...and were chased by an insane trucker and his pet werewolves Stuff 1: My Harry Potter read-a-thon is progressing slower than I would like. This is mostly due to intrusions by Real Life. 3: The veggie garden is not growing with the insane vigor of previous years. This could be related to my choice to … Continue reading The Night We Fell Through A Tree
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Peach Ice Cream And Exploding Geese
...from a TOON game How Harry Potter Ruined My Saturday Afternoon So, I've decided to re-read the whole Harry Potter series in preparation for the release of the final book two weeks from now. This meant that I needed to find the books, which I thought would be easy. HA! HA, I say! Finding things … Continue reading Peach Ice Cream And Exploding Geese
Weather The Cuckoo Likes: The Musical
...control freaks get in free Fourth Of July at the House of C means... Doc goes to see Ratatouille! Winker gets a bath! Pork Chops and Baked Taters on the grill! Cold beer! Grace gets to nap! Daisy gets a long walk tonight after it cools down! Daytime temps over 100! Happy 4th to all … Continue reading Weather The Cuckoo Likes: The Musical
The Horticultural Whore Turned His Shoes Green
...while using the weed whacker Whew, am I ever tired! I just got inside after a 3 hour sessing in the garden and I feel like I've been rode hard and put away wet. Also, I forgot to eat lunch, so I'm a bit shaky. I'm thinking a nice ham sandwich is in order. Anyway, … Continue reading The Horticultural Whore Turned His Shoes Green
The Very Humorous Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Baboon Who Juggled Eggs
...co-starring her Uncle Squeamy, who drinks too much Of late, my posts here have been less than great. I shall try to change that. Saturday Plans So, anyway, it's after 10:00 am on a Saturday and I'm still lazing about. Grace is on a food shopping expedition, the girls are sleeping after a prolonged wrasslin' … Continue reading The Very Humorous Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Baboon Who Juggled Eggs
Sally Smithfield Builds A Warp Drive
...out of common household items First off HAPPY BIRTHDAY to avylou! Here's looking at you, kid. Weekend Report Saturday evening, at 7:00, my niece Molly got married. Grace and I attended what turned out to be a very nice and mercifully quick ceremony. The reception afterward was fun and I got pretty hammered on my … Continue reading Sally Smithfield Builds A Warp Drive
The Queen Of The Redwood Jungle
...and the Lost Coast June Birthdays Amongst my gamer friends, June seems to be the popular month for birthdays. So, while most are already past and at least one has yet to happen, just let me say... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU JUNE BORN GAMING GEEKS! In other news, life at Chez Cross goes … Continue reading The Queen Of The Redwood Jungle
Never Piss Off The Lady Holding The Rope
...expecially when yer hangin' from it Weekend Stuff 1: Saturday morning was a dog park morning for the girls. The local bulldog owners were meeting there and there must have been 30 bulldogs. Daisy and Winker had fun frolicking with them. 2: Yesterday afternoon was cool, temperaturewise, after a few days of nice, hot (100 … Continue reading Never Piss Off The Lady Holding The Rope
The 5 Secrets To Being a Thief
...of which, 3 are lies A Bit More Docstuff Virgins: I absolutely cannot understand the male obssession with fucking a virgin girl/woman. First off, most virgins are totally clueless about the how to of sex. Secondly, they're all nervous and fearful, which really runs contrary to having a pleasant roll in the hay. Then there's … Continue reading The 5 Secrets To Being a Thief
Don’t Look At The Mirror Faced People
...they can eat your face Doc Stuff What follows are little bits of insight into me. I guess I'm just in some sort of self-revealing mood. All done in a stream of conciousness manner, of course. Women: My tastes in women (all of which are, of course, secondary to my love/lust for my wife) are … Continue reading Don’t Look At The Mirror Faced People
Monsters Of Peace And Love
...big radioactive monsters Weekend Report Saturday, we took the girls to the annual SPCA Doggie Dash at Land Park. While we did not actually participate in the actual run/walk, we did visit all of the many booths and interacted with hundreds of other dogs, including a few Bassets. Fun was had by all, but our … Continue reading Monsters Of Peace And Love
The Endearing, Yet Rather Twisted, Tale Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Giant Lemon Cake
...co-starring her pet shark, Hannibal Well, my little pork sausages, I wrote a fairly long post yesterday and then promptly did something to knock myself offline, thus losing it. So this post will not be as long or as varied, but ya takes what ya gets. Winker at the vets Our sweet little one eyed … Continue reading The Endearing, Yet Rather Twisted, Tale Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Giant Lemon Cake
It’s All Fun And Games Until Somebody Gets A D4 In The Eye
...and D8's are even worse It has been pointed out that I neglected to specify what breed/size of dog Lucky, Hawk Hawkins best friend, is. Well, Lucky is an All American Mutt. While there is definitely some terrier in his background, there are also indications of Basset or Beagle, Retriever, Border Collie and perhaps a … Continue reading It’s All Fun And Games Until Somebody Gets A D4 In The Eye
Cobras In The Water Closet
...not a pleasant surprise My sweet and playful canines woke me up at 6:00 this morning when they needed to go out to pee. I've been awake ever since. A bit of housecleaning (a very small bit) has been done. More will be done once we return from the 11:00 showing of Johnny Depp's latest … Continue reading Cobras In The Water Closet
Doc Tempest VS The Pleasure Droids
...from the April, 2009 issue Happy Birthday, Mom! Altho I know she'll never read this blog, I want to wish my mom a Happy 79th Birthday. She's a pretty exceptional gal. Also, I want to thank her for letting myself, my sister Rosie and my brother Kelly live to adulthood. Goodness knows that couldn't have … Continue reading Doc Tempest VS The Pleasure Droids
The Horticultural Whore Goes To War
...on weeds, mostly What I did on my Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend 1: Dried some herbs (tarragon, basil, mint & sage) from the garden by putting them in paper bags and leaving them inside the hot car for 2 days. 2: Took Daisy to the park for a long walk 3: Transplanted … Continue reading The Horticultural Whore Goes To War
3:15 In The Morning And The City Was Fogged In
...as San Francisco often is So, I guess today was the 30th anniversary of the premiere of Star Wars. No doubt geeks everywhere paused for a moment of reverential silence:) What gave me pause today was remembering that this summer is the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. Now, I was only 13 back … Continue reading 3:15 In The Morning And The City Was Fogged In
Chasing An Alligator Up A Tree
...a peach tree Quick Stuff 1: Was gonna go to KublahCon this weekend, but since our GenCon fund is still a few hundred bucks short, I'll have to stay home. 2: Even as you read this, Alton Brown is wrapping up taping of a second 6 episodes of Feasting On Asphalt for an August 4 … Continue reading Chasing An Alligator Up A Tree
The Dangerous Arrangement With The Man From Paris
...fortunately, it ended well Just finished watching the season finale of Heroes and all I can say is...wow! A very satisfying ending, with a few comic book style loose ends left dangling, but nothing major. And that introduction to next season...Hot Damn! I can hardly wait for fall to arrive. Fairly tired tonight, so I'll … Continue reading The Dangerous Arrangement With The Man From Paris
Thunderboy And The Agents Of Madness
...time for a little boom boom Sssstuuuuuuuuuffffffff 1: Jerry Falwell died. Good! I'm sorry the motherfucker didn't suffer more. If he had never done anything worse than help get that fucking scumbag Reagan elected, he would still be deserved of a trip to Hell. 2: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming up to do … Continue reading Thunderboy And The Agents Of Madness
The Mystery Of The One Eyed Dog And Her Older Sister
...the mystery being how they can eat pig ears so damned fast ::Begin Mr. T Impersonation:: Hey, y'all! I pity the fool who doesn't go back a couple of posts and do the poll for Violet's skills! There'll be pain for all y'all who don't do as I say! ::End Mr. T Impersonation::
Perilous Times For Dr. Silkmelon
...and it's all because of the meatball gun Stuff-O-Gram Once again, Heroes was some great fuckin' television. Two more episodes to go. Be still my geeky heart. My goodness, freshly washed and dried dogs are just a huggable sweet smelling pleasure. I'll post the results of the latest Pulp Character Creation Poll tomorrow. Didn't get … Continue reading Perilous Times For Dr. Silkmelon
Harry Potter And The Buggering Broomstick
...it's a particularly nasty spell So I'm over on RPGnet and I see this... http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=324535 ...which naturally got me thinking. Part of my reply was... Naturally, the Empire of D20 (based upon the Realm of D&D) would be huge, tho slowly fragmenting into independent baronies. The Land of the Vampire Storytellers would be pretty big … Continue reading Harry Potter And The Buggering Broomstick
What The Fuck Do You Mean “Beer Is Not A Food Group”?
...tell that to a college student Doc Update 1: I'm home with another fucking leg infection. Taking antibiotics and elevating the leg. Gonna miss work today and tomorrow, which our finances can fucking ill afford, but then, I'd rather not die from a rampant infection. Man, this leg shit is getting old. 2: Pulp character … Continue reading What The Fuck Do You Mean “Beer Is Not A Food Group”?
Chapter 3: In Which Our Hero Seduces The Countess And Then Eats A Hearty Breakfast
...before outfoxing Inspector Lupin Doc's Day The day (after eating breakfast and drinking tea) started with a trip to the dog park with the girls. Much romping about was done by my sweet canine cuties. Afterwards, I went to buy dogfood and pig ears while Grace and the girls enjoyed the coolness of Chez Cross … Continue reading Chapter 3: In Which Our Hero Seduces The Countess And Then Eats A Hearty Breakfast