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A couple of babes

by the Night Writer

Baby Moose at 24 hours.
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Pity Me

by Sly the Family Rat
What we’ve learned in the past 48 hours: everybody forgets about Sly the family rat when guests come.  What is so endearing about a big, hairless rat anyway?  Sniff. I am a sad rat.
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Reading between the signs

by the Night Writer
Some folks are getting upset that “stimulus” money for road construction projects is also being used to post signs alongside the project that say “Funded By: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, President.” It’s a common enough political play (many a governor has done something similar within his/her state). The issue [...]

I’m just waiting on a friend

by the Night Writer
Here’s an excerpt from a poem I wrote several years ago. I wrote it after my final visit to see my grandfather while he was stll alive, but this section is appropriate for the waiting we’re doing today.  The poem is called, “Just Waiting.”
And now, just waiting,
back at home I stand by [...]

Monty Python study guide

by the Night Writer
Tiger Lilly has been studying for her Western Civ test and plowing through the various philosophers and their philosophies. A great way to learn things, of course, is to make up rhymes or songs of the key details as a memory aid, so I thoughtfully provided the following for her:

I sure hope [...]

Free advice from Sly, the family rat

… especially if you’re heavily invested in oatmeal or cheese.
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Since you asked nicely

Yes, you kan haz cheezburger.

HT: The Lumberjack
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Merry Christmas from The Sly One

Yeah, I got out finally.  So, the Reverend Mother is making this bacon thingy and she sends the new guy out for barbecue sauce which she conveniently forgot to buy. Sounds like a fool’s errand to me. Where’s he gonna get barbecue sauce on Christmas day. Yeah, cause everyone celebrates their savior’s birth by barbecuing [...]

Many are Called, Few are Chosen

Sly the rat
Listen up, you humans. I don’t have much time because when they find me up here they’re gonna put me back in that cage. I doooooooooon’t wanna go!  Yeah, that’s right, it’s Sly. Yes, rats know how to type and use the intertube, but most of us can’t get access. Anyway, the deal [...]

They reportedly like Obama, too…

The new fashion statement from Europe is…

Men In Skirts (story and photos)…

How do you know men’s lib is in full swing? When men start wearing skirts. On the street. In everyday life. The Sartorialist, Scott Schuman, snapped two men wearing skirts on the streets of Europe, and it caught us off guard — it’s not [...]

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