24-Hour Party People

In a given year, I go to approximately two parties. This year they both happened last night, during my month-long birthday celebration.
First there was Kelly’s 50th birthday party with its huge variety of cakes, hats, and delightful humans. Then there was The Way of the Nashwan world premiere and awards ceremony. I do have [...]

Iggy: the writhing adonis

After the Stooges show I was trying to come up with an appropriate description for Iggy. Tarzan on speed. A insane Greek god, half-man, half snake. But Maggie, who hadn’t even seen the show said, “a writhing Adonis,” which is perfect. Perfect because he has the Greek statue abdominals, and also the Adonis life-death-rebirth mythology. [...]

the emmie pillow

In the long list of Emmie-the-housekeeper items that Maggie got me for my birthday, I neglected to mention the pillow.

rat city saturday night

We were sitting near the Sockit Wenches, so I have some photos of them standing in front of me. The team was crushed by the Derby Liberation Front that night. Even their mascot, Lu Lu, couldn’t save them. The event was near Safeco field, so we took the inevitable catcher’s mitt photos.

“A dame don’t care how she looks when she’s dead.”

The subject line is a quote from the movie, “Laura.” 1944. Otto Preminger.

limbo removed from list of vacation destinations

The Vatican has announced that limbo is officially no longer favored as a habitat for unbaptized dead babies. This saddens me. Though not raised in a Catholic family, I liked to imagine limbo as an infinite space in which soul-babies drifted around like balloons, occasionally bouncing off each other, neither happy nor sad, just neutral [...]

oh the places you’ll go, the things you’ll see, when your aging flesh turns 53

It’s birthday month in Seattle, and how are we celebrating?

– With rhyme: “Examine the cat and pick off a flea, Danny-boy has turned 53.”
- With reverse birthday comics sent to a select group of humans. Web version.
- Now scroll down to the picture of the housekeeper in the March [...]

uncomfortable questions for a jedi

You might enjoy this deadly accurate parody of the 9/11 conspiracy theorists, especially if you’re a Star Wars fan.