Scary Thorns
Jan 24, 2012 by Devlin O' Neill
A few days ago, Bree put a link to a drawing in the comments section, and said it scared her. Kaki could not follow the link so I grabbed the picture and appended it to Scarlet’s book review in the last post, along with a rather flippant comment about how I was surprised that anyone would find such a drawing scary.
But of course such drawings are scary, or exciting, or both. Certainly I find them exciting, so I rounded up a few more samples of that artist’s work and bunged them up here.
Not that I want to scare anyone, but the artist happens to be a personal favorite so I thought I would share.
The artist’s unique style makes his work easy to recognize, even when he doesn’t sign it, as in the drawing just above. The first drawing, of the Detention Room – okay, I have to admit that a Detention Room like that would be quite scary indeed – is signed Julian Guile.
In this unsigned drawing, the same girl, or at least her sister, is presented in a similarly perilous situation, so we are safe in assuming it is drawn by the same artist.
His technique is quite simple and straightforward, to draw a thoroughly adult girl’s body but then to put a much younger girl’s face on it, which allows a certain kind of adult girl – many of whom hang out here – to instantly identify with not only the girl in the drawing, but the situation in which she finds herself, i.e., invariably the sort of situation that results in a very sore hiney for her.
Then too, a Top who views the drawing is welcome to replace the somewhat generic little girl face with one perhaps closer to his heart, and of course his lap.
But now here we have the same girl, or at least a close family member, but signed by someone called Thorn. (Just FYI, if you have trouble making out the small print, just click the picture and it will pop up full size in a separate window.)
Thorn is the name I have associated with this artist for quite some time, and until I pulled these out of the files for inclusion here, I never even noticed the Julian Guile signature on the other ones.
One has to guess that both names are fictitious in any case, but speaking for myself only, Thorn makes a better nom de crayon for this sort of art.
And again, as far as scary is concerned, any girl who displeases an older Top who owns a paddle like that, as this girl obviously did, really ought to be scared, especially when he drags down her knickers whilst telling her off.
It is very likely indeed that there would be much more red color added to any depictions of subsequent scenes.
I hope you’re all right, Bree. Deep breaths, now.
That is all.
Devlin out.
OMG!
Dev,…..I am trying to breath but it isn’t working.
I feel nauseous, like I am going to be sick. 
Thank you…for the pictures…I think.
Goodnight.
Ooh, she’s in for it now.
What!? When!? Who’s in for it?
Awesome pic’s Professor, I’m sure the words in between the pic’s was deep and meaningful….but the pic’s took all my attention.
(sneaks into bree’s bedroom an hangs a blown up copy of one of them pic’s right in her eyeline for the morning.)
Dev, you like scaring Bree, don’t you? (I wonder what scares you and other Tops.)
I think the artist captured the girls’ expressions very well.
Jay, that is a terrible thing to do!!
I think we are going to get along just fine. 
Snakes scare Tops, at least Harrison Ford.
Dev,these are very nice drawings, whatever his name is. He really captures the emotion in their faces
. I agree they can be a little scary for some girls, but since I am never in that situation I have nothing to worry about. 
Dev,
great pictures, very inspirational.
Warm
Paul.
Good morning, everyone, and thanks!
Bree, it sometimes helps to simply face our fears head on. Or in some girls’ cases, bottom first.
Jay and Kaki –
Mindy, what scares me is a blank screen that’s supposed to be the beginning of a novel. That, and being a passenger when one of you girls is driving.
Good morning, Paul. Glad you like them.
Kaki, would it help if Dev found a drawing where the top was holding two paddles? That would be a lot more familiar to you, wouldn’t it?
My favorite drawing is the second one. You have to love a girl who will take off her pants but leave her hat, so that she’s properly dressed in case anyone happens by.
I agree, Scarlet. The girl shows a lot of class.
And Kaki, I also agree with your not naughty comment above, the part about his portraying the girls’ emotions that is. The bit where you claim to not be acquainted with those emotions, not so much.
Kaki, see if you can find the paper bag for poor bree.
Great post! I’m more scared of the b&w drawings than the last one. But next time, maybe you can find some pretty pictures to post? I have some really pretty pictures of shoes I can loan you, k? Because it makes it hard to read your words when you have to avert your eyes from the pictures.
Hahhaha. When I read Mindy’s question about what scares Tops, I thought to myself, “Dev’s gonna say ‘blank screen’”.
And I’m sure all the girls on here are lovely drivers… unless you meant that metaphorically.
What??
Ok, I like the last black n white one. Where she has her knickers on the floor an he looks like he has his boots on the wrong feet.
Very nice pic’s. Makes me wish my stick men could look like that.
Cindy, I wondered if anyone would read what I typed but I figured I ought to give it a shot. And you know writers well, don’t you?
Jay, you’re right! His boots do look like they’re wrong way round. However did you notice that?
You could try tracing.
If I told you, Professor, I’d have to kill you.
Clearly that man is related to Eugene Levy’s character in Best in Show, where he has a birth defect that resulted in two left feet, so of course…he walks in circles. Who doesn’t love Christopher Guest?
Uh huh. Sure, Jay.
I love that movie. I also loved Waiting for Guffman and For Your Consideration. And, of course, Spinal Tap.
Yeah, huge Christopher Guest fan.
Scarlet, did you get the new Bas Bleu catalog? There’s a biography of Gerogette Heyer and several other books that look interesting.
You missed your chance yesterday
. 
Scarlet, “properly dressed”? You do understand that when the sign on the door says, shirst and shoes required, they also expect you to have your bottom covered. At least that is what they told me.
Who told you that, Kaki? I’m sure Scarlet will want to know, and I certainly do.
Dev, writer’s block. Yes, why didn’t I think of it?
By the way, I’m a very careful driver.
I do want to know, thank you, Dev! Because if it came up in conversation, I have to assume that for some reason your bottom was uncovered in the vicinity of the sign. Which leads me to think that Charley spanked you in a restaurant.
I think Waiting for Guffman may be one of my favorite movies. And I’ve probably read the Georgette Heyer biography, unless there’s more than one. But thank you for the tip–I’ll go look on line. I don’t get their mailed catalog.
(“I’m going home and I’m gonna bite my pillow is what I’m gonna do!”)
Mindy, silly, there’s no need to be a careful driver. That’s why streets have curbs.
It isn’t so much blockage, Mindy, as, ‘Okay, so now what?’
And yes, I’m sure you’re an excellent driver, an excellent driver.
Oy!
I wonder if anyone will be safe if they hide behind closed doors when Scarlet is driving.
I’ve installed those huge metal posts in front of my house(the kind they put in front of stores to prevent idiots
from crashing through the wall), just in case Scarlet drops over for a visit. *
* I am not calling Scarlet an idiot, just the people that misunderstand the meaning of drive-thru take out.
Dev, if you are having a problem with blockage you can always call
. 
And why cars have cruise control.
Hi, Mindy! What day is it there? Are you just getting up ready for work? Is it Friday yet?
Maybe the Professor needs an Enema……or at least some prune juice then?
“I got off that boat with nothing but my dancers belt and a tube of CHAPSTICK!”
hahhahahaha
I’m gonna watch that again tonight.
No work today as I took a week off.
Going out with my folks soon.
Jay, you should volunteer your services. Dev will be very grateful. Just let us know when you get there.
Really? that’s so cool. Where you going? Are they staying with you? Are you cooking for them?
Have Fun!
We’re going to the market. They stay with me whenever they visit.
Well, have a great time with them!
I also get a catalog from Godine Publishers. They publish “Books that Matter for People who Care”.
It’s a free-standing independent publisher that publishes about 40 titles a year.
I’ve found some interesting books in their catalog.
Well I would….but I got kicked out of St.John’s Ambulance ….my medical training is not good.
I bet Cindy or Kaki could do it though.
You live in a drive through restaurant.
Gosh, that would be handy.
Kaki and Jay :waits:
So did you go over to Lea’s Corner and read her post yesterday. You have to admit, it was pretty funny, yeah?
Hello, Jay. How is your impertinence? Oh wait. It’s working quite well, isn’t it?
Ok Professor, I’m sorry. I won’t mention it again.
Good girl.
*Wags tail*
lol
Personally I think she was being spanked for not wearing the correct knickers to school, which explains her bare behind, her banned ones having been confiscated.
There’s a new Georgette Heyer biography? Will check it out, thanks Cindy!
Amd why I don’t drive…
Nope, I just checked, dd. It was written in 1984. DEFINITELY (go me!) not a new bio.
ddm have you heard of a series called The Pig Trilogy? By Joseph Caldwell. The first one is The Pig Did It.
They look pretty good.
I did read the text, Dev, and enjoyed the treatise
Sorry, to again dash in and run, as Scarlet has accused me of. But sick children and bedtime leave one with no private apace.
Sorry about the sick children, dd. Hope they feel better soon. This of course is a job for Dr. Mom, and not
Kaki! You were the first to use the term in that way, young lady. :waits:
I do not know what is going on around here, except that Dev needs an enema???????
Dd, I spent many years nursing sick children. I hope they are better soon. I learned that Winnie the pooh always seemed to help. Of course, there is very little in life that Pooh cannot make better.
” If the person you are talking to doesn’t seem to be listening, be patient. It may be that
he has a small bit of fluff in his ear. “
Scarlet! That is an extraordinarily impudent reading of the situation, even for you. :waits:
That’s a word of wisdom. Sadly, it’s wrapped in a sentence of silly.
Regarding the illustrations, I’ve always preferred ample rumps for my spanking pleasure. More material, easier target, looks better in a skirt – right before one lifts it up. I have to say I prefer the fourth picture, but appreciate the final one as a more likely scenario.
Nothing beats a good paddling.
Technically I didn’t use any term, I merely suggested you see a physican
if you were suffering from any er.. plumbing problems. I was just trying to help you, I was very concerned. I had no idea how he or she would go about curing your blockage issues. 
Bet an onboard motor would beat a paddling. Or a good sail if the wind was high enough.
But paddling is more relaxing. And quieter.
Maybe a paddling while sailing? I hear that’s how the handsome pirates did it, in days of yore, when they had an esp. recalcitrant lady-captive.
Have you checked Roman’s ears lately? I will check Charley’s in the morning, I am sure this is the cause for all our misunderstandings.
I like pirate stories, I want to be a wench
. Only in the story, not for real 
. Some of those pirate folk 
are scary. 
“Wench” is not an especially fulfilling real life career, no.
But every pirate story needs a few wenches, to keep things moving. The Pirate King has to have something to do in-between punishing the resistant heroine. Also, then the wenches can commiserate with her.
What? Isnt raping and pillaging an hunting for buried treasure enough for the pirate king, he has to spank poor Elisabeth Swann too!?
And I don’t think the wenches would commiserate with her….they would pretend to while lifting her purse from her person…or that pretty broach that Papa gave her for her 16th birthday which belonged to her dear sweet Mama, god rest her soul.
Poor Elisabeth Swann, spanked for being the guvoners daughter by the Pirate King who’s marrige proposal was turned down flat by her father because he wanted better for his sweet girl.
And so the Pirate king stole into Miss Swann’s chambers in the dead of night and spirated her away to his Pirate ship and his motly crew of sea-dogs and scallywags…and vowed to keep her there until her Papa gave his blessing.
(Or until she was with child…preferably his.)
And the moral of this tale…Always tell your Papa to say no to the Pirate King…lest you live a dull and dreary life as a guvouners daughter.
I think being a pirate wench would be someting we could aspire to, Kaki. If Cameron is to be the pirate, we can just stand behind him, he’ll protect us from the mean pirates. I want to be a wench in a lavender dress, although lavender isn’t really a good color for me. What color dress do you want, Wench Kaki? I’m Googling wench costumes. Wow. There’s a lot to choose from…
I think I’ll google ‘wench costumes’ too.
For…uh…research
http://www.dresslikeapirate.com
Oooooo. I want a Spit Spot Cinch Belt. That looks spiffy.
Wench In a Box!
Here we go.
“burlesque” pirates, eh? This is promising.
…I’m just saying that now my life cannot be complete ‘lessen I own a Vampirate Frock Coat.
Oh my. We’ve travelled far afield, I see. Or travelled far to sea, I feel. That was an interesting story synopsis, Jay. Quite.
Ooo, I want the maroon short sleeve peasant wench dress.
After their school canings, the three young ladies of ample rump ran away to sea and became pirate wenches in Tortuga. Time travel may have been involved.
Thread? Restored.
That broach looks better on me than on that whiney spoilt brat anyway, besides what does she need money for? The Pirate King will be taking good care of her. I needs me some new dresses and pretty underthings.
Well done, P.E. Though I do want to mention that you can’t go wrong with a frock coat.
May I also say how proud I am of myself for actually knowing what ‘steampunk’ means. I could not have said this a week ago. I’ll have the sky pirate jacket please.
OOOOOo! did you SEE that chemise???? And we were just talking about them!
Man, steampunk and spanking go together so well. It’s a genre match made in airship heaven.
Besides: sky pirates are, by far, the best kind.
they got some cool jewelry. They’ve got a eyepatch that I could have used awhile back.
I needs me some steampunk goggles. they could be real handy when I’m on the gator.
Why is this stuff so cheap? I found a darling little tiny red top hat. It’s so cute. $28!
Yes, steampunk embraces the whole Victorian ethos and era, when canes were canes, and stern schoolmasters were to be feared and respected, or else. For some reason I’m envisioning a steam powered spanking machine …
It’s a globe-trotting adventure, Miss Barbara (heiress to the Lamberth Spanking Engine fortune) chasing the Sky Pirate King, her governess (hired by her steam-industrialist father) chasing her – tables turned (on steam turn-tables, natch), bottoms bared (by gear-wound robots). Oh, the fun we’ll have.
I think they got the Sherlock Holmes wardrobe from these websites.
I’ve never heard of any of this before. This is a whole new world. I’m excited!
NO, Kaki ann. Its a ute.
Don’t you think these machines would be terribly cumbersome? And you mentioned nothing about the chocolates and cuddling. I don’t want to be cuddled by no stinkin’ robot.
Skye O’Malley was on pirate ships, I read them a few years ago. Did you read Bertrice Small’s books?
A ute
http://tinyurl.com/78j9akb
Dr. Naughticus has a ready supply of chocolates, which he uses to ply his captives. Cuddling will be provided by the Sky Pirate King after the exciting Rescue Scene with rocket gliders.
I am happy to hear ‘gators don’t travel that far west. I was scared one may eat Ralph
, then who would you take joy riding?
I want the two C’s, chocolate and cuddling, but no caning or captivity please.
I can be plied with chocolates
, I will do almost anything for chocolate 
. I am weak. 
Nope, the dogs ride in the gator. But they like the jeep better.
Ralph is not my goat. I only took him in the truck the one time. And that was no joy ride. He tried to eat the headrest and I had to smack him on the nose.
Neither Ralph who ate my purse strap nor Jimmy who ate my choo go riding with me. They are goats.
Do you need me to make you a cheat sheet?
Don’t worry! It’s Steampunk caning, so it is done for Science and Empire.
“For Science and Empire!” is Dr. Naughticus’ official catch-phrase. Less well-known: “To the Naughticus Spanking Machine*!”
/*being, of course, the less-popular competitor to the Lamberth Spanking Engine, and the root of the bitter rivalry between these two houses.
No, they’re the size of a card board box now, kaki. At worst, the size of a phone booth. It’s alright. There will be plenty of cuddles. Dont’ worry.
What do we need to rescue the Sky Pirate King from???
No, are they good?
It’s more of a mutual rescue – Miss Barbara Lamberth and The Sky Pirate King assisting each other’s escape after abrupt and catastrophic zeppelin sky-plane carrier failure.
There may have been a steam-powered maser involved.
Yes, I mean they are romance novels set in the 16th century. She is beautiful no man can take his eyes off her, blah blah blah. but it has a fair amount of sex, no spanking that I recall.
Oh, NO! Not the maser!
Oh, the humanity!
Whoo Hoo!
I am so there.
Plenty of chocolate and cuddle, mindy. You need to find your costume. there’s lots. And really cheap!
Dev, I found one steam powered spanking machine for you. Guess who envisioned this. An Australian cartoonist in 1879.
I didn’t sign on to all of this when I volunteer to be a pirate wench. I was thinking more along the lines of reading the stars, sitting under the moonlit skies with a handsome pirate, drinking ale, laughing, dancing. Someone playing the concertina in the backround…..
No, come on, it’s be fun! Get up! I found silk drawers! You want red?
One of those boys dropped his iPad, Mindy.
Maybe that is why he was being punished.
Silk, you say? I may be persuaded, I like red.
Wow. That wore me plum out.
And why is it so HOT in here.
(fanning myself)
It’s hot.
Try turning the heat down.
Kaki, have you read The Border Vixen? That’s the only one they have on Audible.
Are you looking to get smacked?
It isn’t so funny when you are on the other side of the wise bahind comment, innit?
No, I didn’t even know about it, i will have to look for it. I just read two of Linda Lael Miller’s books. Do you read most of your books as audio? I never did any.
Cindy and Kaki, you girls play nicely with each other. I mean it.
CIndy, as you well know there is no such word as ‘alright’ on this blog. Fair warning.
I do SO love the steam powered whipping machine, and I think that school has even more rules than the blite. Perhaps I should add some more.
Pygmalion, I’ll need the schematics for the steam powered maser as well. Cameron may just have to weigh in on this fight, on the side of Truth, Beauty, and Justice, of course.
She started it.
I am going to bed
, it was fun 
hope you got some ideas for your book, Dev.
Good night, all.
Goodnight, Kaki!
Well, I meant smacked by YOU, boss.
What??? I didn’t use that word. You must have me confused with someone else. I would never use a word like that. Wait – what word? Now how on earth was I supposed to know you don’t like that word.
Nobody ever mentioned … what, kaki?
Oh. Never mind. Carry on. Sorry, boss. It won’t happen again. I plead exhaustion.
We was busy bees.
did not/
Just sayin
More rules? You’re kidding, right?
mindy, hey mindy. let’s me an you go over here for a minute, k?
Just Ice! We demand Just Ice!
lolololololol
Ahem, you were warned, Ms Smarty Pants.
The Rules, by Kaki
If you are going to hang around here I better fill you in on the house rules.
1. All right is never spelt alright, regardless of what the dictionary says. (don’t ask )
Did too.
did not to infinity
and how did he FIND that. it was hours ago.
Oh, go to bed, KAKI!
I want to go to ComicCon.
All this steampunk jewelry stuff is so cool. How long has this been going on? How come I never heard of it before. I used to know all this stuff. When did I get so old?
did too, to infinity and beyond.
maybe the guys from Big Bang Theory will go with you.
Really going to bed now, I was hungry. G’night
did not infinity cubed, DANGIT
wait what kind of crack was that, missy! what’s the big bang theory got to do with anything. Are you saying I’m a geek loser?
Well, you’ll be singing a different score when I’m laying on the beach in San diego in July, INNIT.
Kaki, I thought you went to bed. Kaki, go to bed. Now.
Cindy, yes, I’m sure that’s exactly what you meant by the smacking threat. You settle down and start heading bedward too, missy.
Mindy, I may have been kidding. I haven’t quite decided yet. All those rules looked so lovely and long, posted above that machine like that.
I am off to bed as well. I’ll leave the night-light on.
Goodnight, all.
I’m going, I’m tired. I’m mad at that kaki though.
don’t I even get a chuckle on the “Just Ice” line?
No, but you are going to need a lot of ICE if you don’t stop talking to yourself and go to bed!
See? The goblins demanded Just Ice from the poo-liceman Vimes.
Never mind. It might not have been that funny.
And look here. I’ve got a bone to pick with you too. You can’t do Toppy when it suits you.
You got to pick a side and stick with it!
Where have you been all day.
whoa. some of my post disappeared. let me start over.
You can’t be all bottomy and they turn Toppy when it suits you. Pick a side, bree.
Goodnight, Dev and Cindy.
Nuh uh. I ain’t playin that.
Night, sweetie. enjoy your folks.
Cause that’s just greedy.
It has nothing to do with what suits me. It’s the bottom who orchestrates the need by how she/he behaves, not me. Switchs don’t chose sides.
I was busy.
Say goodnight, Cindy…
Well, that’s not fair.
You can’t make me go to bed.
I’ll sit here all night long.
Professor i think the girls got into the sweetie jar while you wasnt looking. They’se all hyper an stuff.
Not me! I’m
. I’ve been an 
all day.
That is only because your parents are home.
Oh, my. I fear I am too late. Our ship just sailed into port–the Devil’s Doom, do you know it? Captain Dagger is drinking at The Surly Wench, so I find I have some time on my hands. But alas, all the handsome pirates and lovely lasses are off doing non pirate chores.
But I am glad I missed the spanking machines. I do not understand robotic spanking at all.
Apparently I am not far enough along in the book, Cindy. Sorry.
Jay, I think you’re right about the sweetie jar, and I hope everyone is calmer this morning, or afternoon, or early tomorrow as the case may be.
The Surly Wench, Scarlet?
Scarlet, the first spanking machine was invented as a goodwill gesture by Captain Hook.
That’s ok, Scarlet! I picked you an outfit from the Wenches Are Us store! You’re going to LOVE it! They had some great jewelry, too!
Good Morning, Kaki, my fellow wench. I trust you slept well.
Oh, you asked me last night about audiobooks. Yes, I get most of my reading in that way. I find I enjoy being read to.
It started out to make car trips go by faster. Now, I find that I can do other things while I read books. I do a lot of needlework or knit and it’s nice to be able to hear stories while I’m doing it.
Our library has a great selection. And I joined Audible a few months ago.
I wish the Professor’s books were on audio. But only if he reads them. I’ve listened to most of the snippets he has posted, but they are not long enough.
You should check your local library.
I used to have a long drive to work and was going to try that but was afraid I would pay more attention the book and not my driving.
When I had a long commute I listened to audio books. Sometimes I would suddenly become aware of my surroundings and not know where I was. If I just kept driving, though, it would soon be clear to me that I was almost home. Apparently I drove without realizing I was making turns and getting on and off highways.
Not sure how safe that was…
I felt that anyone driving 75 mph should be aware of what they were doing.
Contrary to popular belief, I am a good driver. 
I’ve always done that, even without audio books. I’m pretty sure we’re on auto pilot and are making good decisions. It’s like being teleported, innit?
I get so sleepy when I drive long distances. The books at least help me stay awake. I’ve tried caffeine, no-doz, everything. Nothing helps. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to pull over and sleep for a half hour. And it’s weird because if I’m not in a car, I have to force myself to sleep.
I don’t see how truckers do it.
hahah
Yup, I’m “Willing”
KNow any truckers?
And the weed and the wine wouldn’t be a problem. Haven’t seen any whites for some time
Not sure what you class as whites over there…but here, whites is slang for undies.
So, if i were to imagine that Cindy was an english bra…err girl like me….then i am glad she ent seen any whites lately…cept her own of course.
Nope, american girl, Jay.
These whites had little tiny crosses on them.
Speed, Jay, amphetamines. Very dangerous and illegal, and very popular during the 70s in the US, especially in the long-distance freight community.
“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.”
Yes, and look how you turned out.
Mindy, if you are reading this, I use Internet Explorer.
“You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when it’s waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye.”
-Hunter S. Thompson, for both quotes. If anyone is keeping score.
“Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane.”–Dogbert
My biggest degree of interest in Hunter S. Thompson is in Johnny Depp.
“If you’re going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.”
Ditto
Haahahah. Why, Scar, that’s so… shallow of you!
LOL
Say No To Drugs ~ Some Bloke.
Aw, good times. I had to run and find my Little Feat CD. I think my dad had that first album on everything from vinyl to CD. It was re-released last year and I bought it again.
I grew up with LF and the Dead. The Band and Warren Zevon and Bonnie Rait.
That’s the one thing my dad and I always had in common. Good music. John Prine.
Good girl.
My dad listened to Andy Williams and Judy Garland. And Bing Crosby and Sammy Davis Junior and Frank Sinatra.
I am great at a singalong around a piano. People are always amazed that I know all the words to all those old songs….Catch a Falling Star (and put it in your pocket), and Polkadots and Moonbeams, and Swanee…I know them all. And he taught me to dance. We used to foxtrot around the living room.
The foxtrot doesn’t come in all that handy anymore, but he thought I should learn it.
I hope Johnny likes shallow girls.
Do you know that this is the first time I noticed that Cindy is reading Corporal Idaho?? Cindy, how did you DO that? I think I should have Scarlet reading GWTW.
Thanks, Scarlet, sheesh! That has obviosly been BBH’s problem all this time! Next time I am accused of not informing him of an important date, I will suggest he checks for fluff in his ear, thanks for the advice.
Wags tail
I’ve got one word for you – Kate Moss
Yeah, but someday, you may be someplace and the question might be asked: Can anyone here do the Foxtrot? And you can say yes. And you might win a prize. Maybe a foxtrot with Johhny Depp. Although a Tango would be even better. Can you Tango?
I think Dads are supposed to teach their daughters to dance, yeah?
If you can FIND Scarlet reading a book I will be glad to fix the title for you.
Scarlet, GWTW? And how does Johnny Depp fit with Hunter Thompson? I could find BBH and I have a mutual interest here…
We had Sinatra ad nauseum, but also The Beatles, The Seekers, The Everett Brothers, Momma’s and Papa’s, Nina and Frederick (Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden doncha know, Puff The Magic Dragon anyone?), but also all the musicals from Porgy and Bess, through My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins to My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music and later Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. Thank goodness for the babysitters, so David Bowie, Led Zep and assorted others entered our horizon!
Do tell us how that went.
BBH takes his health very seriously, I think it will go down brilliantly
dd, I sang Puff every night as I rocked my girls to bed, they still love it. (the song not me singing it
) I saw PP&M several times before they closed my beloved theater. I thought you meant Everly Brothers, I never heard of the Everett Brothers.
My dad listend to Johnny Cash,Hank Williams,Polkas, and Hawaiin music. I always loved folk music and pop. My girls (and me) love the music from the Sound of Music and Mary Poppins. I rememeber seeing SOM when I was a kid.I have it on an album,CD,VHS,and DVD. May get the blue ray version.
The blu-ray version of SOM is excellent.
GWTW = Gone with the wind?
Cindy, I tried to respond back twice this morning to this and both times my computer shut down. I wonder if it was trying to tell me something.
I did not mean you were a geek, I just never heard of comicon before BBT so they were the only people I know that were going. I havn’t read comics since I was a kid, my dad had a friend, his name was, The Comic Book Man, he gave us his cast offs. You ask any of my sisters, they will tell you, that is the man’s real name. At least that is what we called him.
Will you be going to La Jolla? It is beautiful, say hello to the seals for me.
GWTW – yes.
I saw an anniversary edition over the holidays I was going to get, I should have. I wonder if anyone is going to get me something for Valentine’s Day?
Didn’t know it was music hall hour at the old folks home.
OK, meant Everly Brothers! Maybe as dyslexic as the kids!
Gone with the Wind, thanks Mindy!
Jay, doesn’t have to be old folks home, we have every genre of music on in our house from Mozart to Lady Gaga.
Sorry Kaki. Was only teasing.
I like The Beatles too. Here Comes The Sun is my fave.
Gaga isnt music!
Blame it on autocorrect, dd. Scarlet does.
Sure it is, I like her music. I might find her a trifle odd, but I like her music.
Jay, if you want to mention your favorites, we’ll make fun of them too!
Jay, what DO you like? We have heard what you don’t like, or at least say you don’t.
I love The Music Man and Camelot and Oklahoma. Did you know there are a bunch of YouTube clips of Hugh Jackman playing Curly in Oklahoma? He can sing too!
You might need to remove the fluff from Charley’s ears before you start dropping hints to him. Otherwise, you would be sorely disappointed on Valentine’s day.
By the way, I sent you an email about Internet Explorer.
Jay, I thought the same as you, then a song was playing and I mentioned I liked it, when I was told, a tad smirkingly, that it was Lady Gaga, and yes it was a definate smirk, heck, I may have brats in the making
Incidentally, I was equally judgemental about Amy Winehouse until I heard her music, and although her life was nothing to write home about, her voice… Strange how we can be so critical of younger, new musicians, when we accepted the foibles of the ones we enjoyed in our youth.
*Waves the white flag*
Ok, i like :~
Rascal Flatts. Beatles. Thin Lizzy. Muse. Kings of Leon. Paul Simon. Beegees. Maddness. Van Gellis.
Sorry if i offended anyone.
Yup, that happens a lot over here too. I like the veteran singers because their voices are clear, powerful and in tune. You can actually hear what they are singing without having to resort to reading the lyrics.
Our housekeeper, Grace, liked Sinatra and Dean Martin and Bing Crosby. I know those songs too, Scarlet. I love Catch a Falling Star. Was that from a movie?
It’s ok. I know you were joking. We’re not that old anyway.
I really like Muse and Kings of Leon. I like Theory of a Deadman too. I like just about anything, other than C&W. And I can tolerate some of that.
Gaga is one strange lady, but I do like her music. When someone feels the need to be that far outside the norm, I think of her more as a performance artist than a person. Assuming she’s not insane, and that she’s trying to make a statement of some sort, it’s a bit like trying to interpret modern art, for me. I may not like it, but what does it mean to the artist?
It’s giving her the benefit of a doubt, that she has a point to make. It is so easy to close our eyes to someone else’s work, but sometimes it’s worth staying open to it.
And sometimes it’s just dreck. But who gets to choose? One of the more interesting questions in life.
Here’s Hugh Jackman singing “What a beautiful morning”. I didn’t know he sang musicals in London’s West End.
Ooooh! I read in the comments at that clip that he’s playing Jean Valjean in a movie version of Les Miz?
Yay!
One man’s meat is another man’s poison. To each his own.
She is really young. I love her videos too. I got to see her in Las Vegas a couple years ago. What a show.
Ok, have to go now. Have a good night/afternoon, everyone.
By, Mindy. Have a nice day with your folks, k?
Have you guys ever heard of Eva Cassidy? I want her voice.
Good choices, Jay. Um, the ones I’ve ever heard of, anyhow.
Van Morrison? Phil Ochs? There is such great music out there. Some of it even written AFTER 1970.
Bye, Mindy!
You know, speaking of lyrics I could never understand, a couple of weeks ago I finally bothered to look up the ones to “Long Cool Woman,” the Hollies song from like a bazillion years ago. It’s like a little pulp fiction story! Of course, all this time I thought it was about aliens from another planet, but that’s neither here nor there.
No sure where you got the aliens part
, you must have heard something wrong and it stuck, but it really is a little story. Even more than normal for lyrics. I always wondered about it.
I like the guitar riff at the start better than the actual song.
My favorite of theirs was Bus Stop.
And that would be, the Beatles, Paul Simon, and the BeeGees.
We don’t want to sound like the old folks,( remember don’t trust anyone over thirty) when the Beatles came out with that long hair. That is why I like the radio you can’t see the person and make judgements. I really don’t know the name of most of the groups/singers like. I have a real problem remembering names.
Jay, I’ve heard of Lester Flatt, not sure if he was a rascal or not.
Have a nice time, Mindy.
I have the Hollies greatest hits album. I have to pull out some of the old albums.
Funny how your attitude changes with time. I was listening to Cat Stevens, Father and Son a while back. When I was a teenager I sided with the son, now more towards the father, although I still understand the son’s point.
Here it is for any younguns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q29YR5-t3gg
No, missy! I know Rascal Flatts and Van Gellis and Thin Lizzy. Sort of. Okay, I’ve heard of them. :waits:
Jay, don’t worry even if we are mad now we will forget all about it in a few hours.
No, but Earl Scruggs was. He put together a show of up to date blue grass pickers in the early 70s called the Earl Scruggs Review, and discovered Loudon Wainwright III. Just so you know.
I’ve always loved Cat Stephens. And Jim Croce.
kaki, do you have a record player?
I loved Cat Stevens.
And Seals and Crofts’ Hummingbird. That song totally blisses me out.
You can remember exactly how you felt back then when you hear that song now, right?
Yes, I do. I also have one of those new fangled record machines that hook up to my computer. Just need to figure out how to use it, I’ve had it for two years. Hope it is compatable.
I think my Jim Croce album is near worn out.
I love that song, too. It makes me feel fine.
That’s a great song. And your attitude might have changed because Cat looks more like the old man than he does the beautiful man in the video!
I loved the little girl reading and reaching for her tea. I bet that was Scarlet.
Ha!
Dev, music HATH charm. You Toppy types might remember that.
That’s Summer Breeze, Kaki. Same artists though, and a personal favorite from my San Fran days.
Get yourself a playlist on here and play music that calms the girls down.
I will, Cindy, but if all else fails we have other treatments to soothe girls’ savage breasts. Well, at least to make them feel more soothed than parts lower down.
Hahhahaha. Do you guys read The Onion?
hahahhahahahh
Did you just tell me what to do, young lady? :waits:
Hummingbirds
make me feel fine too. 
not me. I am reading the Help now, I just started.
Cindy, did you forget the rules again?
Oh, and you probably noticed Dev doesn’t like to be told what to do.
Have fun and welcome, this is a really fun place to hang.
HEY< you might want to remember that I know where the bodies are buried, missy!
No, sir. That wasn’t an order or anything, it was a suggestion and not a very polite one either, sorry. I was typing fast and interrupting.
My mouth overruns my brain sometimes. You might not have noticed that, but it does. I can talk really fast too.
So. Did you cook yourself some supper?
Better, missy. And yes I did, thank you. Now slow down and think before you get yourself into real trouble.
a l l r i g h t !
I love The Onion. Is there something wonderfully funny today? Wait, I will go read it.
I sent you an email about the funny thing.
I have to run to Walmart. Anybody want ice cream or cereal or anything?
“snake gets tattoo of dude on it’s face!”. Made me laugh.
I cannot believe I used the wrong it’s. That’s my iPad, not me.
It is so, Cindy.
Olive oil. Also paper towels and cat food.
Wait, I’ll give you the whole list.
Better, but that’s two words, young lady, not one. Just reminding you.
Okay, I got your olive oil and your paper towels. I just bought the brands that I use. I didn’t know what cats eat, so I got tuna. I figured if they won’t eat it, you would.
Dang, it’s cold out there. And kind of drizzly. Not enough for the windshield wipers, but not enough to leave them off.
I hate winter.
You know, I swore I left 2 space between those two words. I don’t know WHAT happened!
Is not.
What happened to that Pythagoras guy from last night. He’s got an active imagination, he does. Got us all wound up.
Hey, Dev, when you were in the Navy were you on a great big ship or on one of those little river boats?
I talked to a guy a couple weeks ago and he told me stories about being on a little boat going up and down the rivers.
I had nightmares about it for a week after that night.
Ok, I’ve got my pop and my dogs and my book. I’m going up to bed. Night, guys.
I wandered off to write all that stuff down, then I fell asleep, having run out of caffeine. Now I’m about to fall asleep again, under the influence of boooooooze.
What a wild Hunter S. Thompson-esque life I lead, fraught with gonzo literature.
Do you mean Pygmalion?
Good night, Cindy.
Scary, I think we were typing at the same time.
Gonzo lit rocks, Pygmalion. Carry on.
It was the Coast Guard, and yes there is a very big difference, and I was on a very big ship that sailed all over the Pacific. If you got scared by his talking about the little river craft, he must have been on one in Viet Nam. The Coast Guard had them there too, but you had to volunteer for that duty, and I have never been a big fan of shooting people so I didn’t.
Goodnight, Cindy.
I too am off. Goodnight, all. Pleasant dreams.
Ha! I read “Pythagoras” as “Pygmalion”. Good work, beer.
I guess that worked out, but don’t misspell my name again, young lady, or it’s one swat per errant letter. (That’s eight right there!)
Fresh from a nightmare about the neighbours pitbull dog thing killing our penny!
At least she got the first two letters correct.
Why are you up so early in the morning, Jay?
Because I fell awake after a nightmare Mindy.
I did try an go back to sleep but all I kept seeing was that dog so I made myself a cup of tea. 
Once I calm down a bit I shall go back to bed.
Are those McVites’ hobnobs? I love them.
Yup. The Daddy if all bisquits.
Try some soothing music.
I hate waking up in the middle of the night because most of the time, I can’t get back to sleep. I end up either tossing and turning or reading/surfing the net.
Well, that’s hardly an excuse. She had a one in six hundred seventy-six chance of THAT.
I suppose Pythagoras could be the protagonist of a spanking love triangle.
Yum. They are pretty expensive over here compared to the UK. I usually stock up when I spot a sale on (which is quite rare).
I’m going to make a cup of coffee.
I’m going back to bed now. Thank you for the chat.
Sweet dreams, Jay.
This is what always happens when I go to bed too early. Now I’m wide awake and hungry
I came down here to scrounge cookies? Are there any left? Maybe a muffin. Chocolate chip. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It’s hardly two hours since you went to bed! Do you need a sleeping aid?
I’m glad you don’t like to shoot people.
I learned to tell the difference between Navy and Coast Guard when I lived in Boston. I was told to stick with the Coasties. They knew their way around. People up there rely on the Coast Guard.
Did you know Arnold Palmer was a Coast Guardian?
Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl.
I’m glad you weren’t on one of those river boats. Nobody should have to do that stuff.
I need a sledge hammer, Mindy. And I read for a half hour.
There’s an owl in the tree outside my window. I went outside and threw chunks of fire wood at him, but he was up too high. I hope he goes somewhere else to spend the night.
Begging your pardon, Mr Pygmalion, sir, but technically I didn’t misspell your name. I called you the wrong name. And for that I apologize. It won’t happen again.
But I don’t think you’re allowed to spank me since this isn’t your house. I think it’s in the rules somewhere up there. If I come to your house and call you the wrong name, then that’s quite another matter.
And I’d like to point out that you didn’t even notice that I called you by the wrong name until it was shoved in your face by my GOOD friend Kaki Ann, whom I will be speaking with in the AM.
Now, if you will excuse me, I found cookies and I will be going back to bed and I hope you have a nice night/day.
You do get a
on the love triangle comment.
Night, Mindy. Did you have a good day with your folks?
Yes, I did. We went out for lunch and walked around the shops after that. Thanks for asking, Cindy. Goodnight.
Hmph. If I weren’t a landed gentry it’d go very hard for you, Cindy. Alas, noblesse oblige.
Well thank goodness for small favors!
And I have to tell you, you’d be a lot scarier if you’d do something about that silly avatar.
Nope, too lazy.
Too lazy or you don’t know how? I’d be glad to help you. I really think it would improve your ferocity.
…possibly both.
Wait, maybe that worked.
That avatar really suits you, Pygmalion!
Cindy, you get the thumbs up too for spurring Pymgalion on to getting an avatar.
Hmmm, it seems like nobody is an ugly monster here any more.
Pygmalion, I love the new avatar! So revolutionary. I will be looking forward to some twisted plot lines that involve colonial dames and manly candlemakers or tinsmiths or farmers and perhaps some Tories to spice things up.
I am sorry that no one can sleep around here. I find if I get out of bed once insomnia hits I’ll start reading and never go back to sleep. But I sleep much better if I worked out that day. A tired body falls asleep and stays asleep more easily.
I would like to go back to sleep now, as it’s a gray and rainy day, and I have too much to do today. Happy trails, everyone!
All the imps.
Thanks for all the music and lovely memories.
All the old musicals, I still love them.
Cat Stevens, one of the best, I still have all the vinyl.
Warm
Paul.
Pygmalion, you are so dashing in your uniform, much Toppier than your squiggle monster.
Paul, I still have all my old albums.
Thanks, and no, I didn’t know about Arnold Palmer, or the ancient order of the Prerodactyl, unless you have been talking to Polly. Still that seems a reach. You’re right about that last bit too.
Actually, I think we have some old records knocking around….no record player though lol.
Dev, I’m pretty sure that the Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl is the fraternal organization that you can join if you were a Coastie and flew planes or flew in planes or something. Their motto is “Flying Since the World was Flat” or something like that.
I’m almost positive I learned that from Trivial Pursuit. Of which I used to be a champion, almost unbeatable. I fear I don’t know as much as a 5th grader now, however.
See? Now isn’t that better? Good job, you!
Is he a soldier? Of the nobility? Is he someone that any small, English child would recognize?
I see Scarlet left. I hope she picked up her groceries I got for her at WalMart last night.
Ok, I’m going to the Humane Society. See you all later!
Yes, thank you for the groceries, Cindy! You were right on target for the cats…I’ve never known one that didn’t love tuna.
Be nice to the doggies today.
Kaki and Paul, I still have old albums, too. I don’t play them anymore, but apparently they are in demand among today’s hipsters, who appreciate that scratchy whispery sound the needle made. CD’s can be too clean–who knew?
I was thinking American, but now I am seeing French revolution…
Pygmalion, drop a hint, will you?
Hi, Scarlet! I think the Hipsters are also looking for the album covers. And the novelty of that scratchy whispery sound that is so intriguing soon wears off.
Have a great day!
I didn’t know about the Pterodactyls, besides Polly’s pretending to be one sometimes, but then the closest I got to the aviation end of the mission was tying down a few helicopters that landed on our helo deck out at sea.
Have fun at the humane society!
As well as the skips. When I hear some of my old faves on the radio I am unconsciously waiting for the skip that used to be on my album.
Although my CDs can skip, too.
I love old secret organizations, like the Order of the Pterodactyls, or the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. You don’t see many Golden Dawners around these days; it might be due to the hermetic business. But give me a password and a secret handshake, and I’m in for the encoded rule books and strange rituals.
I don’t actually belong to a secret organization, sadly, unless it is so secret even I don’t know about it.
You couldn’t tell us about it, even if you did belong. Because of the “secret” thing.
Why is it always the tying up or tying down thing with boys? You guys always gotta be tying something up. Or down. Is it the ropes? Is it the knots? Is it the Boy Scouts??
I dunno about boy scouts, but when I was in the Boys Brigade we had a secret handshake.
Well, with the helicopters, it was mostly a not wanting them to fall off into the sea when we took heavy rolls thing. But I’m pretty out of practice will all that stuff. I’m not sure I could even tie a bowline on a bight anymore. Sad, really.
The Boys Brigade was co-ed? How very fair minded of everyone.
Well yes…it was co-ed…but when I joined i was the first girl lol. Took a while for the boys to actually acknowledge me.
Now listen, Jay, you ladies TOLD us that all you wanted was to be able to vote, for crying out loud!
I think I would have made them change the name…
I bet it would come back to you if a helicopter was threatened.
That was very brave of you to join the Boys Brigade, Jay. Was there not a Girls Brigade, or were you challenging the old rules?
Dev, first the voting, then ruling the world! Wait, that sounds entirely too tiring. I’ll just run my little corner of the world.
They did change the name to Girls and Boys Assosiation but I still call it BB.
There is still a girls brigade…and as far as I know boys can join if they want.
I didnt want to join the GB though, they didnt do anything cool like learning to sail boats and archery and orenteering and stuff.
What!!?
That’s right! Now you’ll always have to wonder if I am a secret member of the Society of Ammodramus leconteii, or the Most Vertical Order of Great Serpents, or the Maidens Tetrazzini. If there are any other members out there, just say the password. But keep it quiet. Obviously.
I was more of a tramp through the woods with my dog kind of girl, or I was reading in a corner somewhere. I actually haven’t changed!
hahahhahahha where do you come up with this stuff??
I have a magnet on my fridge. It says, “Remember when we couldn’t wait to grow up? Boy, were we stupid!”
Her imagination runs very wild.
Hi, Mindy! You’re up early. whatcha got planned for your folks today?
…or at least your little corner of the room.
Cindy, tell us, did you frighten the dogs today?
Cindy, I’m going to bring them to an alpaca farm. I didn’t realise there is one so close by (about 45 minutes’ drive away).
Mindy, wait, I’ll get my coat! i want to go to the Alpaca farm, too!
(Dev, we need an alpaca thingy.)
I never get put in corners. Roman would find it way too unproductive a use of my time. I think if I could sneak a book over there it would be a dream come true.
I’ll wait for you, Scarlet.
Doesn’t he have any leather belts or crops to polish? We really need to give Nik his email address. He never has a girl waste good corner time.
Shoot! I missed them.
I wanted to see the alpacas too. 
Don’t worry, Kaki. I’ll take some photos and send them your way.
I find I’m rather missing corner time, the peace, the quiet…I really don’t have enough solitude around here!
Pygmalion, your new avatar makes you look very debonair, definitely a move up from the squiggly monster
Paul, BBH still has his LP collection, I did buy him one of those turntables you could hook onto a computer and he downloaded (uploaded?) them all but there is still a cabinet full of them which he refuses to relinquish. Mind you, I’ve still got all my old singles in the hope that one day he will let me have a juke box in the kitchen, I’ve only been asking for about 15 years, but I’m an optimist
I was more a book in a hammock sort of girl, but I did join my university Karate club for a few weeks. I had a Toppy boyfriend who thought I needed to take care on London streets, lasted a few weeks until the instructor suggested I join the actual self defense club, where I learnt girlier methods such as scream, wriggle and kick – I was their best pupil!
Oh, and Mindy, belated Happy Australia Day, for your yesterday!
Was it Australia Day, and we missed it? Wait, while I google it. I hope there are hot dogs and fireworks.
Oh, my, it sounds like such fun. I did see that Aborigines are not universally in favor of it, much like our American Indians may not see the glory in the USA. But time has passed and nothing can be undone, and we all try so hard to be inclusive that perhaps some of those wounds can be healed. If not today, then someday.
Happy Australia Day, Mindy! Some of the most patriotic Americans I know are immigrants with new citizenship–perhaps you feel that way about Australia. Anyway, here’s to the Aussies, our friends a world away!
Pygmalion, WHERE ARE YOU????
We have questions about your new avatar, and you have disappeared. This is most inconvenient. We count on you for plot development and story lines. I hope you haven’t returned to the jungle for a long trek to examine new species of butterflies and spiders, or whatever it is you do when you’re away.
Every time I get used to you being here, you go away. But don’t leave before telling us if your new avatar is French or American. This has become very important to me, for some inexplicable reason. Probably because it is keeping me from doing more mundane chores, like laundry.
Laundry
I knew there was something i forgot to do today!
Jay, not to sound Toppy or anything, but why aren’t you in bed? Isn’t it like two a.m. where you live? What time do you have to get up?
Sorry Miss Scarlet.
Yes it is like 2am here, and yes I should be in bed, but i’m not yet. I’m on my bed if that counts??
The avatar derives from Thomas Gainsborough’s painting Mr and Mrs Andrews, a print of which I have on my living room wall. The depicted fellow is a confident member of the English landed gentry, with faithful hound and shotgun about him, and lovely young wife under the largest tree on his sprawling property.
Pygmalion, Esq., being an American gentleman scientist and adventurer, is, of course, not a member of the English landed gentry, but he does qualify for that title by virtue of landholdings in at least one, more interesting, country – title bequeathed unto him for services rendered.
Mexico?
No.
Canada!
Iowa?
40 acres and a mule!
I do have a riding crop, you know. And a horse, but I wouldn’t be the one riding it, it being wood and leather rather than equine.
That’s different.
I know where the beer is kept. Can I get you one?
I’m glad for you. I had horses when I was young. I’m thinking about getting some more. Maybe next summer.
Do you ride a lot?
That may help mitigate your sentence.
Not on the horse.
Sam Adams OK with you? I know there’s Boston Lager and I’m pretty sure I saw a couple bottles of The Vixen in the back. We’ll hide the empty space – wait – you ARE a Top, aren’t you?
I don’t think I can give a bottom a beer. I got Pepsi though.
Bikes? Motorcycles?
Hi! Don’t mean to interrupt.
Mindy, sorry I missed Australia Day! My Dave Barry calendar even says it, but I must have been too sleepy to see it when I looked this morning.
Anyhow, good on ya, mates! Every single one of ya.
Cindy, you and Pygmalion may carry on now. But I’ll take a Samuel Adams if you’re still passing them out.
^ THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM. Pssst… Dev is too shy to say this, of course, but he let it slip that he likes it when girls call him names. Apparently he particularly likes to be called an ogre. I’m not sure why, but I know we wouldn’t begrudge him this one little joy in his life. He seemed to imply it helped him with his writing, and I know how eager we all are to read his next book!
Also… he said we’ve all been such
today that he doesn’t know what to do with himself. 
Kaki, I think that’s your cue… 
You ladies know what to do… for Dev, of course.
^
Dev, is he a Top, cause I know bottoms aren’t allowed to drink, And he won’t answer me.
Em, are you on DRUGS??
Did you eat yet?
Cindy, he is a Top. A very toppy one too.
All right then, it’s ok. But I think he went home anyway. So, how was the Alpaca ranch.
^Em, you can have the first go. I’ll wait for his response.^
Thank you all for the Happy Australia Day greetings. It was a good day ending with fireworks and tennis.
I saw alpacas today! They didn’t look as beautiful as they have just been shorn.
They make good pets. They aren’t mean like camels.
They do look rather cute. Apparently, the alpha males may attack each other by biting at the testicles!
Whew… I finally caught up on all the comments I missed. I love The Onion, Alpacas, and Peter Paul & Mary, whom I saw in concert when I was a very little girl and whose songs my parents frequently sang while I was growing up. I’ve also seen Hugh Jackman on broadway and he was quite good! At the end a number of women in the audience wanted to rip his shirt off, so he obliged them by taking it off, signing it, and auctioning it to raise money for charity. I also love pit bulls, they aren’t at all scary, Jay, when raised properly. Just like every other kind of
.
Oh, and Dev, I see you’ve been very good today and not so much like your usual ogre-ish self at all. Well done.
Your turn!
Happy belated Australia day, Mindy! I did hear on the news all about the protests. I hope everyone could agree to enjoy the fireworks, at least. It’s such a shame to waste good fireworks.
My thirst enticed by a naughty brat, I went off to pick a pack of Fat Tire, my beer of choice when it’s available. When it’s not, whatever’s on tap, or in extremis a glass bottle of Sapporo or Singha.
Emma Louise Enchanted, what ARE you thinking, young lady? How many times have I told the girls here not to call each other names, let alone me! And here I thought i had made it through a whole day without having to tell a girl off.
And fortunately for you, missy, these girls are nobody’s fool, and will not be led down the primrose path where the buses run.
Okay then, so since Em has let the cat partway out of the bag, I’ll post a little bit of the new book tonight. Do keep in mind that this is rough, rough, rough draft, and may look totally different in the final copy, if it doesn’t in fact wind up on the cutting room floor.
Yikes!
Goody! I’m looking forward to the bit from your new book, Dev.
You know, you’re prett prissy for a Top. I offered you a perfectly good beer.
I’m drinking it by proxy. There’s no Sam Adams at the local.
OK then!
Fat Tire is good too. Did you know there is a brewing company called Fat Bottom Brewery? I’ve not tasted the beer, but I’d like to have one of the bottles.
I like their logo.
Do you have pet camels?
No, they’re mean. I don’t like mean animals. They have great eyelashes though!
I’d like to have some alpacas. And maybe a llama. I don’t think llamas are mean.
Ouch! That’s gotta hurt.
Oops, sorry guys.
Happy belated Australia Day, Mindy. I saw it somewhere but yesterday kinda ran away on me.
Your caretaker won’t be very happy about that, I forget his name, sorry.
Ray? Hahahahahhahah, I hadn’t thought of Ray’s reaction. Oh my, he’d just have a fit, right there in the barn. I can just see him asking me what in the h**l do I think he’s going to do with a llama!
Hahahahha. Thanks for the laugh.
He already thinks I’m crazy as a loon.
Oh, crap. I’ll be right back.