In response to this week’s article about Postmus pulling the manga art book from county libraries, which mentioned Dr. Laura in passing, I got this e-mail earlier this week:
Thank you for the mention – very serious situation in public libraries – used to be they were a safe place for children. Shame.Â
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Warmly, DrL
Peter confirmed it was, indeed, Dr. Laura Schlessinger.
This brings the number of celebrities who have read the Hesperia Star up to one.
Paul has an unusually eclectic mix of ambitions. When Jenn and I lived in North Hollywood, he flew out from Texas and stayed with us a week while he applied for the LAPD. (He did great on all the tests — he even had to retake one under supervision because they couldn’t believe he’d done as well as he had — but was bounced for admitting to experimenting with a drug once in college. Fill in your own joke about the LAPD here.)
Now he’s written a comic script and, given that he’s liable to do almost anything — he even married a Canadian — it’d probably be wise to support this endeavor.
Vote for the Secret Undertakings of Commodore Osborne and keep him off the streets.
Peter and I haven’t had as much time to put into the Hesperia Star blog as we’d hoped, but I’ve been casting around for other small newspapers that blog, trying to get some inspiration … OK, steal some ideas. We’ve gotten a few readers commenting over there so far, but it’d be nice to get some more, if only to give us hints as to what clicks with folks and what doesn’t.
My previous victory over the ants appears to have been aided by the weather, because this week, the ants have returned, once again establishing an initial foothold in my bathroom. (Their point of access appears to be a hole in the sealant around the base of my toilet, which would make a kinder person feel they’ve suffered enough.)
I still have some of the insecticide powder our previous Orkin man gave me, but I’m out of the MaxForce anti-ant weaponry. I’m hesitant to lay down a lot of poison in places the kittens can (and will) get to, but I’m thinking of going full-force in my bathroom and leaving the door closed until all the ants are dead. If they make it to the kitchen again, it’s going to be more problematic dealing with them, since Hanna and Lucky seem determined to misbehave in there when we’re asleep or at work.
At this moment, I have 1337 helpful votes for my Amazon reviews.
If the comedy of this escapes you, count yourself lucky for not wasting brain cells on d00dspeak.
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