2009

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Post 2470: HNY L.E.

This is how he do. He would be in physical contact with Dad 23/7, if he could.

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Curly New Year!

The calm...

... before the saber-toothed storm!

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Nappin'

Togetherness. In the closet, even.

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BEST. EVAR.

God Bless America.

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Ye Olde Photos II

Growing into his ears, summer before Grade 2. What was with that sleeveless shit, Mom?

Many years later... JamesJeff at 14. School portrait. I'm certain the photographer brushed my hair prior to this being taken.

... and visiting Texas for the first time, a month short of age 20. Polaroid. 

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Ye Olde Photos

When dinosaurs walked the Earth... thanks, Mom!

My sister, Debbie, and me on Mamaw's (Mom's mom) lap. Thanksgiving, Louisa, Kentucky. President Kennedy had just been shot days before.

Sister Debbie, me (in stroller) and Debbie's friend, Libby (who grew up just up the street, babysat me a few years later, and was a complete young fox!).

Mom and me, first family vacation since I was born, Myrtle Beach, SC. Some of my earliest memories. I'd just turned three.

Happy 4th Birthday, Jeff!

When I was a kid (around this time), I recall clearly hoping that I would grow up and get a job pushing buttons, like Mr. Spock. My entire life is now filled with button-presses and keystrokes, from wake to sleep.

I wonder if I made a wish, long forgotten now, on this day. 7/21/1969. Yes, that day.

I'm the one in the stylish sleeveless green v-neck and plaid shorts (thanks again, Mom!).

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Eggy Burritos: A Comparison

The McDonald's "sausage burrito."

The Del Taco "egg and cheese burrito."

So, what do you get for your $2.19 here in Nashvegas?  At McDonald's, you get two of first photo. At Del Taco, you get two of the latter photo, plus you get five "potato sticks," fried taters about the size of the sauce packet.

The McD's offering has approx. 1 egg*, 1/2 slice of processed American cheese, a few bits of pork breakfast sausage, a few bits of onion, red and green pepper. It may have sat under a heat lamp, depending on when you ordered it. I note that some stores have a "sell by" sticker to seal the paper wrapper, so yes, Virginia... there IS an eggy burrito holding pen at McD's.

The Del Taco offering has approx. 2+ eggs*, an oz. of freshly-grated cheddar, and a small amount of a mild rojo sauce. They're made fresh, only when you order them.

I think Del Taco's got this racket sewn up.

* None of these places crack an egg -- they're poured out of a carton, of course.

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Monday Morning Boys

Trust me -- they don't wanna go out. They think they do, but once out, they want back in shortly. I wonder if they think I should be able to make it warm out there, like it is in the house. After all, I make the food appear, and the poop vanish!

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Olde Photos

Curly, from January, 2004. I'd had him seven months.

Tailgating at AFC Divisional Playoff game, Steelers @ Titans, 1/11/2003. It was cold that day (and into the night). I think this was the last game I attended in person. The wingers were too difficult to be around with their rah-rahs into Iraq.

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Larry Wants In

But. He. JUST. WENT. OUT!

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Words of Advice (NSFW)

Pay attention to the third bit, Rick Warren fans.
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Out of the Corner, Something to Say

He can't stay put when Dad comes out.

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A Warm December Morning

The cute li'l booger.

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Dead Penguin for Boxing Day

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LARRY XMAS!

Li'l chair thief.

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Tal. Merry Christmas, Christians.

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Plum P Tries

... to blow my tiny li'l mind by sending me a Christmas card featuring tots playing hockey on an impressionistic field of molten lava.

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Household Royalty

Happily snuggly and staying warm on the back of the sofa.

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Bouncing Flash

I'm getting stupid, here.

Taping a receipt to the camera to deflect the flash?  Not my best idea, but not my worst.

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Speed Issues

Haven't done kitteh video in a while. Sorry my editing s/w took a dump about 8 seconds into this. :)
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Sunday Morning Outside Cold

I loved the light, here.

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Sunday Morning Curly

Comfy Q.

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Furball

Safe, warm, fed, happy.

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圣诞快乐

Brought to you...

... by cheap, TVA power!

"It's Feliz Navidad turtles, all the way down."

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The Cats, Friday Morning

Cloudy, but warm!
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Senator Franken's Coming To Town

Eat it, wingers!
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Some Days

... it just doesn't pay to chew through the restraints.

No, not kinky S&M wear (although I reckon it could be used that way!). A neoprene mask for scootering. Gonna see if it'll work on all but the coldest days with the Fulmer helmet. The Icon full-face is a real pain for wearers of eyeglasses.

Thanks, anonymous Amazon gift-giver!

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Geography

I grew up and lived the first 23 years of my life in the upper lefthand corner.

My landlord also grew up inside this map, and he and I never met until 1996, after I had moved to Nashville (he moved here years before).

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Chest Skritches

A little artsy take on the meezer. Cross-posted at Will Photoshop For Food.

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Better Curly

Intrigued my my movement of the lamp.

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Stroboeyed Curly

Cat of the Damned!

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It's Good They Like Each Other

:)

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If You Like Hoppy Beer

... and see this, it's a worthy beverage for your consideration. I'm given to understand that it's under $6 a six-pack at Trader Joe's.

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Sleepy Sunday (Not In Houston)

Titans are down by four at the half.

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December Dawn

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Zeledyne Glass Plant

... formerly Ford Motor Company Glass, taken from my balcony, this afternoon.

They apparently still make glass for Ford vehicles, and the workers there are unsurprisingly unhappy with Bob Corker.

My neighborhood was built in the 1950s and 1960s as a suburb of Nashville; a neighborhood of modest brick ranch houses where middle-class union workers could make a life and a home for themselves and their families.  The streets are named after Ford vehicles of the era: Starliner, Thunderbird, Edsel, Galaxie, Capri. Marauder, Continental, Ranchero, Cougar.

Now, I know these guys making as much as $14/hour + benefits don't work nearly as hard as CEOs who make twice that per second. Making things with your hands, and being exposed to chemicals slightly more toxic then Liquid Paper is just not hard work, right?

It truly galls me to hear idiot wingers preach about how everyone not in the top 1% of income distribution is making too much money. Do you idiots not understand the concept of eating your seed corn?

UPDATE: Go look at CNN's graphic regarding the auto industry employment numbers. Greedy auto workers, indeed.

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Keepin' It Cool

"The manufacturers had to assign the job to the engineers, instead of to the lobbyists."

Those are the words of Steven Chu, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and Obama's nominee to serve as Energy Secretary, quoted by Elizabeth Kolbert in a post on the New Yorker's blog.

The message is to Detroit. But anecdote comes from California's role in setting energy efficiency standards for refrigerators in the 1970s, something the manufacturers said couldn't be done. But when they were forced to do it, they did it -- in spades. Since all this happened, to quote Kolbert, "the size of the average American refrigerator has increased by more than ten per cent, while the price, in inflation-adjusted dollars, has been cut in half. Meanwhile, energy use has dropped by two-thirds."

As Chu says, the key was they took the issue out of the hands of the lobbyists and into the hands of the engineers.

Read more. via JMM.


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People Let Me

... tell you 'bout my best friend
He's a warm hearted kitteh who'll love me till the end.

It's so funny. Curly mostly treats L.E. as the annoying little brother. L.E.'s just in awe of his big brother, and wants to do everything HE does!

At any rate, it's more obvious that L.E. worships Curly. But Curly sometimes shows that he loves the new guy, too. I wish I were able to catch it in pixels, more often.
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Thursday Night Larryaxation

Aw, he loves his dad... 's Titans jerseys.  :)

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