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As a follow-on from “Why am I Sushi” cats, I picked up a Nekko no Panyasan mystery box…um…lets see Honorable Cat Bread Shop Vendor. The lure of kawaii has got me bad, but only if it involves cats, and possibly hamsters with eggs on their head. I have to admit to wanting the one holding […]
More201 actually! Can’t forget the 1, because everyone that has read and responded has taken time out of their day to do so, and I am grateful for every single one of you. I hope I have amused and entertained as well as the less fun stuff, and will continue to do so. It has […]
MoreSun’s out! Blossom bloom! The lure of Matcha ice is Universal! Peace! Fat white boys wield swords! Girl’s in cat ears roar cutely! Manga reigns supreme. Tyrant says “this way!” Woman follows quietly: Dragon bides her time.
MoreI keep hearing the total bullshit about the Mayor of SF not doing anything about crime. It is a pandemic, we do not want prisons full of minor offenders spreading disease: a minor offense does not warrant the death sentence of covid in a jail. There is no point in imprisoning drug users, it fixes […]
MoreI have always been slender apart from a few hiccups after having my babies. I ranged from heroin chic skin and bones, where a friend told me very confidently it made my nose look even damn well bigger when I was that thin. Ouch. I never hated my nose. I wasn’t tortured by it. It […]
MoreSleeping in a can The crows conspire to wake me: Clogged claws on roof Home is where you camp: Canvas forest beauty scene, Hobo-dreams afoot. The dusk is silent Apart from a single owl Driving mice indoors In the blind valley The one eyed mouse rules supreme! Camp stove is his throne!
MoreOpening day baseball themed listening material. How can you not love an indie guitar band who call themselves Lesser Bangs? The nod to our gonzo journo hero is just about the hippest thing I have heard in a while. It is impossible not to love this song. Add to that the fact that it is […]
MoreThis evening’s musical listening pleasure has to be Jokerman. It is the obvious April Fool’s Day choice, I know, but it is the very best of 80’s Bob. It was a pretty dark decade, but Dylan’s still got it, those lyrics come flowing. Ain’t nobody there would want to marry your sister, sings Dylan. Did […]
MoreIn my occasional crime series, with the Citizen app providing notifications of dangerous incidents in SF, we have a pizza robbery. Man robbed of pizza. No weapons involved. Cue people wondering if the ninja mutant turtles have gone rogue. This is not to say we don’t have serious crime, but this is almost as entertaining […]
MoreI love baseball. I love baseball in a way which is possibly a little strange. I don’t like toxic masculinity, I don’t really like playing sports, yet baseball. Baseball is boyish and whimsical, it’s strategic and skilled, it is a long slow game with fast bursts of action. Baseball is summer in America. It is […]
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