Yes, spell checker, ‘nudibranch’ is too a real word…

They are soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks… so take that little red squiggly line out from under that word right now! It is pronounced: New-ti-brank, just so you know.

Posted in thinking about stuff | Tagged , | 12 Comments

So, my mom gave that murder mystery I wrote to a professor of languages, and he said he was impressed…

Yeah, that murder mystery, set in World War Two London, that one… available if you click the link in my sidebar over there to the right—–> My mom gave a copy to a friend who is an emeritus language professor at Cal Berkeley, and he said he was impressed. Just sayin’. Thanks again to my editor and blog friend, Trent, the Canadian and emeritus head minion of this blog.

Posted in stuff about blogging | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

Name this romance novel… a contest… a really disturbing contest…

a 11

Oh, I could have put a title on there… I had a funny one, but it was too long to fit on the cover… it went something like:

I Make The Best Love To Myself, I Am Going To Make Such Sweet Love To Me That I will Get Sick Of Loving Myself, And I Am Going To Make Canada Pay For The Condoms…

But let’s hear what you can come up with.

Maybe, we can all pick a winner, and I will put it on the cover along with the name of the blog of our winner, and repost it.

Posted in funny famous people pictures, My art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Well, now I really want to write this book…

a 10

Also, I just want to warn you… never ever ever do a Google image search of romance novel covers… because there are a lot of people who try to recreate them… they dress up like the characters on the covers… and have their picture taken in the same poses… which is creepy enough… even if they were particularly attractive people… and a lot of them aren’t…

***(Please don’t jump down my throat for those comments. I am not making fun of unattractive people… some of my best friends are decidedly unattractive… I am just making the point that there is something weird about a guy who feels the need to have his picture taken in a cheap wig and tight leather pants… with no shirt… if he has a pale, couch-potato dad-bod, and then post it on the internet like some kind of fine art… hey, I mean, more power to you, and you be you, and all of that, but maybe keep those pictures in a photo album… in your bedroom closet… on the top shelf… behind the box full of cheap wigs and leather pants…)***

Posted in funny famous people pictures, My art, thinking about stuff | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 29 Comments

Sim confessions… (or); How I let my daughter get even older than me…

IMG_5056

That is my older daughter, Jessica, who is now much older… even though she is really barely past her mid-twenties. Look at her… polyester blouse and slacks, sensible shoes, a stiff back because I had her working in the garden for a few hours…

Okay, first, let me apologize for the quality of the photos… there is some screen glare from my ipad, and nobody ever stops moving. But the thing is… and this is a thing I should maybe be a little ashamed of… but I play the free version of the Sims. I mean, I play some more intense games to, especially on the computer, but this game relaxes me, and it is just quirky enough to amuse me.

But I recently passed a stage where the Sims age on a regular basis… and it costs a bunch of life points to put them back to the beginning of that age cycle… and I spent all my life points on me and my other daughter, Mollie… Sorry, Jessica…

IMG_5058

And apologize to your new fiancé, Jason, as well… not just for the aging thing, but for those plaid pants too… You guys used to be so cool. Jess, I tried to show you your Sim self when you were here, but you weren’t that interested, even though I dressed you like a cool pirate. And you and Jason looked like your real life selves. I was proud of that. And you had cool jobs… rock stars, as I recall. Now, you just stay at home, baking stuff and working in the garden… I suppose there is a lesson here somewhere.

IMG_5059

I did manage to save your sister from the ravages of time… and she is still a princess at home, while working as a movie star during the day.

IMG_5060

I am still wearing my wizard robes when I am not dressed in a white suit… being mayor of the town…

IMG_5061

I do love my wizard robe with the flames…

IMG_5062

Also, I live in a rockin’ Japanese-style house, complete with samurai armor… and my wizard spell book over there in the corner on the right… HA!

IMG_5063

Also, I still have my fire-breathing baby dragon… named Frazzle… who is always moving and hard to photograph… and my Sim dog, Shiloh, who looks like our dog of the same name.

You should all give this game a try. It is free… and stress free… and a little weird.

 

 

Posted in Everything Else, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Your new gynecologist, a horror story with no words… wait… is that Will Ferrell???

a 11

Posted in funny famous people pictures | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Your new gynecologist, a horror story with no words… part 4…

a 10

Posted in dogs and other animals, My art | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Your new gynecologist, a horror story with no words… part 3…

a 5

Posted in funny famous people pictures, My art | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Your new gynecologist, a horror story with no words… part 2…

a 5

Posted in funny famous people pictures, My art | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Your new gynecologist, a horror story with no words… part 1…

a 5

Posted in funny famous people pictures | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments