So I figured if I was qualified to act as judge and executioner over the life of a  •  cat I was at least qualified to be amateur boy vet. Seems likely from what  •  you read on the internet that the old thing is anxious from the move, creating  •  alkaline pee and over eating. I've been doing …

First, a short play:  •  “He: "7:58! Why didn't you set the alarm!?!"  •  She: "Because you packed the alarm yesterday!!!"  •  Exeunt  •  [Crowds : applause, ovation, curtain call, many rushed bows]  •  ”  •  You demands will now be met:  •  Ho Hum  •  Sure, just like in Romania.  •  Who argues in …

CW4BillT at John of Argghhh!'s Castle Argghhh has heard the call of the wild meme and responded. It is all interesting an eccentric until #12:  •  “12. --absolute favorite foods (soooooo chickish!):  •  a. Coffee. *Good* coffee. Not that megachain-overpriced-dishwater.  •  b. Turkey, stuffed with …

This place is a must see while in southern Maine. Right by the Brunswick submarine hunter base. Car service. Haddock sandwich and a wild blueberry western frappe - which is pretty much a milkshake in Canadian parlance. Somewhere I have a picture of the much better older road sign. Somewhere I have …

Sometimes a place is a good place not because it is surprising, rare or new but because it represents a sort of joint well. For my money, the Lucky Inn in Pembroke was a classic Canadian-Chinese buffet. Similarly, Pizza Rodini of the Truro of my youth was the best greasy circle of za.  •  This is …

Once we at GX40 HQ airlifted borscht and jerky to Iraq for Brian, the blogging paralegal of nearby Fort Drum. Now Brian has transformed his career and his is an army TV journalist heading out for Kosovo after an apparently confusing stay in Fort Benning, Georgia:  •  “There is a lot of waiting …

The Adirondack chairs out front are double-wides  •  In a continuing part of my writing which ought to be called "What I ate on my summer vacation" once again I took flash photos of my food, in this case yesterday's breakfast at the Mountain Sun Market and Cafe in Warrensburg, New York, just north …

It's been a good week here on the coast. Kids have been in a day camp for the  •  first time. Might be the last. You spend your holiday answering to the needs and  •  demands of teen councillors. What is wrong with that picture? Besides, getting  •  them on the bus is too early. Why can't day camp …

From Mike on from Johnny G., all I can tell you is the flames were four feet high. The bacon was still good, though.