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August 13, 2005
jimbo vs. the spider queen
No air conditioning this weekend on one of the hottest weekends of the year, so I resign to sweating as I vacuum up all the spiders in every corner of my place. They are of every species imaginable, even preying on each other. Every corner has a critter in this basement. I was debating whether to vacuum them up or not as they do keep the flying critter population down, but decided against that as I'm sure I won't be completely thorough and some will survive.
They finally had my shadow box ready at the framing gallery. I've been on a framing kick lately, and finally got around to getting to this plate that was in my grandmother's china cabinet. After she passed away last summer, it was the only thing I could think that I wanted, aside from the lightning rod and ceramic ball that came off the top of her house. The plate must have been some kind of promotional item to commemorate the opening of an old schoolhouse, as the print on the plate says, "Compliments of J.A. Berg. Public School, Holmen, Wis." Berg was my mother's maiden name, but I'm not sure if I'm related to J.A. Berg or not. When I first saw it after it was framed, I said to the guy at the store, "This turned out really gay." It's probably the gayest thing I own now, due to the frame style. Hard to see that it's in a box from this picture:
Not a whole lot of woofers this year from baseball season, but football season is just around the corner. Hard to believe Brett Favre is still in action, but that just promises more scruffy desktop wallpaper images for the year:
Photograph by Rick Chapman Photography. More of Brett in this gallery on his site.
Posted by jimbo at August 13, 2005 12:50 PM
Comments
Oh, Brett is so dreamy. I loved "Something About Mary" because of the shirtless Brett scene.
Posted by: homer at August 13, 2005 7:21 PM
JIMBO!!!...step aside and let me lightning bolt that bitch!!...:)....!
Posted by: Jeff at August 14, 2005 7:06 PM
I'll have my vacuum cleaner ready, in case the lightning bolt doesn't work. It's a +5 Hoover SpaceSaver model. Double damage against arachnids and vermin.
Posted by: jimbo at August 15, 2005 1:33 AM
I think I became gayer just looking at the photograph of the framed plate.
Posted by: Boo Augustus at August 15, 2005 9:19 AM