Monthly Archives: August 2009

The End of Summer

Posted on 8/13/2009 by peter

It’s all over. A glorious summer lies lifeless in my hands like a wrung-out pelican. All my summer’s hopes, joys, and anticipations have added up to nothing more than a handful of fallow seeds, blown astray by the winds of … Continue reading →

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Mr. Pinches

Posted on 8/10/2009 by peter

We had a new friend this weekend! A bat came to live in our kitchen window! I named him Mr. Pinches, after the way he somehow managed to trap himself between the two panes of our kitchen window. That’s where … Continue reading →

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Rock TVs: Roomies and Crow Motel

Posted on 8/7/2009 by peter

Behold, two more warm globules of spittle from Rock TV’s unhygienic mouth! Roomies (1999): Crow Motel (2002): These two gems represent my final efforts of my summer archiving project to tweak old Rock TVs and make them available online. In … Continue reading →

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

Posted on 8/6/2009 by peter

Recently, while wiling away the hours in my shamechamber, I finished reading Jack Weatherford’s compelling Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World – a history of the great Mongol Empire that stretched across Asia and Europe, ruling over … Continue reading →

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Updates From the Weekend

Posted on 8/3/2009 by peter

Updates from the weekend: -Rock TV shot a new video. It will be out in 3 weeks or so. It’s about Leroy finding a big ol’ pile of olive loaf. -My cats alternated between states of sleep and anus-licking. -Bridgette’s … Continue reading →

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On Having Many Cousins

Posted on 8/2/2009 by peter

My extended family, being of the rural/farming/German/Roman Catholic variety, is exceptionally large. I don’t recall exactly how many first cousins I have, but it’s a lot. Dozens and dozens. I think one of them is named Billy… One of the … Continue reading →

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