Archive for June, 2009

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

I love this contest each year – the worst imaginary novel opener. This year’s “detective category” one is great:

“She walked into my office on legs as long as one of those long-legged birds that you see in Florida the pink ones, not the white ones except that she was standing on both of them, not just one of them, like those birds, the pink ones, and she wasn’t wearing pink, but I knew right away that she was trouble, which those birds usually aren’t.”

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Hao-chan at the vet

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Hao-chan has been caught! He’s about to get his nails trimmed.

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Human Statue of Liberty (from 1918)

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

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Green tea Coca Cola

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

I like some of the flavors of Coca Cola they have in the U.S., like Vanilla coke. But do they have green tea flavored Coca Cola like they do here?

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