SEXTILIS • I • MCMLXVII “Whereas the Emperor Augustus Caesar, in the month of Sextilis, was first admitted to the consulate, and thrice entered the city in triumph, and in the same month the legions, from the Janiculum, placed themselves under his auspices, and in the same month Egypt was brought under the authority of … Read more
Traveler’s Log, Day 14,609, The Humans still don’t suspect I am not one of them. The huge range of activities they engage in is ever entertaining. Some of them eat pureed beans. Some of them skate in circles and hit each other. Some of them amass great skill fermenting grains. Some of them imbibe these … Read more
http://www.animalshaveproblemstoo.com/ is excellent (Questionable Content is another web comic I enjoy.)
An excellent XTC song (as redundant as that phrase is) popped on to my music shuffle this morning. Hadn’t heard it for a while and I really like it. Unfortunately, it seemed a bit topical as well.
War Dance
There’s an epidemic stirring passions in young hearts
Even the old campaigners have got it really bad
Well we ain’t seen nothing like it since coronation day
But when the street parties sound
I’m going underground
To keep the rabid hounds at bayOh my my – this war dance
I bought some new shorts – summer is here you know. Lots of pockets. Nice fit. Brown denim. They look nice now, but I’ll be wearing them all summer.
There was a pocket with a big cardboard label on it that said “Cellphone Pocket”. I guess owners of cell phones are so stupid they can’t figure out what to do with them. That would explain why they’re ALWAYS talking on them.
Anyway this “cellphone” pocket is the ideal size for 3×5 index cards and a pen. And the battery never fails on that.
In other news, I canceled the Call Notesâ„¢ on my phone. About 6 years after I should have. (It used to be a business expense.) At $8 a month, here are the pluses and minuses of Call Notesâ„¢.