Can't help it. The term
"Administrative Backend"
Simply cracks me up.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
On the Road Again
Commuter's Lament
one third of my life
spent with children and deejays
no wonder i'm odd.
Road Hazard
Hey, Mercedes Girl
Texting while doing eighty -
Drafting your obit?
HWJD
That fish on your car
Must be praying really hard
Not to become scrap.
Author's note: this post originally caused quite a kafuffle; if you're interested in learning more, check out MamaKu #8 of July 27, 2010.
On Car "Decor" in General
Reducing your life
To stick-on decals and such
Strikes me as bizarre.
The Fast Lane
There's always that guy
Going sixty in the left.
I can't stand him. You?
one third of my life
spent with children and deejays
no wonder i'm odd.
Road Hazard
Hey, Mercedes Girl
Texting while doing eighty -
Drafting your obit?
HWJD
That fish on your car
Must be praying really hard
Not to become scrap.
Author's note: this post originally caused quite a kafuffle; if you're interested in learning more, check out MamaKu #8 of July 27, 2010.
On Car "Decor" in General
Reducing your life
To stick-on decals and such
Strikes me as bizarre.
The Fast Lane
There's always that guy
Going sixty in the left.
I can't stand him. You?
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Nasty, Brutish, and Short
i romanticized
the keeping of my own hens
they eat their own young.
Couldn't figure out why egg production in the Maison du Poulet was down until I caught one of the Chanticleers in the act. Eating eggs. Might have been one of hers, maybe the laying of another hen, but .... eeeeewwww!! I guess during the idyllic establishment of my own henhouse I blithely skipped right over the chapters about how nasty chickens can be. Not only will they on occasion peck each other to death (sometimes out of sheer boredom), but they often develop a taste for eggs.
Cannibalism is bad enough but eating your own offspring ratchets the ick factor up quite a few notches.
"Curing" this behavior is tough and sometimes impossible. You can try calcium supplements in the feed, putting golf balls in the nest (chickens are dumb enough to confuse Titleist ProVIs with the product of their own loins) and just hanging out near the coop until you catch one in the act and tell her she's a "BAD chicken!" but ....
In the end, if a certain hen just won't quit eating eggs, you have to remove her from the flock altogether, because ... let's face it ... having one of your BFFs stalking you while you're trying to have a baby so she can immediately eat it would upset even the mellowest of souls. An egg-eater can spoil the whole flock. This means a more "final solution" for the offending hen, and that, my friends, is the subject of another post altogether.
My friend Miss Kate - who actually grew up on a real-live working farm, in Missouri - has watched with some bemusement as I've set myself up as a Suburban Lady Farmer. Like any good Daughter of the Midwest, she's taking my disillusion in stride and encouraging me to do the same. Apparently there are things even grosser than eating your own young.
I don't think I'm ready for that, yet, so ... haiku!
the keeping of my own hens
they eat their own young.
Couldn't figure out why egg production in the Maison du Poulet was down until I caught one of the Chanticleers in the act. Eating eggs. Might have been one of hers, maybe the laying of another hen, but .... eeeeewwww!! I guess during the idyllic establishment of my own henhouse I blithely skipped right over the chapters about how nasty chickens can be. Not only will they on occasion peck each other to death (sometimes out of sheer boredom), but they often develop a taste for eggs.
Cannibalism is bad enough but eating your own offspring ratchets the ick factor up quite a few notches.
"Curing" this behavior is tough and sometimes impossible. You can try calcium supplements in the feed, putting golf balls in the nest (chickens are dumb enough to confuse Titleist ProVIs with the product of their own loins) and just hanging out near the coop until you catch one in the act and tell her she's a "BAD chicken!" but ....
In the end, if a certain hen just won't quit eating eggs, you have to remove her from the flock altogether, because ... let's face it ... having one of your BFFs stalking you while you're trying to have a baby so she can immediately eat it would upset even the mellowest of souls. An egg-eater can spoil the whole flock. This means a more "final solution" for the offending hen, and that, my friends, is the subject of another post altogether.
My friend Miss Kate - who actually grew up on a real-live working farm, in Missouri - has watched with some bemusement as I've set myself up as a Suburban Lady Farmer. Like any good Daughter of the Midwest, she's taking my disillusion in stride and encouraging me to do the same. Apparently there are things even grosser than eating your own young.
I don't think I'm ready for that, yet, so ... haiku!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Early Morning Haiku
Green at 5:00 am
O, recycling truck
Must you do your good work now
Outside of my house?
The Snooze Button Controversy
You like to wake up;
Go back to sleep; wake up; sleep ...
Let's just say I don't.
Mommy Needs her Java Fix
Of course I love you
It's just I will love you more
After my coffee.
O, recycling truck
Must you do your good work now
Outside of my house?
The Snooze Button Controversy
You like to wake up;
Go back to sleep; wake up; sleep ...
Let's just say I don't.
Mommy Needs her Java Fix
Of course I love you
It's just I will love you more
After my coffee.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Suspicious Character
Time to cut your hair.
The Neighborhood Watch calls you
"Suspicious character."
Is it bad when you turn onto your street and note a really scruffy looking guy lurking around only to realize it's your own son?
The Neighborhood Watch calls you
"Suspicious character."
Is it bad when you turn onto your street and note a really scruffy looking guy lurking around only to realize it's your own son?
Thursday, August 19, 2010
For Better or For Worse
Let's get one thing straight:
"For better or worse" did not
Cover bad music.
Most of the time I really enjoy the tunes the Big Kahuna puts on our shared playlists. He does have a maudlin penchant for sentimental folk ballads, however, that makes me want to download the entire Andrew Lloyd Weber collection and sync it right into his iPhone. How do you like that, Big Guy? Huh? Huh!
"For better or worse" did not
Cover bad music.
Most of the time I really enjoy the tunes the Big Kahuna puts on our shared playlists. He does have a maudlin penchant for sentimental folk ballads, however, that makes me want to download the entire Andrew Lloyd Weber collection and sync it right into his iPhone. How do you like that, Big Guy? Huh? Huh!
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