolate Trees On no less that 15 alternate Earths, chocolate...processed, ready to eat chocolate...actually grows on trees. These trees grow best in temperate zones, which means that the vast bulk of the world's chocolate comes … Continue reading Drugged Up Kakapos Bitchslapped My Dormouse
Cherry Flavored Fun In a Box
...just as good as the chocolate kind The Doclopedia #399 The Alphabet, Again: C is for...Cogs On Earth 52, where they just love to screw around with recombinant DNA, somebody decided to mix canine and feline genetic material. The result were cogs, part cat, part dog and all lovable...and infuriating...and goofy...and funny. Cogs have all … Continue reading Cherry Flavored Fun In a Box
The Rare And Butt Ugly Big Faced Mink Of Potawango Island
...they tend to mate in the dark The Doclopedia #398 The Alphabet, Again: B is for...Breezy Gap The tiny town of Breezy Gap, Kentucky, is notable for exactly one reason: Not only has nothing strange ever happened there, nothing strange can happen there. In a world where superheroes fight giant monsters, supervillains and alien invaders … Continue reading The Rare And Butt Ugly Big Faced Mink Of Potawango Island
Mashed Potato Volcano
...it erupts gravy NOTE FROM 2019: Due to a numbering error, I am off by 3 on the numbering of posts. This post SHOULD be #400, but I'm too damned lazy to renumber 1,800 fucking posts just now. So no, you are not going crazy. Numbering is off and I may have it fixed … Continue reading Mashed Potato Volcano
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