"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in bike commuting, Gratuitous Cussing, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Mar 14th, 2011
So, on my ride to work today a driver pulled a nasty trick which seems to be a particular Kansas City specialty. This guy took a wrong turn…pulled in to the Community College campus off 31st Street when he probably meant to take a right on to Broadway. So, instead of cutting through campus to […]
Posted in Gratuitous Cussing, Lists, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Dec 27th, 2010
Words which are not at all rude but can sound that way if spoken in the right tone: buzzard crust ramrod gizzard fusty crock bustard golden custard plugging sun on the beach Words and Phrases which are very rude, but also make no earthly sense cock-smoker Cockswoggler cock-gobbler scrote-weasel turd-bailer fuck-bucket assbasket Gratutious silly words […]
Posted in Car Drama and trauma, Cats, Gratuitous Cussing, Oh, for fuck's sake on Dec 7th, 2010
Oh but he was! The trauma of his annual trip to the veterinarian for his vaccination boosters brought out Griswald’s inner Mr. Humphries (or Niles Crane, depending on your decade and side of the pond). His histrionics are impressive, if you don’t have to share the cab of a pickup with his yowling, howling, frenzied […]
Posted in Cats, Gratuitous Cussing, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Houseplants, Photo entries on Sep 8th, 2010
Joel built me a shelf across the windows in my sewing room so that the “Swiss Cheese Plant) (pictured at right) and the Madagascar Dragon Trees (at left) have a safe and secure home in my sewing room. Now, they’re above the level where I might accidentally crash into them and bruise their leaves and […]
Posted in Distractions, Gratuitous Cussing, Oh, for fuck's sake on Sep 5th, 2010
Sometimes, I think I go out of my own way to annoy myself. This is called being a masochist, and there’s no good excuse for it other than maybe I’m not so right in my headmeats. Anyway, I went to a friend’s show at the Honeytree Gallery on First Friday (this past Friday), and that […]
Posted in Gratuitous Cussing, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Aug 24th, 2010
I was in a colossally bad mood yesterday after having to work on my day off, plus learning that I didn’t get the promotion I’d applied for (one which would have gotten me off the phone lines and allowed me to wear ear-protectors at work and not have to listen to my co-workers gabbling at […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Gratuitous Cussing, Oh, for fuck's sake, Other Bike Stuff, Party, Trashboat Shenanigans, Utter Silliness, videos on Jul 4th, 2010
On my way home from work today, I rode past some very busy fireworks stands in the West Bottoms. If you know Kansas City, you might know about James Street and the half dozen or so semi-abandond buildings that become explosives emporia in the week leading up to Independence day. Being as today is The […]