...and he did it in rhyme the whole bloody time:) Dinner tonight at Chez Cross (Doc & Grace version): Homemade pesto sauce with mizithra cheese and italian sausage served on angel hair pasta. Dinner tonight at Chez Cross (Roscoe version): Tomato and spinach rotini served with southwestern spiced fried chicken livers and chili gravy. I … Continue reading The Cat In The Hat Goes Postal →

...long ago, in an aviary far far away... Doc Update #4,000,000 On Saturday, Grace and Roscoe and I went to the Whole Earth Festival in Davis. We always enjoy walking around and looking at the various arts and crafts and tie dyed clothing that folks have for sale, as well as checking out the alternative … Continue reading Episode 7: The Five Blue Budgies Strike Back →

Cos the little bastards get mean. It's raining. It does that this time of year. A bit of rain, a bunch of sun, etc, etc. By the end of the month, plant growth is insane and gardens are looking incredible. Then, in another month, the summer heat bitchslaps everything back to a more conservative rate … Continue reading Never Give A Chipmunk Beer →

Muwahahahahahaha!!! Doc Update #2,958 1: Spent the weekend finally putting my veggie garden in. It looks great. Planted some marigolds in amongst the veggies so as to control nematodes. 2: Blanched and froze about 7 pounds of spinach. There will be many more pounds of spinach to freeze or eat fresh before the season is … Continue reading Grow, My Green Children, Grow! →

Mmmm...cookies! You can blame jbru for this:) The Interview Meme You can play along by 1. Leaving me a comment saying, "Interview me." 2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions. 3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions. 4. You will include this … Continue reading Ya GOT To Love Cookies! →

But my intentions are clean. Sort of. Sometimes. Uncle Doc's Garden Adventures For Sunday 1: Sprayed to kill the thrice cursed Bermuda Grass 2: Sprayed to kill other weeds 3: Planted 6 Coleus plants 4: Planted 6 Marigolds 5: Transported several cartloads of dirt and clippings to compost heap #3 6: Got too much sun...took … Continue reading The Dirty Handed Redhead Of Aslin Way →

For a good time, call 1-800-VeggieBoy:) And lo, today there was much running around and veggie/plant buying. I bought a half dozen Blue Lake green bean plants, about as many tomatoes (Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, Black Krim, a delicious and insanely prolific cherry tomato called Suncherry and a very small variety of tomato called Currant), a … Continue reading More Fun With The Horticultural Whore →

...in this issue: "John Carter and the Arugula Men of Venus" The band meme (courtesy of jbru)... BANDS I HAVE SEEN (a partial list due to my memory sucking) Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones Pink Floyd The Who Elton John Jethro Tull Santana Bob Dylan The Grateful Dead Bob Marley Heart The Clash Electric Light … Continue reading Thrilling Food Stories →

...and tell 'em I wanna hear some Motown. Meme time... People may think of the Celts as being mystical,but they also kicked butt. Perhaps it is thatyou prefer roving chiefdoms over a rigidempire, or maybe you just enjoy the fancy knotdesigns. What is your ancient civilization? brought to you by Quizilla Well, DUH!

Huh? Went to see "Robots" yesterday. Fun little movie with a totally cool retro-junkyard/antique toolshop sort of look to it. You'd have to watch this flick a dozen times to pick up on all the familiar little things used as robot parts. Watched the Discovery Channel's "Supervolcano" movie last night. Not an Oscar winner for … Continue reading Smackattawackatta →

I'll explain that title some other time. Updates/Downdates/Whatever... Not writing yet, tho contracts have been signed. Awaiting crucial text files. A tornado touched down here in Sacramento. No massive damage and no threat to Chez Cross. The weather is getting better, tornados aside. Soon will come the planting of tomatos, green beans, herbs and assorted … Continue reading Fear The Mighty Weaselmobile! →

...from "Step Right Up" by Tom Waits Soon, my little burritos, Uncle Doc will again be writing game stuff for money. This will most likely cut into my blogging, so things may get sparse. (note to unclelumpy: I'm still writing scripts. Be ye patient, laddie.) Until then, here is my very favorite piece of poetry … Continue reading The Large Print Giveth And The Small Print Taketh Away →

...where they go, Hell follows Just got back from seeing Sin City. It rocks, even tho the last 15 minutes of the flick got delayed by some guy in the theater having an epileptic siezure. Altho the Pope was just another human to me, my Recovered Catholic wife did raise an interesting question about his … Continue reading Dangerous Dogs & Cunning Cats →

Oh yeah:) While ricocheting around the internet, I found a Shel Silverstein site. On it was my favorite of all of his hundreds of poems/songs. Here it is for your enjoyment. By the way, if you see me at a con and buy me a drink AND if I have this with me, I'll do … Continue reading She Was Naughty And It Was Nice →

...as long as we're not trusting him with food:) What follows is stream of conciousness stuff that has been bouncing around in my head since my last post. Enjoy...or not...whatever. Fuck allergies. Fuck them with a white hot metal fencepost wrapped in razor wire. Twice. I'm pretty sure that most of the populace of the … Continue reading In Dog We Trust →

We just got done watching "Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real" on Animal Planet. Pretty cool show, altho I would have liked to have seen more on the feathered serpents and other draconians of the New World. Still, a fun show to watch. And narrated by Patrick Stewart! On April 10th, Discovery Channel is going to … Continue reading Surfing On a Crime Wave →

Yeah, 1979 was a good year:) It's allergy season here in the Great Cental Valley and, as usual, IT FUCKING SUCKS! I've been sneezing and blowing my nose and having my eyes itch and feeling crappy all week. I'm getting REALLY tired of it. At least I'm not alone, since it seems like every other … Continue reading She Was Wearing A Sword And A Smile And Nothing Else →

Yummy! Go here http://www.gamespy.com/articles/595/595975p1.html?fromint=1 and read why Will Wright is STILL the most creative person in the computer games industry. Holy fuck, I want that game! Better yet, I want him to take the basic concept and apply it to a CRPG.

Or not:) I made a serious attempt to work myself to death today. I pulled weeds in the garden, which required me to be bent over more than a new punk in Cell Block D. I transplanted a bunch of plants, including more daylilies. I raked, hoed, watered and hauled piles of weeds to the … Continue reading Magic Puppy Time →

It's hot...too hot. Boy howdy...I just got done scarfing down some of my "Hell In Your Mouth" chili. I can feel my stomach lining dissolving even as I write this. As opposed to my lips and tongue, which have had all the nerve endings burnt off them, and so feel nothing. For those of you … Continue reading Iron Chef: Screaming Hot Chili Battle →

And it was exactly that:) The following comes as no real surprise... I tashte like Alcohol. Heh. Heh. I taste like beer. I like beer. Buy me a beer. I'm not drunk, I can drink plenty without... What was I saying? Beer. What Flavour Are You? So anyway, my day as The Weedinator got off … Continue reading A Day Spent Pimpslapping Weeds →

:) Yay...it's Friday! With any luck, the weather this weekend will be in the 70's and I can start my yearly jihad against the Weedy Terror that has invaded my garden. Said jihad will be interrupted by a trip to the movies with My Sweet Little Diamond Dove Of Passion. What we'll be seeing is … Continue reading Pound That Weasel Flat! →

Cute little monkeys! Hmmm...Yet another tragic case of meme-itis... Duty and Loyalty: You serve your purpose and dowhat you must do. People would consider yousomeone to rely on, and one who keeps his/herword when he/she gives it. Which Characteristic From the Samurai Code Matches You Best? (You may find out your best trait) brought to … Continue reading We Still Like Monkeys! →