December 2010
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Happy New Year
Willard had had his doubts about internet dating, but he’d always been curious about what it would be like to kiss a sheep. After a month of emailing back and forth, and exchanging pictures, he’d bitten the bullet and invited Sandra to the festive annual New Years Eve party at the local kennel. Although he [...]
Bad Habits
When a stick-less January 1st crossed his mind for the hundredth time since he’d woken up this morning, Sebastian sighed. He fervently wished his habit hadn’t spun out of control in 2010, but it was hard to ignore the fact that 35 sticks a day was bad for his health. Although Sebastian’s number one New [...]
SnailWhale
Having fully recovered from the festive holiday weekend, Molly donned pearls, and headed for the maul to exchange the purse her great uncle once removed (a sperm whale) had given to her. Although she loved the style of the new purse, she preferred one that was decorated with pictures of squid.
Oh Tannenbaum!
The lights kind of itched, and the star was sort of prickly, and Pogo hadn’t been too crazy about being dunked in the bathtub full of green dye… But now he was feeling pretty smug after discovering he was the center of all the action. It also pleased him that Fritz the cat was insanely [...]
Ralph, Loretta, & Lil
When Lil yawled and mewed and carried on, Ralph and Loretta reluctantly said she could come with them to the Christmas tree farm. However, they silently agreed that no matter how important it was in this season to think of others more than themselves, they simply would not be sharing their Christmas bones with Lil. [...]
With angelic host proclaim
Before Felix was run over by a Land Rover at nine A.M. on December 17th as he was crossing (big mistake) the San Diego Freeway , it never occurred to him that life after death actually existed. He was also pleasantly surprised to learn that there were available chickens flying around in outer space. Death, [...]
Waiting for Soup
poster print When Sebastian accepted the invitation to the gathering at Terrible Mountain he’d assumed there would be other guests as well as bouillabaisse . The empty bowl with its strange markings, the lack of utensils, and the rat tat tat of a Pileated Woodpecker on a yellow birch all made Sebastian particularly uneasy. He wondered [...]
