Entries from December 2008 ↓

I mentioned Callithump! here and then I realized that they had obviously put in so much work putting together the issue for an insanely little amount of money that it would be criminal for me not to tell the world. The problem, here, as we found with Gumball Poetry, is that by spreading the word they might get more orders – which means a lot more work for them for that $10. Still: They are well worthy of your support.

Here’s a quick photo log of what’s in Callithump! #1 — needless to say the kids were ecstatic and frenzied over the contents of each capsule. Click on any of the photos for a full-size view – this is only a small sampling of the full issue. Then head over to Callithump!

I’m really liking my new pin — it came in a box of capsule art by Callithump (“Callithump! is a magazine of arts and literature distributed through toy capsule vending machines.”) Totally awesome. We used to do something like that – ah, they even mention us here. At any rate – while it was delivered on the backs of a narcoleptic tortoise, they are definitely deserving of your adulation.

Update: Look you can buy a “Oh my god, what the fuck” pin here:

http://www.callithump.org/page2/page2.html

Also, two roosters we met today, both were grumpy and friendly, all at once.

We were completely snow-bound in the biggest snow storm in 60 years, with all four of us sick, two kids and a cat running up the walls, and out-of-town guests snowed away.

So what kept us from re-enacting The Shining?

Laura is a master at To-Do lists. This is a sample from one of those mind-numbing days, which within its objectives contains bits of general advice on how to not spread sickness (cough into your elbow!) and what any of the tykes might have said at the moment (scratch my leg, check!). No item is ever too small for these lists, and items already accomplished are gleefully added so that they maybe be pleasurably crossed off the moment they are noted:

Phew.

2009: Bring it on!

Oh Update: Here’s a pic of one of the insane people I live with. I think it gives a new meaning to the word ‘steampunk’