This is one of the common blights on our street:

As far as wild packs of dogs go, four chihuahuas is not as scary as, say, the pit bulls that used to get loose on a regular basis from another house on the block. Nonetheless, these little yappers are not shy about running up and growling [...]

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I only employ people who carry on the Red Beret Design tradition of maintaining perfect professionalism at all times:
Badonna!
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I got a notice in the mail from Fast Company magazine, with an all-caps THIRD ATTEMPT, YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE message telling me to renew NOW to lock in the low, low price of $9.97.
My subscription is set to expire in October. I can get the same low, low price by signing up [...]

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I just received a package from Amazon.com, and inside were two coupons for Hormel cold cuts.
Because when you break open that new book of heartfelt and humorous essays, you just gotta have a baloney sandwich to go with it.
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We are the recipients of the rest of the beer keg from the Beaver Queen Pageant after-party.
Life? It does not suck.
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A hot time was had in the Bull City last night—in every sense of the word. The temperature was still in the high 90’s as the Scene of the Crime Rovers kicked off the festivities at the Fourth Annual Beaver Queen Pageant. A hilarious monologue and song from Fishscenta sealed the deal—although it was a [...]

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Thank goodness I didn’t leave it until the very last minute to get my beaver tail out of the closet. I dug it out to discover that you could barely see the black fake fur.
It was covered in real fur.
Damn cats. If I wanted a cat tail, I would have made one of them into [...]

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Tonight’s the night! Kaferine deNerve was just here stocking up on coolers for ice and water, since the weather promises to be a scorcher. At least we don’t have to worry about rain turning the meadow into a swamp.
I have the honor of being the handler for one of this year’s contestants, Badonna. I’ll be [...]

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“The water in our state is not sufficient to add more demand…and that now means that some large development can’t go forward. If we don’t make changes with water, we are going to have a major economic problem in this state.”
That’s a quote from the director of the California Department of Water Resources. With temps [...]

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On hold with paypal
La dee dah, what nice music
OK, I’m bored now
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