On Saturday, Tod and I hopped into 1314‘s car and headed down to Docking Bay 93, a comic book store which always has artists draw free sketches for kids on Free Comic Book Day. The writer & artist for Kat-Nap was also there, though Greg was lucky enough not to have to sit through me [...]
Thank you, brave firefighters, not just for going into a burning building to look for victims, but for seeing a dog that needed help and helping it without judging it by what kind of dog it was. I know there are people that would have been afraid to pick up a pit bull because of [...]
If you don’t want to watch the video, I paraphrased it in the rest of the post:
This was my fourth year at Rainforest Writers Village, and I honestly think it gets better each time. First I took the train down to Seattle, where I ate wild salmon chowder at Ivar’s (I’m not sure if the salmon were simply at large, or if they were flipping their flukes at a camera on [...]
Friday, December 16, 2011
So, today my friend Richard greeted me by sneaking up behind me and slapping my face. (He said the slap was from our precious Eliza. I guess it was either slap me or draw me as Batman with a visible scrotum.) Anyway, back to Rit. He is an obnoxious hippie who lives in some kind [...]
The day I get cancer and I have to pay for the treatment out of pocket is the day I’ll stop behaving.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
I’m working on a post with surgery info and photos, but I keep getting interrupted, so for now, here’s the late raffle results: Or, if you don’t want to watch the videos, you can cut to the winners here (and info on future raffles/merchandise):
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Hanzo had a different, less-invasive procedure than the one that they expected they would need to do (easier to heal, and less expensive!). He had to stay an extra night because of two emergencies, and he FREAKED out when he saw us. He clearly thought we weren’t coming back for him Harry the big laptop [...]
Saturday, January 15, 2011
No-interest, long-term loans from my amazing friends have temporarily covered the costs of Hanzo’s surgery, but I’d like to pay them back ASAP, so to kick things off, Seamus and I are each offering something in a raffle. (There will be more fun things later!) His is only useful for writers, and mine is useful [...]
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Here’s a recap of what’s happened with my dog’s legs over the past year: Hanzo developed luxating patellas (“floating” kneecaps) last spring As a result, he broke off both tibial ridges and had to have two surgeries to repair the damage I created #plunderzoo and raised $1,100+ to replenish my seriously depleted savings and checking [...]
