...mostly, they're about eating poop . . After The Change Came Series 4 A Day For Books And Walking Greetings, Dear Readers. I'm back for another entry in the blog. Today, I'll be telling you about my action packed yesterday. Well, action packed if you call a 24 mile walk to a used book store … Continue reading Dark Secrets Of The Dog Park
Tag: walking
Flaming Watermelon Death
...from above! The 6.2 mile walk went pretty quickly, then I got home and turned into a thirsty & sweaty semi-invalid with a top speed of about .005 miles an hour. But now, I'm rested, refreshed & up to maybe .5 miles an hour:) It matters not, though, for my next set of errands shall … Continue reading Flaming Watermelon Death
Do Feed The Bears
...they prefer barbecued tourist with macaroni salad on the side As you college graduates have no doubt deduced, I'm trying another theme for this blog. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Might just go back to something monocolor and simple. In other news, I'm off on a 6.2 mile walk, then I'll be … Continue reading Do Feed The Bears
Thrilling Moose Stories
...it's a big seller in Canada So far, my Saturday has been all about walking and waiting. drive car to dealers for a brake job/check up...walk the mile home...wait a couple hours for bank to open...walk the 1/2 mile to bus stop...get to bank, deposit check, then wait while they try to figure out why … Continue reading Thrilling Moose Stories
A Golden Girl, A Box Full Of Trouble And A Very Inventive Guy
...in The City My oh my, it would seem that we might want to name Our Village "Testosteroneville", since the first 10 (of 16) villagers are male. Well, at least they are a racially diverse lot:) In other news, I walked 5.3 miles yesterday, at a pretty brisk pace and without sitting down once during … Continue reading A Golden Girl, A Box Full Of Trouble And A Very Inventive Guy
Robotic Pirates From The Earth’s Core
...Pellucidarian plunderers So, tonight, I go to turn on the oven to cook a roast and there's a flash of light, a loud BZZZZZTTTT! sound and lotsa smoke. After a moment's surprise, I turned it off. so much for oven cookery in the Cross household for...well, until I get a job and mounting bills are … Continue reading Robotic Pirates From The Earth’s Core
The Kitty Cats Brew Up Some Beer
...fish flavored beer Woohoo! Daisy and I walked 3.7 miles in 1 hour and 20 minutes tonight. Pretty good, seeing as how half of the route was uphill and Daisy likes to stop about every 15 feet to either pee or sniff something. By the time we got home, we were, you should pardon the … Continue reading The Kitty Cats Brew Up Some Beer
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 … Continue reading The Kitty Cats VS Gojira And Mothra
Doc Tempest And The Comet Creatures
...from the December 1952 issue El Stuffo Spring is certainly not acting like a lady hereabouts. Low temps, high winds, lotsa clouds...all things that impede the joyful progress of my veggie garden. I read last night that Dragon and Dungeon magazines will be shutting down. While I almost never read Dragon during it's recent "all … Continue reading Doc Tempest And The Comet Creatures
Fried Seaweed Sandwich
...with extra mayoMiles Walked On Thursday: None, due to a sore ankle and the garden needing my attention.Note to the Players in the World Building Game: If you have not answered the Mayor questionaire, please do it by Monday. Failure to do so will result in a severe beating:)BTW, the Adventurer questionaire will go up … Continue reading Fried Seaweed Sandwich
Here’s Lookin’ At You, Helen B. Narbon
...go read NarbonicMiles Walked On Tuesday: 1 in 18 minutesMiles Walked On Wednesday: 3.7 in 1 hour, 5 minutesNot sure if I'm losing weight yet, but my leg muscles are getting steel hard, baby!I hope those of you on my FL who are at Origins are having a great time.And now, I must drink my … Continue reading Here’s Lookin’ At You, Helen B. Narbon
Chasing Down The Worst Nightmares
...and killing themMiles Walked Tonight: 1.7 miles in 25 minutesStuff-O-RamaAaargh! I meant to have the first email for the World Building Game out today, but it's not ready yet. Soon tho, very soon.I know many people are really looking forward to Superman Returns, but I'm not one of them. I've seen the trailers and read … Continue reading Chasing Down The Worst Nightmares
Squid And Strawberry Pie
...that's just wrongMiles Walked On Saturday: 1.1 in 16 minutesMiles Walked On Sunday: 1.3 in 21 minutes (I was a a bit tired from gardening)We didn't do much of an exciting nature this weekend, unless you call changing a flat tire exciting...and if you do, that's just fuckin' sad. Mostly, it was business as usual … Continue reading Squid And Strawberry Pie
Face Eating Zombie Goats
...run away!Miles Walked Last Night: 1.8 miles (didn't time it)Miles Walked Tonight: 2.5 miles in 45 minutes (that last half mile uphill was a motherfucker)Movie StuffWatched another 6 episodes of The Slayers last night and it was more good fun with that wacky Lena Inverse and her pals. I have 2 more discs to go … Continue reading Face Eating Zombie Goats
Here…Hold This Anvil
...while I grease up the bowling ballsMiles Walked Tonight: 1.9 miles in 32 minutesOne of the good things about Netflix is that we can catch up on movies we never went to see in the theatres (like Madagascar, which we saw tonight) or anime we never got to see all of at cons (like tomorrow nights … Continue reading Here…Hold This Anvil
Bucky & Squint Buy A Duck
...but he doesn't say "AFLACK"Miles Walked Last Night: 1 mile in 15 minutes (cos I stopped to watch a skunk eat cat food on a porch)Total Miles Walked Last Week: 7.8 miles over 5 daysSo, as you can see, the walking goes well. Hopefully, once I get some new walking shoes, I can get back up … Continue reading Bucky & Squint Buy A Duck
The Rare And Beautiful Potawango Island Singing Crab
...mostly, they sing Sinatra tunesWalked Today: 1.4 miles in 24 minutesMy plans to get up early and work in the garden didn't exactly go off properly. I got up at 6 am, but didn't get out to the garden until 8:30. After spraying some nastyass herbicide on the hated Bermuda Grass, the rest of the … Continue reading The Rare And Beautiful Potawango Island Singing Crab
The Horticultural Whore Is Flame Broiled
...to a delicious medium rareMiles Walked Today: 1 mile in 15 minutesMiles Walked Yesterday: None, cos I was just to fuckin' tired after an asskicking workdayGot a late start on the gardening today...about 11 am...by which time it was around 90 degrees outside. After about 3 hours of doing various chores (which did not include … Continue reading The Horticultural Whore Is Flame Broiled
Tales Of Martian Science
...now with full color photographsWalked Tonight: 1.9 miles in 22 minutesSo, two little boys are sitting dining room table one morning and their mother asks them what they want for breakfast.Little Boy #1 says, "Just gimme some of those fucking corn flakes"Wham! His mother slaps him across the face, knocking him out of the chair. … Continue reading Tales Of Martian Science
Butterfly Knife Ballet
...with bright red highlightsWalked Last Night: 1.7 miles in 21 minutesSome More Info On The World Building GameI've finally decided that each player, in addition to running a village, will also create and run an explorer character who is part of a multinational team. In actual fact, I'll be running the actual adventures the team goes … Continue reading Butterfly Knife Ballet
The Effects Of Naked Women On The Criminal Mind
...distracting, to say the leastWalked Today: 1.6 miles in 35 minutes (including 15 minutes getting chow at Subway)We got our Netflix discs today. Just got done watching "The Triplets of Bellville" (which I highly recommend) and now Grace is watching (and I'm half watching) "Aeon Flux". At least Charlize Theron looks hot in skintight catsuits:) Tomorrow, … Continue reading The Effects Of Naked Women On The Criminal Mind
Throw Another Wimp On The Barbee, Mate
...them's good eatin'Walked Today: 1.7 miles in 21 minutesI'll be keeping track of my walking program here, so get used to it:)In other news, Grace and I signed up for Netflix and should get our first flix any time now. She has about 200 movies in her queue...I have 9. Most of mine are animated movies, … Continue reading Throw Another Wimp On The Barbee, Mate