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The ballad of Sancho Diablo

NAME? I am Sancho.
JOB? I am a hellcat.
JOIN? I would love to join thee!

This story is only tangentially TV-station related, I promise.

CatzillaOne of my fellow board ops at the Fox station was a rather striking redhead who announced, out of the blue, that she was running off to get married. I was disappointed, but for once, not primarily because she was giving us virtually no notice and leaving me stuck with a double shift. I was about to lose my evening shift eye candy. To be fair, we were pretty good friends, but as with so many pretty good female friends, I just never worked up the nerve to go any further than that. I was living on my own and in desperate need of friends; I was paranoid about trying to push beyond that and losing the friendship in the process. I never felt like I had enough to offer to making being “more than friends” worthwhile.

But she did have a parting gift to give me. … Read more

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Her royal floofiness

Floofy

Sunlight? Check.
Open window? Check.
Telling gravity to take a hike? Check.
Reveling in one’s own floofiness? Abso-floofin’-lutely.

Next weekend is the sixth anniversary of Olivia’s adoption day. As you can see, she’s already practicing for the gala celebration to be held in her honor. (For comparison, see her Humane Society kitten mug shot: believe it or not, my wife saw this little bundle of spaz and said, “Yes, THAT’S THE ONE.”)… Read more

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...And Little E Makes 3 Critters

Everybody walked the dinosaur

Little E and friend

In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of extinct giant reptiles who would’ve happily eaten him without a second thought.

Little E and I ventured out to the opening day of Discover the Dinosaurs at the recently-reworked Phoenix Village Expo Center (formerly Phoenix Village Mall) and spent an hour examining the giant lizards of yesteryear. Well, okay, I was examining them. They made a lot of noise, they moved, snapping their jaws and flexing their talons, and a lot of dry ice was pumped in. Little E was hiding from the more animated exhibits, and after just a few minutes he really didn’t care too much for the static ones either.

Basically, it’s an unguided tour with animatronic dinosaurs and models that are more like nicely done statues. There are informational placards about each species, and the animatronic exhibits have a lot of pulsating colorful lights (hence some of my photos being a bit blown out), sound effects, and dry ice “fog”. I suppose, if you’re four years old, it’s probably pretty darn scary. … Read more