Two-Year Blog

by Kristine on December 31, 2011

in ABT,Daily,Words

I have no idea what the average life expectancy of a blog is, and I don’t have time to find out. Why? Because a much more exciting project has taken over my life. So it’s time to retire this baby. (No, it’s not a baby).

Also, I’m 40 now, and I really don’t feel like coming up with a new tagline.

ABT, we’ve had some good times. We chronicled some Keeper, collected some recipes, and found some cool child-free folk around the world. Most importantly, we got in the habit of writing regularly (and not for work), which may have made this new project possible.

Stardate: December 31, 2011

Project: Feature-length screenplay

Deadline: March 31, 2012

Irrational wish: Steve Buscemi reads it, loves it, and wants to be in it

Realistic wish: Someone on planet earth wants to produce it (and doesn’t turn it into a pile of crap (Descendants) What? Nothing.)

And we’re off…

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Obligatory November Post

by Kristine on November 27, 2011

in Daily,Travel

Happy big-ass birthday to me. Here’s the alligator I celebrated with. Please, no interviews. He’s a very private crocodilian.

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Full Fang Disclosure

October 23, 2011
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Crypt Keeper

October 20, 2011

  Just in time for Halloween, Keeper unfurled some fang upon the world. There are fewer functional fangs available these days, as evidenced by this rare close-up, but he still gets his point across pretty well.    

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Reintroduction to the Non-Wild

October 16, 2011

Our newly adopted Hannah has been successfully reintroduced to indoor living, that is, artificial lighting, climate-controlled temperatures, stain-resistent carpeting, and occasional encounters with the indoor wildebeest known as Keeper. After an initial battle for dominance, both parties decided they were too damn old to fight, retired to their assigned corners, and promptly fell asleep.

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Quote of the Day

September 28, 2011

It’s strange to have a creation out there, a deeply mutated version of yourself, running loose and screwing everything up. I wonder if this is how parents feel. –Dexter Morgan

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Fostering, Family-Style

September 27, 2011

Keeper and I have fostered lots of dogs, but we rarely knew much about their life stories. With Hannah, we do. She’s family. One more casualty of divorce, foreclosure, and a down economy. Then why does she look so serene? I have to presume it’s the river, which has also kept me sane here in [...]

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Suicidal Fish, Cross-Dressing Cats, and Something to Blog About Again

August 29, 2011

Seven months in Florida have been full of twists, turns, and false starts, but it looks like I’ve found a place to settle in (see: “settle in” above). How do I know? Signs. Signs! The first giveaway that Jacksonville would fit: Dance Trance is within walking distance of my house. Duh. If I drove 10 [...]

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Semi Retired

July 6, 2011

The golden years are affording Keeper the time to take on several new hobbies. A favorite is removing bath mats in order to nap on a nicely chilled floor.

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Florida: Take 2

June 20, 2011

Yes, I drove right by it on the way from Richmond to Miami. No, I never considered living there. I mean, if I’m going to live in the dumbest state around it better be in its hottest city, am I right? And what’s sexier than a proper Miami address? Well, as we’ve seen with The Weiner, when you [...]

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