Possibly the most stressful part of the move for me was worrying about Lemon, our leopard gecko. It was the first time we’d moved him since we got him a few years ago, and I wasn’t sure how he’d handle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Galesaur, having spent maybe three days in Ann Arbor, jaunted off to sell wares at Otakon. The family beach trip (a very big deal) was the following week, so… why not spend time with the folks? And Patbird slowly descended[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
beach week
Hey, gang! How are you this fine Thursday? And for that matter… how am I? As I write this (nearly a week in advance!), I am preparing to embark on a grand adventure, and Patbird is enjoying his very own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Veloriraptor has an unfortunate yearly arrangement with the ocean, in which it takes things and gives back dead jellyfish. That aside, the beach trip was awesome! It was great spending time with everyone, and we even caught a few fish[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a forty-minute walk to the theater. Every so often, we’d feel a drop or two – and then suddenly, twenty minutes in, the sky split like the paper towel in that game where you drop marbles on a wet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At least it wasn’t as bad as the last time I got lost. Picture me and the family husky, several summers ago, wandering along a trail and having to phone home from the next town over… several hours after Dad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Patbird and I first started hanging out, he was a fancy advertising guy and I was just barely halfway through college. Things might not have worked nearly as well if he hadn’t been willing to come over and chill[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CURSE YOU, WHEEEEEEEL The solution, in case this should happen to you: 1) Remove wheel from chair. 2) Slowly rotate toe inside wheel until the side of your toe is facing the opening (likely how you got into this predicament[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oddly, the activity that prepared me best for this new job was probably selling at conventions. Endurance, smiles, cash-handling! There are not nearly as many people in costume, though. Meanwhile, in Patland news, homework is at an all-time high. Homework[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
SUSPENSE! This week’s comic was a bit too long for one post, so I’ll be posting the rest within the next few days. If you’re on the twitters and must know what that real question is the moment it hits[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…