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There will be no message from the chickens tonight. It was a cold, wet, miserable day, so we let them come into the kitchen to nod off for a while (I cover a chair with a towel and they sit all over it). Later, I tiptoed out and put them in the chicken house.

I always put them on the perch BEAK-BEAK-BEAK-BEAK, because anything else would feel silly.

But, but … if you ordered the instruction videos and tools now, then by next year you could knock our socks off. And I bet Uncle Badger would grow all sorts of pretty and weird pumpkins for you to play with and practice on—not to mention carrots, turnips, radishes, beets, and potatoes.

I bet you could make some hilariously nasty skulls out of turnips 🙂

I’m no damn good at subtractive processes. They’re too unforgiving.

Clay modeling, yes. Wood carving, no.

Ah, here we are. Back when I was screwing around with ceramics.

I understand “unforgiving.” I like to paint with watercolors.

Your little eggcup is perfect. I’d use it to serve up jelly beans instead of an egg. (I don’t think we Americans are very good with eggcups—a shame, really.)

Heh. It’s funny reading your old threads Madame. Especially the ones where everybody thinks you’re a dude.

I’m glad you are paying homage to your earlier works.

For every great marble sculptor throughout history, there must be 10,000 that had a whole backyard piled high with “Aw, fuck…dammit!”

Subtracting that which does not belong has always baffled and astonished me. I have trouble with pinewood derby cars.

Beautiful. Thanks for the post and your egg cups are cool – you still do that sort of thing? Back before all the 3D printer technology and 3D modeling, as an engineer on one particular job I had making aircraft control grips and switch gear I remember one day being told to “clay up a model”. It was of an aircraft grip and I had never done that sort of thing before…wow was that hard for me. I finally figured out how to do it accurately, but never (even came close) to figuring out how to make it look cool. Some years later I ran into a technical sales guy who was a clever fella. He made really good home brewed beer. No – not swill – awesomely good beer. Rare. He also had a hobby of taking old pieces of wood and carving all manner of fanciful faces and images. Incredibly talented guy and absolutely unschooled. Weasel, keep up the good work!

Aw, thanks, GregO. I’m afraid I’ve been all-digital for years.

When we first moved to this area, I had hoped to find someone locally with a kiln and take up ceramics again. No luck yet. (I don’t know how to run my own kiln, even if we had the room for it).

Tonight’s secret message is BEAK-BUTT-BEAK-BEAK.

Pass it on.

Doesn’t say “Drink your ovaltine”
does it?

I’m thinking of purchasing a 338 Lapau magnum for dealing with Hobbits …. pesky little fuckers are everywhere these days.

At first glance, I thought that was more of your photoshop magic. How excellent (or frightening) would it be to have all of the presidential candidate faces presented as pumpkin heads for Halloween?

Completely smitten with the egg cup. Perfect for a middling-size Chucky Egg to go with bread & butter soldiers.
It bring to mind these things:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/old-weird-tech-mustache-guard-edition/63484/

And finally a good news story from the New Zealand SAS in Libya!

While the rest of the NATO/UK/US/FR Axis has been bombing the poor innocent Libyans back into the stone age, dedicated NZ government forces, in collaboration with Australia and Russian interests have been protecting the Gaddafi family and infrasture!

Well done lads! 🙂

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/5877931/Kiwi-ex-soldiers-protecting-Gaddafis-son

Urg. wrong post again. Drat. Anywho, I’ve seen this guys a couple time before and he’s scary (HA! I made a funneh) good at the whole craving stuff outta pumpkins.

While the rest of the NATO/UK/US/FR Axis has been bombing the poor innocent Libyans back into the stone age,

Huh? I thought they were in the stone age and their new ‘gubmint’ is going to take them back a bit farther. Sharia, it’s soooo democratic.

Are you still looking for the gold?

Were you there the day Bobby caught the rabbit?

So, weasel, do your chickens stay asleep when you move them around after ‘bedtime’ or do they wake but are too sleepy to care?
*thinks about all the funny pictures that could be taken with a comatose chicken*

They’re not totally asleep, but they get all dopey and out of it. They’ll squawk and react to things and give you the occasional good peck, but you can handle them easily and, yes, you could probably put them in very amusing places without much objection.

1. Scoop up irate &/or riled-up chicken.
2. Grab chicken’s neck and forcibly stuff head beneath wing.
3. Watch amazed as enraged chicken goes to sleep.

Butt, butt, butt, butt.