Going Down...And Back Up Again

Having created a family blog, I am reminded of this one.  It doesn't have as firm a provenance but that just makes it more flexible.  Today was beautiful.  Warm and sunny.  The maple trees in my front yard are blazing red.  (Good sign?  Bad sign?).  It almost makes up for the darkness that is creeping closer and closer and closer.  Almost.  I rediscovered H.P. Lovecraft a few days ago.  For $1.99 paid to Barnes and Noble I was able to buy The Definitive H.P. Lovecraft as an ebook.  You gotta love the Nook.  This is 67 stories, over 1000 pages for 2 bucks and I didn't have to stand up!  I just clicked here and there and said okay and before you know it I was reading 'The Nameless City.'  My only problem so far with the whole ebook thang is not everything is an ebook.  I would love to re-read some old friends (Jo Clayton, C.J. Cherryh, Sharon Shinn) but the old titles just aren't available.  Sigh.  So I will dig up the paper book and enjoy them that way.

Let's move on to You Tube and my current favorite viral video wherein Hank Jackson expresses concern that Guam may capsize.  If you haven't seen this one, click here.  I don't know which is more hilarious.  Hank's fear that the island will capsize due to overpopulation or the respondent's answer that 'We don't anticipate that...."  OMG!  This guy was ELECTED!

Ricky the dog has no concerns for Guam.  He is standing guard over the closet.  It's hard to say what might be IN the closet that has sparked Ricky to alert attention.  Eventually he will let us know.  And speaking of dogs, let it be recorded that Lucy has got some odd habits.  Every night she jumps onto the bed.  She doesn't sleep at the foot of the bed like a Ricky (in this, a proper dog).  Oh no, Lucy sleeps under the blankets, all the way under.  I don't know how she gets enough air.  I've already noted that with Stewart, me and both dogs, that double bed is supporting more than 400 pounds.  I don't think we can add an oxygen bottle for Lucy.  Maybe I should drill holes in the blanket.  Probably you think this is overkill but I am worried about it.  After all, if you want to stay warm on a chilly fall night, stick a dog under your blank.  Go ahead.  Try it.

In other news, Elinor has acquired a back pack, Tess has a green streak in her hair and Zander drew me a picture and in it I was holding a black balloon.  Since he and Tess, who were also in the picture, were holding a yellow and a green balloon, I am not worried.  It's only fair, after all that I get the black balloon. 

We close with this quote from Ricky 'Aaaaaaiiiiieee eeeee eeee'.  No, he didn't assault nor was he assaulted by the threat in the closet.  Fred and Carla are here to visit.