The Dinner Theater Adaptation of War of the Gargantuas Continues It’s dawn. Two four-legged tumors settle in and find their favorite sleeping spots: one in my office, waiting for the sound of clacking keys and random curses under my breath. The other stumbles to his favorite windowsill, allowing him plenty of time to lounge while reporting on the perfidies of the local crows. For most of the day, all they…
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Mandatory Parker: “When Twits Clash”
When An Irresistible Lint-Covered Breast Implant Encounters An Immovable Doorstop Report from the front: Day 21 of the Great Kaiju War. Code Name “Parker” is getting used to his territory being invaded incessantly by Code Name “Winston.” (Note: Command, Honey Huan to my Uncle Duke, notes that the current code names make the two sound like butlers. Because yelling “Winston, get off that counter NOW!” and “Parker, quit drinking out…
Mandatory Parker: “The Plot Thickens, And I Do Not Lisp”
Introducing Winston the Flame-Point Doorstop Now that we’re reasonably sure that winter in Dallas is over (we’re never absolutely sure, which is why I always tell friends never to think about planting gardens until after St. Patrick’s Day), life has hit an equilibrium. We’re about three weeks from putting up winter quilts and clothes with no significant chance of needing them again until December, the trees outside are starting to…