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Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: September 2020

  • Zozobra Burns

    There is a tradition in Santa Fe New Mexico. According to my brother (and this is confirmed by Wikipedia): My brother woke me up at ten at night to watch Zozobra burn. He has had a bad 2020. As have we all. There are usually 10,000 complaints in the box o’ Gloom. This year it…

  • Celebrity Hat is Going to Suffer From Exhaustion If this Pace Keeps Up

    Today marks the third time the Celebrity Hat has been out of Her box this year. First for Friend #2’s fundraiser, then for the Virtual Kentucky Derby, and this past Saturday for the rescheduled Kentucky Derby. Just a few nods given to 2020:

  • Swoopskunk

    This is a new twist on the GlamorSkunk – on the left, we have a skunk who has left behind his kicky leg bands and is sporting a back-to-front Nike swoop.

  • Stop Me If I’ve Said This Before: religion

    Abandoned Draft Version: Religion God doesnt listen to the prayers of a Jew bacon Mormonism is a cult catholics candle burners hooted probably be;lieve we have funny hats and saints poetry as part of belief Present Day: This is the abandoned draft that popped up when I searched for “bacon burner” as it does indeed…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 9/3

    This week the crypts went from this … … to this: I think it’s almost done. Needs more darkness. All the whites need a little brown. And I might do the little details on the arch door and the left side of the arch. And the columns on the right crypt need to be tidied…

  • The Novel: Lead Characters

    I worked this week on having the novel’s main characters answer Proust’s Questionnaire. I only finished it for the male character, Joe. The exercise has made clear to me that even after Jerry’s multiple drafts of the novel, and the four decades of maturing in a cardboard box, Joe is actually a pretty thin character.…

  • Gossip

    Idle gossip doesn’t bother me. Who’s doing who, who got caught for what, I don’t care. I don’t even care if people gossip about me. In my experience it’s: Sometimes people use gossip about other’s misfortune as entertainment. I know I’ve done it myself. For example, I’m a little sad we didn’t get the double…