Cute Through The End Of 2008 Part One

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Spiritual Insights

Roger Ebert dissects the Spirit.

Rotten Tomatoes at 15% with 41 reviews counted.

UPDATE: RT still rates it at 15%, but as of now, 52 unlucky souls have seen it and reviewed it.

The poster had its own warning embedded in it.

Previously.

Photos By Cooper

One of my favorite young photographers on the scene (and a fellow Greenwood resident) is Cooper, a ginger tabby with a camera-collar given to him by his people, Seattle filmmakers Michael and Deirdre Cross.

The Seattle PI featured a story on Coop a couple of weeks back, complete with a small gallery of his photography. Now, Cooper's got a blog full of recent works. He's incredibly prolific, taking between 200 and 400 shots a day with his little digital works. Some of them are actually kind of beautiful and even moving in some small way. Like this one:


I'd say Cooper's got a real eye, but I think in his case, it's more like a real neck. Good boy!

My favorite blog post so far.

Coop's Flickr page

Merry Christmas

From all of the staff and support of Automatic Daddy Blogging Systems Ltd., Happy Christmas and such.

Obama's Caganer Merchandise

From the Stranger Slog Blog. In Spain, shops are selling this little poopin' Obama figurine, eliciting a healthy "WTF?" from Americans unfamiliar with Spain's rich tradition of making little sh#tting "Caganer" figurines. Seriously.

Here's a gallery of models currently available, from a link on the slog. GIS returns a Hummel shelf full of the little dookies.

As for the Obama? I want one! It clearly shows that he's going to get this country moving again and he'll lead by example!

Esquire online featured the Obama version here.

Wallpaper For No Money Down!

That makes it sound like more of a deal than "Wallpaper for Free", doesn't it?

A digital painting done in Corel Painter X. It was a Hitchcock painting originally, but I threw in the monocle and cigarette holder just for this wallpaper.

Imagine Warm Hawaii With Me

Or imagine cool Hawaii with me...

Tom and Speedy

Meet Pete

Pete the purple squirrel. I don't care if this is true or not, I've decided to believe it the same way I believe in Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, ghosts and the Democratic process.

Link one.

Link two.

UPDATE: They are now pretty convinced that he got into some computer printer ink.

This sort of thing happens all the time.

Stocking Of Knives

Stocking of Knives could be a great band name. Or a cologne of some kind. Or a cereal.

From My Pointless.

When There Is No Signal Present They Call It Snow

This is the view from my back door. I'm done with this shit for now.

They say the Eskimos* have over fifty words for snow. Over the last three days I know I've easily doubled that number myself.

Triple it if you count "m*ther f*cking" as a prefix.

*the more correct word "Inuit" did not fit the rhythm of my joke.

Too Cold.

Cabin fever is making me something-something.

It's twenty-six degrees right now in Seattle. Last night we got about five inches of snow, and this in a city with almost no plan to deal with snow at all. As of yesterday afternoon many smaller side roads were dangerously slick, as were parking lots and sidewalks, all owing to a much lighter snowfall two days earlier. The solution for icy roads here is a light dusting of sand. No, this doesn't really help much. Snow over ice is the worst kind of menace for driving and walking.

Starting yesterday at about three, steady, fine snowfall began that didn't let up up until about one or two, so basically we're talking about eleven hours of snowfall. We're told to expect snow and freezing temperatures all week long. I have to go to the IRS on Monday. Sigh.

I wish I had a gun big enough to shoot the sky.