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Fat City
April 17, 2007 – 6:46 PM | 70 Comments
Fat City

And Little Joe is the mayor. Or ate the mayor. One of those.
For Little Joe’s area-rug impression, click the link…

Color fat-ography
April 17, 2007 – 2:08 PM | 55 Comments
Color fat-ography

It’s surprisingly difficult to take a picture of Little Joe that gives a realistic idea of his sphericality. …No, not because you have to take the pictures from space, although I understand why you might …

A little love for the orange and maroon
April 17, 2007 – 11:41 AM | 25 Comments

Because nothing soothes the soul quite like a sleeping Hobe.

Be careful out there
April 16, 2007 – 8:09 PM | 45 Comments

If you have friends or loved ones at Virginia Tech, please, take the best of care, and let us know in the comments if there’s anything the rest of us can do. I hope it’s …

The Chronicles of Lardnia
April 13, 2007 – 11:07 AM | 19 Comments

The new digital camera arrived today.Little Joe is still fat.Prepare to be dazzled.

Signs
April 11, 2007 – 9:07 AM | 16 Comments

On my block, there is a deli.It is not a good deli; the coffee is awful, the ice-cream “selection” is buried in a grimy chunk of Hoth, and between the lottery people, the OCD bacon-sandwich …

You’ll never believe who weighs 18.8 pounds
April 4, 2007 – 4:37 PM | 53 Comments

Besides Nicole Richie, I mean.  
Sarah: Lift with your legs.
Vet assistant: Heh heh.   …Oo-fah, my back.
Sarah: Like I said.
Dr. Dan: I thought you were going to put him on a diet.
Sarah: I did put …

The jerk store called
April 3, 2007 – 1:13 PM | 27 Comments

It’s from an old-ish issue, but I just yesterday ran across Time Out New York‘s Con Ed Awards For Bad Service.   I think they went too easy on Duane Reade — zombies aren’t usually …

My Pukey Valentine
March 11, 2007 – 7:53 PM | No Comment

Hello again, gentle readers.Please accept my heartfelt apologies for leaving you without recourse to caustic complaint for so long — but I have returned, just as fond of the sound of my own voice, and …

Lilith Unfair
March 11, 2007 – 7:51 PM | No Comment

I don’t care how desperately Time needs to drive up newsstand sales — no dearth of actual news, no market-research addled kowtowing to their bottom line can excuse the cover of their July 21 issue.In …