Fishing for ZooDuck 2 (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/918544-Fishing--for-ZooDuck-2 My Dad used to have a saying that always struck me as really funny, in a sarcastic way. He had this way of saying a swear word in just the right way so that it was all at once, acceptable for him to be saying it in front of us kids, and funny, and warming as hell, too. Behind the caamera, he'd say, "Say CHEEEEEESE." We'd all look at him like we ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:24:15 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/402155 I was buying Stephanie a SoBe this morning on the way to school. She likes those Sobe juice drinks that come in a fancy glass bottle, and she looks forward to getting one in the morning. I don't mind indulging her. At least it ain't a package of Twinkies or something else full of empty sugar calories. Today she is going on a field trip to the Austin Sy...[Read Full Post] Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:09:58 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/402088 What is it about Senior Mods and animals? I don't think there's a one of us that doesn't have pets of some sort. But maybe it's not a senior mod thing. Maybe it's just a writer thing... Writers like pets I guess. If you scratch us behind the ears, we do this funny spastic thing with our legs...[Read Full Post] Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:49:04 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/402086 There's this lady that I see in the breakroom occasionally who is just about as tacky as she can be. I usually go in there to get a cup of coffee and to grab the Sports Page of the local newspaper. I like to check up on the Texas Longhorns, I can't help it. How about this: The Horns baseball team are the reigning National Champions having won the...[Read Full Post] Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:02:41 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/401839 The blue lady is complete. I finished her off last night and gave her to Stephanie. I'd been owing her a piece of art for her room since forever, so I gave her the blue lady. Zach has taken most of my "old" watercolors and hung them in his room. The piano man in the stars, running along a giant keyboard, stretching into the distance like a roller coaster. ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:05:43 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/401789 We camped out in the sand dunes, just above the beach on Friday night, waiting for him. He was supposed to show up at about midnight. Holo-Zoo had researched his movements for about a week, watching his comings and goings, and taking notes. We felt sure he would be there, sometime between 10pm and 2am. So we got there early and I drank beers from a ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:19:28 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/401573 "Gratitude" is the prompt for Round 3 of the WDC Poetry RAW competition. The word rattled around in my head all day yesterday while I watercolored the blue woman in my garage. She should be grateful that I rescued her from a life of obscurity, hidden beneath the surface of the paper. I brought the rest of her out of hiding finally. She's ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:02:01 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/401556 So- I made it through Round Two of WDC Poetry RAW. Whew! Now we are being paired up, poet against poet for the Round Three prompt, which is "gratitude". I drew [Link To User fyndorian] for this head to head challenge. As soon as I found out who I would be up against, I did what any good head coach would do. I dug out all the game...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:24:11 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/401534 All day Saturday, I played Civilization III. I was El Guapo the Inferior, leader of the mighty Persian Empire. I skillfully outwitted the dirty Germans at every turn, as they insisted on attacking me for no reason, provoking me with demands that I pay them homage. Idiots. I eventually split their regime in half, and let the Romans and Egyptians pick ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:58:13 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/401529 Zach wants me to pick him up at the bowling alley tonight on my way into town. He and a few friends are paying 20.00 for two hours of settin' em up and knockin' 'em down. He won't be done until 6:30pm, which means I have to find some way to kill an hour or so on my way home from work. That shouldn't be a problem, right? What grown...[Read Full Post] Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:55:34 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/400912 It's going to rain this weekend. The weather-dude said so. I heard it with my own two ears this morning while I was brushing my teeth. Texas, which holds the distinction of currently being the driest State in the Union, is going to get some much needed rain. nukeable burritos and powdered chicken noodle soup again for lu...[Read Full Post] Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:22:55 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/400862 Now that there is a nationwide movement to outlaw cigarettes in office buildings, public buldings, etc., people are starting to complain about other bothersome odors, too. Want to know what the most complaints are received about? Bad breath. Yep. That's right. Halitosis. But there are others, too. Have you e...[Read Full Post] Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:04:31 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/400316 Well it seems that many of the RAW poetry participants didn't even have the nerve to climb into the ring for Round One. I guess as soon as they saw me in my giant diaper, flying goggles and superhero cape, they had second thoughts. Ha ha! They are so very wise to hide. So, all the rest of us made it through to the second round, and that's...[Read Full Post] Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:51:51 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/400079 We've been under a burn ban for what seems like a month or more here in Central Texas. No outside fires of any kind are permitted around here. No trash burning, no campfires, no nothing. The vegetation is so dry that everyone is really starting to get scared. I don't think we have had a drop of rain in six weeks. Maybe m...[Read Full Post] Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:16:39 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399839 It has been mentioned to me, by my good buddy BP, that I should buy some magnetic poetry words, you know, those little magnetic strips that you can use to make odd sentences your fridge? I know some of you already have a set, so you can attest to the all the weird phrases that can be created with these things. Li...[Read Full Post] Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:32:19 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399818 Is it possible that there are zero new and exciting things to write about anymore? Can it be that all of the world's controversial and interesting topics have already been stroked by somebody else's pen? Doubtful, I know. But when you know you should write something, and open up your tablet, lick the tip of your pen and nothing happens- you s...[Read Full Post] Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:01:38 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399788 In spite of the fact that I'm mentally broke, not to mention monitarily broken, I managed to go out Sunday morning and play a round of pasture pool with El Sauco. It was a little chilly at first, but warmed up into a humid kind of 70-ish day with not much sunshine. We enjoyed the day. I scored a 45 on the front nine by bogeying every hole but one...[Read Full Post] Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:18:39 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399760 This journal is going to be history after not too many more entries. Not too many more. What a twisted language we speak. Yeah. Soon, it'll be time to pack up the ol' pond and relocate her. Greener pastures. New adventures. More idiotic blabbering and all that talking to myself that I do in here. Good. It'll be fun to make...[Read Full Post] Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:47:53 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399251 I like that commercial where two nerdy guys and boombox operator are standing in an office, totally dancing to ooh baby-baby.. ba-ba-ba- baby... . I mean they are just grinding their hips and shimmying and shaking, so seriously like they're at the club, and this guy comes into the office and can't believe they aren't working. He sa...[Read Full Post] Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:54:34 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399103 There was a news story that's been running for the past few days around my "local area", otherwise known as "these parts", about a stupid, insensitive man who was burning trash or leaves or something in his yard. Apparently, he caught a mouse in a trap, and tossed it, mousetrap and all, into the fire. The fire melted the mousetrap...[Read Full Post] Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:27:55 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399096 It would be decidedly easier if I could just sleep all day, or better yet, work all day. When I am here in my safe zone at work, I don't really think about smoking at all. If I do think about it, it's only a passing fancy which I can easily deflect. The phone will ring in a minute, or I'll get an urgent email that I have to respond to. There is no time to ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:10:32 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399089 In order to get myself out of trouble with the law, due to a minor indisgression on my part, I was required to work at a GoodWill store for a certain number of hours. This was a long time ago, when I was still doing things the hard way, obviously, or I would never have been in such a position in the first place. But anyway, without spilling my guts t...[Read Full Post] Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:57:53 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399065 Oh yes, what a wonderful life it is we lead. Do any of us really, truly understand what the hell we are supposed to be doing on this planet every day? I don't think it's to care about what happens to the celebrities on the news. Back in the old days, when information traveled slowly across the plains, people didn't live their lives glued ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:22:44 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/398888 What the hell is wrong with the State of Texas? Used to be, back in the 80's, all a kid had to do to get a driver's license was take Driver's Ed and pass the DPS written and driving tests. Now, there this whole set of freakin' "modules" and course requirements, and forms and horseshit hoops to jump through before he can ev...[Read Full Post] Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:21:25 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/398610 I am entered in the heavyweight division of [Link To Item #965364] . This the second "major" poetry competition that I have tried my hand at, the first being the Poetry Slam this summer. I had so much fun and learned so much in the first one that I thought I'd sign up for this one, too. I never know whether or not it's a good idea to ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:20:36 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/398316