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No real significance to the subject line, just a play on the album title Catching Up With…
Nothing much to report - here’s Evan all dressed up on Sunday (much more so than his daddy, at any rate), complete with a little tie with a velcro dealie at the back. And I wonder…why aren’t all ties like that? What’s the great stigma of the clip-on tie? I could go further and ask why the hell we’re still bothering with this piece of cloth around our necks anyway, but staying for the moment within the bounds of the idea that the necktie just isn’t going to go anywhere anytime soon…why is there this unspoken demand that it has to be a real tie, tied in a real knot? Is this some arcane test of skill whose use has far outlived its shelf life? Dammit, I want ties that close at the back of the neck with velcro. Then again, I also love ties that look like a big multicolored fish. Formal menswear and I do not play nice together - just be glad I’m clothed at all, society. That’s all I gotta say. Continue Reading »
Yesterday, Othello’s vet asked me to allow her to keep him and do an autopsy, more or less - she, like me, was disturbed by how suddenly we lost him, and wanted to find out what was going on.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: The DVD