Whimsies

Ah heck. Just stuff I couldn't stop myself from writing.

July 16, 2004
Silly Divination

Tarot is like astrology or numerology or any other divination method. The descriptions for the characters can fit just about anyone who wants to bend her or his mind to it.

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June 18, 2004
How to Make A Joel

They missed a step.

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February 25, 2004
Self Portrait by Mouse and Scribbler

As I copied off a photograph taken last night after my shower, I kept saying to myself "Remember Betty Edwards. "

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February 22, 2004
Go home to Crawford!
Go home to Crawford! Imitating Randy of Beautiful Horizons here. Then Rob from Conniption put this up: Do check out...
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February 15, 2004
January 05, 2004
Self Portrait
Astoundingly babboonish, isn't it? You can try this for yourself at Mr. Picassohead. I'd love to see the results....
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Rah rah! Cis-Boom-Baa!*

The story of a Muslim football league in Irvine inspired me to rethink a few team names.

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December 30, 2003
Pardon Me Boy....
...is that the realm of Great Cthulhu? Cthulhu fhtagn! (Just to be safe?) Almost as terrifying is this haggishunt that...
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November 22, 2003
I'm Good!

How did the rest of you do?

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November 18, 2003
Out of Time

Who was Willie Hartack?

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August 31, 2003
The Emperor Needs Your Vote

We ask you to show California and the World that Emperor Norton is the One True Ruler of the State of California. (California residency not required to vote.)

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August 29, 2003
Gubenatorial Endorsement and Call for Votes

We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Muslim, Hindu, New Age, Wiccan, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Animist, Unitarian, Quaker, Humanist, Atheist, Mormon, Sikh, Moonie, Fundamentalist, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico and Governor of California. - Norton I

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August 12, 2003
Not Much of a Riddle

You should be able to guess what it is.

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July 26, 2003
Darwinian Poetry

I have to say that, for the most part, they were nonsensical pieces of alyrical garbage.

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July 18, 2003
Darkness Visible

T.S. Eliot thought it was pretty lame.

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July 17, 2003
Wanted: Poetasters

Oh my mother love

how sweet my dear to my eye

laying out in the coffin woeful

the dog ate mother's toes full

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May 14, 2003
Rename Yourself

I renamed myself "Windblown Papers", Cheral called herself "Unread Books", Bob rechristened himself as "Robin", and Nannette insisted on calling herself "Nannette".

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May 10, 2003
Attempted Poetry

I shall rest easy tonight knowing that my writer friends will not be replaced by machines at any time soon

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April 16, 2003
New Goddess Proclaimed

Someone has to protect the bitches.

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April 01, 2003
A Confession

APRIL FOOL!

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March 31, 2003
Blogshares

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March 18, 2003
What's in a Name? Letters

Try your luck here. Step right up! Pick a name! Any name!

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February 25, 2003
Names

Quennel Steven

Nirva Moral

Ezra Paddy

Diallo Rico

Rad Yosefu

Haven Thurman

Cavan Luigi

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Pre-Packaged

weemee.jpg

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January 23, 2003
January 10, 2003
The Late KZ?

I thought you said 'Aaronson died.'

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January 08, 2003
Emperor Norton Day

Today marks the death of Joshua Norton, better known as Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

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January 05, 2003
Testing Jaded Ju's Theory

Vaorerkd, sao dxcvuiq, klocz. Fdsaldxcklal?

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January 02, 2003
Goodbye to 2002

2002: The Year of the Ugly Lump of Protoplasm.

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December 24, 2002
Christmas Eve Diversion for Eggheads

No, you don't get any picture to post when you finish it or learn deep secrets about yourself, except maybe how well read you are.

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Wreath-O-Rama

Please, have a jolly Christmas. Drink the cider, laugh with your family, remember the loved ones who have gone on, enjoy the presents you receive and the ones you give to others. If there is no God, remember that there are people who love you.

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December 22, 2002
Blogging Mysteries

A few questions about other blogs that I have no answers for.

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Two Bloggers Who Would Hate Zoroastrianism

In the Parsee view, insects, spiders, and scorpions are creatures of the Lie. A good Parsee stomps them flat whenever he sees one.

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December 21, 2002
Santa Claus is Coming to Jail

You know, I'm glad that I never got this wild in real life. Nice thing about being only unipolar!

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November 30, 2002
Islets of Langensham
If you do join up at Jennifer's Government, place your country in our new region called Islets of Langensham! I...
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Free Republic of Quetzacoatl

Our motto is "If You Love Your Country, Give it Your Whole Heart" and we mean that literally.

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November 25, 2002
Simaholics Anonymous?

We realized that we were powerless over computers and that the lives of our Sims had become unmanageable.

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November 06, 2002
The Manatee Thinks of that Swim....

After reading Crazy Tracy's blog, maybe swimming out to sea isn't such a stupid idea?

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November 02, 2002
October 31, 2002
Followup on Comments

I'm standing aside now, to make way for the deluge of pigeon horror stories...."rats with wings" -- there, I said it!

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October 24, 2002
Guest Map
I'd seen this around on a few blogs, so I decided to add it to my own for kicks and...
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October 20, 2002
Slovenia 1991

Wouldn't it be wonderful, we laughed, if all wars were fought by lines of men who just mooned each other?

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October 16, 2002
Country Joe and the Fish

Remember Country Joe and the Fish? The anti-war anthem they sang at Woodstock?

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October 07, 2002
Comment on a Sign of the Times

"As long as waters are troubled, they cannot become stagnant."


- James Baldwin

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October 04, 2002
Name Game

Others complain that the descriptions don't fit them or the people they know with the names, but the laws of random chance enabled these New Age pundits/racketeers to strike pretty close in their description of me. Perhaps they have been reading my blog?

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September 23, 2002
Oafs

Has anyone else noticed that Keith, Jason, and myself seem to have this little rivalry going on over who was the biggest oaf at the gathering?

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September 22, 2002
Poetry or Psychosis?


open to suck
the
American military machine

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August 17, 2002
Stand back! I'm all ready for my NEW CAREER!
I've picked up a secret component vital to my upcoming success in the north Hollywood film industry. From now...
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August 15, 2002
Meeting Crazy Tracy's Challenge
The holy madwoman with the foul mouth has declared it to be Time -- Time to take back the phrase...
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August 08, 2002
Camel Toes

Now Karen and Kelly Caldwell both have me paranoid: each either implied or said straight out that she looks at crotches.

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August 07, 2002
Susceptible

My friends assured me that astrology always spoke the truth -- as did numerology, palmistry, bibliomancy, UFO paranoia, the visions of self-proclaimed psychics, and whatever guru or gura happened to be popular at the moment.

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August 06, 2002
Events I am glad to have witnessed
I promised I'd do this. My marriage to Lynn The party at which I met Lynn The 1991 March against...
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August 05, 2002
Events I am Glad I Missed
It's time for a little gratitude to balance out the woe I've been filling this blog with. Here is...
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July 29, 2002
Image Poem

(Post fondly dedicated to Warpster93, a weaver and perceiver of shadows)

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Image Poem

(Post fondly dedicated to Warpster93, a weaver and perceiver of shadows)

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July 27, 2002
100 Facts
Just to get the thing done with and to show that I am as self-absorbed as the next blogger, I've...
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July 25, 2002
What is it?
It's a cactus. A trilobed form I bought a few weeks ago in the garden section of Home Depot....
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