Faboo Tuesday

The first seasons of Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain hit shelves today!

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?

Pinky: I think so Brain, but if we didn't have ears, we'd look like weasels.

We Loved Lucy

Today is a sad day for us. Lucy, one of our cats, died. She was 21 years old.

Linda and Lucy were inseperable. Lucy was there for her through good times and bad. She ruled the house as if she was several times her size (even in her advanced age, she totally owned our golden retriever). I knew her during the last five or so years of her life, well into her curmudgeon phase, but even I could see how extra-ordinarily tough she was. A few years ago she was the victim of a dog attack that left her with a dislocated leg that never healed properly and she still managed to get around almost as easily with three legs as with four. She never lacked for something to say and she always knew what she wanted.

I hope that, wherever she is, she will remember us as fondly as we remember her.

Happy Patrick's Birthday

I hope everyone is having a good time on this, the greatest of holidays. Think of the children running around, wearing Patrick masks. And of the families trimming their Patrick trees with plastic Patrick replicas.

But I want to take a moment and discuss a serious issue with you. Many of you will soon join your friends and neighbors in some uplifting Patrick carols. As you know, it is traditional to sing the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Give It Away" as you stroll through your cities, towns and hamlets. Yet many people miss out on the frivolity because they simply do not have the funk.

Patrick understands. And he believes in recycling. For the environment.

I suggest singing Christmas tunes but replacing the word "Christmas" with the word "Patrick". Here's an example:

O Patrick tree! O Patrick tree!
How beautiful your branches!

See how easy that is? Anybody can do that!

Now get out there and celebrate!

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Syd Barrett died at the age of 60. I am not a big fan of the songs he wrote but I do not think the alternative pop that I do enjoy would exist without him.

Plotz!

From The Alternative Yiddish Dictionary: plotz (verb) fall down dead right now note Usage: "oy, after all that shopping I'm about to plotz" Or "Ham and cheese sandwiches? If your grandfather weren't already dead, he'd plotz."


From The Urban Dictionary: plotz —v.i. Slang. to collapse or faint, as from surprise, excitement, or exhaustion.