...and all along we thought it was dead Behold! At long last, another Violet episode! On The Road With Violet: In Which A Stealthy Approach Is Used And A Pig Is Underestimated Under cover of the night, our band of brave rescuers slips out of the marsh and onto the fairly well cleaned up outskirts … Continue reading Return Of The Red Metal Baby Toy →

...in Technicolor Here is the latest Violet post, with a new and improved style of chapter titling. On The Road With Violet: In Which Our Heroine Does Some Thinking, A Fight Breaks Out And News Of The Village Arrives Upon awakening quite early on the morning of her sixth day at the Ogre Brothers home, … Continue reading The Hot Dog Creatures From Planet Z →

...in less than an hour And now, my most Patient and Loyal Readers, the last Violet episode of 2007. Powered by Guinness:) On The Road With Violet: An Open Invitation To The Blues (Director's Note: The Ogre Brothers will be played, under much makeup, by Lee Marvin (Nick) and Tom Waits (Jake), both at age … Continue reading Taking A Flying Leap Into The Future →

...it made that year at Hogwarts rather nerve wracking I love my Northern California, but sometimes I just have to laugh at my fellow NorCals. First moderately big storm of the year...quite a bit of rain...windy...and the local tv stations are doing "stormwatch coverage" with teams of reporters covering every little puddle or broken tree … Continue reading Harry Potter And The Horny House Elves →

...he's big and scary Voting on the last poll was tight...so tight that I had to flip a coin before casting my tie breaking vote. Anyway, the esteemed Mr. Karloff is our mayor. On The Road With Violet: Slime & Punishment It takes less than 15 minutes to slog up the street to the Mayor's … Continue reading Watch Out For The Freaky Swedish Dude →

...he caught Santa with a ho. Ho ho! Just put the lump of coal on the pile with all the others, Santa. On The Road With Violet: Thoroughly Mucked Up After Nelly the turtle's head extends back out and her mouth opens, Violet, Sir Rupert and Lavender get as good look at the scene. Sure … Continue reading The Story Of The Littlest Elf And How He Blackmailed Santa →

...but she got her man If you don't know who the Plaster Casters were (are?) then go Google it. On The Road With Violet: Making A Big Splash (Note: Since "the convergence of two rivers" and "Outside Tuddly-On-The Marsh" tied in voting, I've combined the two, as shall soon be revealed) About two minutes into … Continue reading She Was Only a Plaster Caster In Spirit →

...among other things Well, folks, I reckon that a 5 to 1 vote for keeping Violet and her mates together is good enough for me:) On The Road With Violet: Into The Wild With Gun And Gamera (Directors Note: The part of Captain Fox will be played by Errol Flynn at age 40) Upon hearing … Continue reading Kissing On The Golden Gate Bridge In The Fog →

...it was mostly in her mind On The Road With Violet: The Labors Of Hercules As soon as the turtle starts to stumble and jerk about (and before he actually sees a road pirate), Hercules Dibbs knows exactly what has happened. Somebody has dumped cannonball sized steel spheres on the roadway, hoping to cause Thelma … Continue reading Transforming Jessie Into Jessica →

...cos he needs a good whackin' On The Road With Violet : Nigel Gets His Gun After quickly climbing a ladder to the top of the dome that is the turtles interior shell, Nigel slips into a chair inside what looks like a large pipe hanging from the ceiling. After strapping himself in, he releases … Continue reading Whack That Beaver With A Frozen Mop →

... so I reckon I'll check the thrift stores Blaaaaaah! Yesterday was one of the least physically pleasant days in recent memory. I felt like my guts were full of live snakes. All day! I didn't really feel ok until about 10:00 last night, when I went to bed. Anyway, here's your Violet fix. On … Continue reading Winslow The Hedgehog Needs A Mate →

...yum yum, it's two dishes in one On The Road With Violet: Turtle Raiders As the turtle pitches about, everyone grabs hold of something to hold on to. Lavender, squealing in fear and anger, wedges herself under a chair. Hercules, now fighting to retain control of the turtle, shouts, "We're under attack! Looks like road … Continue reading Coconut Cream Chicken Pot Pie →

...Stella, Frieda, Maxine and Hortense (Directors Note: Since the City of Glass tied with Earth As Seen From Space, I flipped a coin to determine the winner) On The Road With Violet: Picture This Upon seeing the photograph of the City of Glass, Violet leaps to her feet so that she may examine it closely. … Continue reading The Flying Spanaducci Sisters →

...with a big slice of fun Ok, so every time I think I'm feeling better (and I'm not like, on death's door or anything...just feeling drained, mostly), I sort of slip back. I suspect this weekend will find me sleeping and resting. Anyway, despite feeling like a mere shadow of my usual manly self, here's … Continue reading A Small Glass Of Fruitwater →

...and the amazon quite enjoyed it Naughty Doc! Bad boy! Ok, so I fell asleep last night and didn't post any Dociverse or Violet stuff. I shall try to make up for it tonight. On The Road With Violet: Woah, Nelly! It would not at all be overstating things to say that both Violet and … Continue reading Bucky & Squint Enter The Amazon →

...as opposed to the dirty stinky kind On The Road With Violet: On The Air "The conquest of the air? Why, I thought the great airships had conquered the air.", Violet says in reply to Sir Rupert's little speech. She can't help noticing that both Sir Rupert and Nigel are quite good looking men, each … Continue reading Squeaky Clean Evil Gamemasters →

...which I survived, tho not unscathed On The Road With Violet: Fly By Knight Violet is walking down the road, trying to guess the name of her new traveling companion. "Katrina?" The pig gives an negative grunt. "Kelly? Kim? Lily? Lucy?" Grunt, grunt, grunt, grunt. "Well, am I at least close to the right letter?" … Continue reading The Great High Speed Downhill No Brakes Disintegrating Wagon Ride →

...homebaked goodness for your warp drive On The Road With Violet: Pig Out For a few minutes Violet walks along as if nothing is amiss. Then, suddenly, she spins around to face whoever is following her. There, in the grass at the side of the road, she sees a small red pig. Both she and … Continue reading Antimatter Just Like Mom Used To Make →

...Marysville/Yuba City, summer,1970 On The Road With Violet: Take Me To The River As she sets off down the southern road, Violet cannot help but think about how the clueless folks of her village were no help at all when it came to finding out where the City of Glass actually was. "Far to the … Continue reading Doing The Cruise Night Beer Toss →

...spleens = comedy gold Doc Starts A New LJ Project Ok, so I'm gonna try my hand at a bit of "storytelling via LJ poll". I will freely admit to being inspired by robin_d_laws most excellent Angels & Operators, as well as the lingering effects of watching an hour long tv piece about Terry Gilliam … Continue reading It’s All Fun And Games Until Someone Gets Stabbed In The Spleen →