Tango sez hi



With the recent demise of my photo gallery (possibly to return, if I find a gallery system that isn’t horribly nasty), I thought I’d post a recent photo or too. Not my dog, but it is my photo, so that’s good enough for me.

Prince Al

I’d like to introduce you to the newest member of our family, Prince Al.


He only eats live food, so he is a ton of fun to feed. We’ve already managed to lose one cricket into our kitchen, luckily the cricket was never seen or heard from again, hopefully being smart enough to avoid venturing out where our killer cats could not quite manage to kill him. Luckily crickets don’t live long…

We’re hoping he’s actually Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (from Saudi Arabia), and that he’ll be grateful when someone finally kisses him, but honestly the odds seem pretty low at this point.

Opening wine without a corkscrew?

Here’s the scene: It’s New Year’s Eve. Or any “time to drink” event really… You’re trying to pretend you’re classy by drinking wine, but the guy who was supposed to bring a corkscrew made the mistake of eating at Taco Bell earlier that day, and he’s stuck in a bathroom somewhere.

Or maybe you’re on a plane, where corkscrews aren’t allowed, although a bit breakable glass bottle that could furnish dozens of useful weapons is just fine as long as you buy it at duty-free.

Either way, you’re thirsty, sober, and need to resolve both of those problems. You take stock of what you have: Wine. Clothes. Glasses. Angry people to please. What do you do?

I don’t drink, but I also don’t drive so I’m useless as a designated dork. Oh well. Have fun, stay safe, and if you do drive drunk, try to not kill anyone else when you kill yourself ‘eh?

(Thanks to Carlos Miller for pointing this out)