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Don’t Peep In My Ear
The one time Dooley tends to get territorial is when it’s time to clean his cage. He just can’t seem to stand it when I put down fresh newspaper or wipe the cage skirt. He doesn’t mind coming close for tickles, treatums or scritchums but hates when he feels his precious filth is being violated.
And what does he do to display his displeasure? He makes what I call the “sonic peep”. It’s not whistle, not a hoot or any sound effect. It’s a high pitched, super short “peep” sound. Imagine the quick toot of a coaches whistle…in your ear.
Dooley has mastered the “sonic peep” and knows how to execute it for maximum pain. He moves to a spot in the cage that puts him as close as he can get and peeps directly into your ear when you are quiet and distracted. And boy does it hurt! And I am fairly sure Dooley knows it.
Early on I discovered that Dooley had three criteria for executing the sonic peep:
1. The distance between him and my ear had to the shortest it could be
2. It had to be quiet
3. No eye contact. It is always a surprise attack.
This has lead to the creation of the “Don’t peep in my ear” song which I sing while performing routine maintenance and cleaning on Dooley’s cage. I also eliminate the element of surprise by looking at him frequently.
New Miniatures
Sea Plane
Toy Boats
Cars
Self Portrait
Tom Waits scalps himself for charity
If you still want to see Tom Waits but didn’t score tickets you still have a chance to go one of the shows on his upcoming tour…
Via Anti
Tom Waits to scalp own tickets for charity
TOM WAITS is auctioning off 5 pair of premium tickets to shows in Phoenix, Houston, Columbus, and Atlanta on his “Glitter and Doom” tour to benefit various charities beginning Wednesday, June 11 at 10am pacific at ticketmaster.com. The auction for the Phoenix show will end Friday, June 13 at noon pacific, while the other three auctions will end Thursday, June 19 at noon pacific.
“Some folks prefer to pay more, you get a good seat, a good tax write off and a good feeling for helping for your needy neighbors,” says Waits. “It’s scalping for charity.”
While each of these 4 shows have been sold out, Waits held back these choice seats in order to donate the proceeds generated from these auctions to assist the following worthy causes:
The Young Adult & Family Center at UCSF – click here.
Summerfield Waldorf School – click here
Children’s Village of Sonoma County – click here
NAMI – Sonoma County – click here
Catholic Charities – click here
Toy Car (Fake Miniature)
Yes, it’s a REAL car.
1964 Dodge Hemi Charger Concept Car
My favorite car at the 2008 Classy Chassis Car Show had to be the 1964 Dodge Charger Concept Car. Of course I am partial to 60’s and 70’s muscle cars, but still, this car was a thing of beauty!
Restored and then sold for 1.1 million dollars at an auction last year it’s a bit beyond my reach. You can read all about this car at the Carscoop site.
The Astrodome
I had some rather unprecedented access to Reliant Stadium on Saturday…
Shot with the Sony Alpha 700 using the 11-18mm lens
Also interesting viewing it on black