Monthly Archives: May 2021

Bob Garfield fired from WNYC and OTM

The downside of Twitter is its immediacy yet at least it was announced by Bob instead of me finding out by other means. At this time, the NPR affiliate fired him because he violated their “anti-bullying” policy, whatever the hell … Continue reading

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RIP Billie Hayes

Best known as Witchiepoo on Sid & Marty Kroft’s breakout hit H R Puffenstuff but I recall she continued the role for a short-lived show starring the Bay City Rollers. I can confirm she starred alongside Margaret Hamilton (the witch from … Continue reading

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Agamemnon is well enough to come home!

It’s so great to have him home. To celebrate, I gave him a can of tuna without the cone on. Plus I had to blow out the two litter boxes entirely (as in scrub them down and restock) because the … Continue reading

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The overdue explanation for May 2021’s Header

While I await the green light to bring Agamemnon home; I did receive a call at 6 AM today with an update that was optimistic, he thanks you all in his odd way; I want to explain the weird “blob” … Continue reading

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Agamemnon is feeling better and will pull through

I was in tears pretty quickly. Agamemnon didn’t have something as simple as a stomach ache. The doctor told me he had gone number one for at least a couple days so his kidneys were backed up, his blood was … Continue reading

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Agamemnon isn’t feeling well

That’s a picture from last Summer when he was being a sweetie and napping near my desk. Today he isn’t himself. He didn’t greet me or rush to his food dish this morning. The poor guy is rather lethargic and … Continue reading

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Belated Birthday to Jennifer!

Ten days ago, Jennifer celebrated her birthday. It does annoy her that she has to share it with the Fourth be with You! She has a point. When I turned 13, all eyes were on the wedding of two inbreds … Continue reading

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NIMBY forces won

Before I left for vacation, we had an election on a series of propositions (aka governments not doing their job by blaming the electorate) and I wasn’t allowed to vote in anything because I live in unincorporated Pflugerville. The big … Continue reading

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Nein! (German D’oh!)

Dave Attell once said he never wanted to take up jogging because joggers are always the ones who find the dead bodies. Well, this German jogger thought they found a dud grenade from WWII in a bag. The police-bomb squad … Continue reading

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We’re back from Las Vegas! (2021)

More to follow as we all get back into the grind of life, aka working, living, cat care, etc. We did return last night but today is the decompression day. More highlights and other “missing” stories later. I decided to … Continue reading

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