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Finished cat sitting for “invisible” cats
Of all the cat sitting gigs I’ve done, this recent one for my friend/co-worker Ayako has been the easiest and the biggest bummer because neither animal cares for anybody other than Ayako. I mean even the feistiest cat I’ve met … Continue reading
Welcome Aaron!
He’s finally here! The new addition to our friends’ family, the Colemans! Named after his great grandfather, a wonderful man who fought for Texans of stripes. According to another friend in the circle, I think Robin, the new big sister, … Continue reading
Down but not out or alone
The first culprit on why the site was “dark” for another week can be blamed on the flu. Although I got a flu shot last Friday, I did ask the nurse, I’ve gotten sick despite being inoculated. The response was, … Continue reading
Rest in Peace Brian Dyorich
While I was away recuperating, my long-time co-worker and friend Brian passed away during surgery. I received the sad news from our fellow co-worker Troy (he’s the guy on the left in the photo above) while I was headed to … Continue reading
Rest in Peace Hank
This week my friends had to put their dog to sleep (he was getting on in years, illness) and although I’m a cat person, dogs make me nervous since I was bit in the ass by my own dog in … Continue reading
Twenty-four years in Austin
It’s great and weird feeling to be spending what has so far been the second half of my life in the same place after the years I was under my parents’ roof. The equally funny thing is they slowed down … Continue reading
Welcome Aliyah
Aliyah was born last week and is the daughter of my ex-roommate and co-worker Garrett. In this picture she looks pretty exhausted but then again, being born is not a small feat. I hope to meet her in the near … Continue reading
The Derrs have left Austin for Amsterdam
One major reason why I’ve been offline, not updating the Picayune, has been my ongoing sadness over losing a nice set of friends to Europe. Well, Jeremy says they won’t be there forever but given that the American electorate (one of … Continue reading
Belated welcome to Henry!
A new addition to the planet! Henry was born between Canada Day (July 1) and the Fourth of July which is a perfect compromise given his mom being an American and his dad a Canadian. Both halves do enjoy hockey, … Continue reading
Hilarious “thank you” movie
I scored these two funny ladies Star Wars action figures and so they decided to make a movie imitating Sussie from The Amazing World of Gumball to express their appreciation.
A great time had be gEeKs and me, the fat one
The Lowrys of California took some time from their busy agenda visiting Austin to hang out with me and play games at Pinballz Lake Creek. The little ladies really enjoyed the mini-bowling. Sadly, they’re not all tall enough to go … Continue reading
Lunch with Kris! A great friend
This week I had lunch with the friend and all-around awesome person who brought me back to Apple in 1997, Kris! She was kind enough to come on down to Austin from her new digs way up north to have … Continue reading
Success with Jack!
This last weekend I finally got Jack to hold still long enough for me to pet and hold him. For years, whenever I housesat for our friends, this big guy would hide under the furniture only to come out to … Continue reading
Welcome Ziggy
That’s the name he goes by, he does have a real name, Baldwin. He arrived a little early, about a week, but his birthday is April 5. So I need to put down a fin on five at a nice … Continue reading
Rest in Peace Tiki
Our friends Tom and Alaire gave us the sad news Friday about their Burmese Boss Tiki needing to be put to sleep. The poor guy was having heart trouble and he was starting to suffer from pneumonia, something cats have … Continue reading