"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Cats, Ruby the Dog, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Jan 29th, 2009
As a pet-owner, I have many nicknames for my pets, individually and collectively. I figured what the heck, I might as well highlight a bit of the silliness that is my life with critters. This one is Minnie Pearl. Mostly known as Minnie, but also as “dammit, kitty,” “kittygirl” “Little Miss” “Pesty-pest,” “small-cat,” “dumbass,” “Satan,” […]
Posted in nostalgia, Utter Silliness, videos on Jan 24th, 2009
Man, I so dug this band. They broke up some while back, but man, they just amused me silly. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFtywrOTnHw] I remember the first time I heard this song on the radio, and I totally thought they were something leftover from the ’80s, some obscure hair band that I somehow missed during my junior high […]
Posted in Adventures, Trashboat Shenanigans, Utter Silliness on Jan 22nd, 2009
Basically, a trashboat is any bicycle powered or bicycle-towed “boat” that doesn’t sink or break apart under its own ill-considered engineering. Buckets, bottles, and barrels are the most common pontoons, though you can make a trashboat out of just about anything, so long as it floats and can either be ridden or towed to the launch site. If your trashboat is a trailer, you need to consider how to secure your bike to it so that you can tow it back to ACME for the after party.
Posted in Adventures, biking, Utter Silliness on Jan 19th, 2009
CatTails 001, originally uploaded by Stellascorcher. You should definitely view this photo at original size to appreciate the colossally goofy face I was making at the time. Typical Saturday afternoon shenanigans. We had to re-visit one of our favorite inner-city swamps during the Saturday ride to see if the cattails were in good poofing condition. […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Other Bike Stuff, Trashboat Shenanigans, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 18th, 2009
Six months until the First Annual Kansas City Trashboat Regatta. Put that on you calendar. Sometime in mid-June, you will, if you are lucky, be floating down the Big Muddy in a home-built contraption based on salvage, bicycles, and cuss words. And maybe a little duct tape, a few zip-ties, and some hope. Crews are […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, nostalgia, Utter Silliness on Jan 14th, 2009
IMG_6369, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I highly recommend clicking through to the main photo page for this image and reading the various notes that describe and clarify the various motifs pictured above. As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I’ve been sorting out a bunch of old stuff of mine that has moved from one apartment […]
Posted in Cats, Utter Silliness on Jan 6th, 2009
Frizbutt, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I was looking through the pictures I have on my harddrive, looking for some ones I took at the West Side Community Garden last summer, and I came across this completely ridiculous shot of Minnie sitting in a Frisbee. It is exactly the size of her tush: no larger, no […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Jan 4th, 2009
Umm..so we found a lot of wine in a dumpster, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. Each of us nabbed two or three bottles, because it was there, basically. Now what the sam-hill am I supposed to do with it? I’m not much of a wine drinker (not much of a drinker, full stop) and I’d feel […]
Posted in Utter Silliness, videos on Dec 29th, 2008
The following two videos are among the reasons I love the Internet. Also, this is some bouncy music, make no mistake about it. I’m discoing all over the place over here. 1979 Eurvision contenders Dschinghis Khan from Germany bring it all the way! I don’t think there is any way to improve upon this presentation. […]
Posted in biking, Utter Silliness, videos on Dec 23rd, 2008
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfnxkixBp4] Oh man…Red Green! I forgot how much I liked this show.