I'm your doctor and here's the bill!

France prevails! Again! They're in the finals and will now play against Italy.
Fireworkds AFTER the 4th of July. Oh my...

Yesterday's doctor visit went well. The bug bites do not show signs of cellulitis.
I got some blood drawn, a tetanus shot, and the doctor examined me a leeeetle too closely (hey now!).
I have a follow-up next Thursday for the results of the blood and urine tests.
Overall, I'm in good health, except for the whole being overweight thing.


I worked on Monday, but we were all sent home early. I stayed anyway because 1) AIR CONDITIONING! and 2)peace and quiet.

I spent the 4th of July at the "Partee House" in Hollywood. It was a potluck BYOB/F thing and we had a good little group.
This was not a furry or sci-fi gathering, this was a hipster/human thing and the people were all cool and interesting.
Someone brought a tiny little feisty girl-dog of indeterminate lineage, and she became the star of the party!
I think she was about 8-months old and not at all yappy. She was arfy though! Arf-arf-arf!! :)
I managed to add 3 more bug bites to my already staggering collection. These ones are pretty benign, but they're on
MAH BELLY, eventhough I was wearing a t-shirt made of somewhat thick material. They're itchy too. Dagnabbit!!
Pictures (and possibly video) of the partee and the doggie will follow, courtesy of my RAZR test phone.


I've canceled my Amazon order for the gummi coke bottles and CD. Upon reviewing my finances, I realize that I needed
food more. Since they weren't gonna ship this until the 11th anyway, I'll put the order back in when I get my mid-month
paycheck. I still want the giant gummi coke bottles, I haven't seen those since I left France.

3 Netflix envelopes arrived today, a mixed bag of DVDs to be sure:
"Serenity", "The Goebbels Experiments", and "Deadwood: Season 2 (Disc 3)".
Will report on these upon viewing.

I was walking along yesterday, and I spotted a discarded fast food cup with intriguing writing, laying in the gutter.
It said "TACO NAZ..." and I couldn't see the rest. OMGWTFBBQ!! TACO NAZIS are real!!!
I approached the cup and saw the rest of the words: "TACO NAZO".
Google says it's a chain of 4 baja-style Mexican joints in the boonies of The Los Angeles Megalopolis.
Urrrr, yeah. What the hell does "nazo" mean in Spanish anyway?

My, my, my, my, MITCHELL!!

Doop-dee-doo...

As promised, some pictures from various events! (Each link opens a new browser window)

Here are some from the 29th Anniversary Meeting of the C/FO (Cartoon/Fantasy Organization) from back in May:

Mitch "MITCHELL!" Beiro, arteest and husband of Minerva Mink, savors zee burgeur while my brother chokes on a potato chip.

MITCHELL! and DJ Pascal enjoying the bounty provided by the C/FO BBQ and the LASFS fridge.

29th Anniversary Cake, with Ray-O-Vac inspired frosting by MITCHELL!

This is pretty much the only time you'll see MITCHELL! in L.A.
He lives in Tucson, Arizona, though he hits the major cons.


And now, some pics from the Fur-B-Q from two weeks ago, where I got all my bug bites:

The Southern California Bagel-Coon back in his natural habitat after a stay in Unimatrix One, I mean Silicon Valley.

Iron Badger and Zachariah - The Iron Badger is the one with The Iron Gut. Zachariah has the long tongue.

Bob, Stego, and Bob's Friend - Stego is the one in the middle with the dazzling smile. He's wacky!

Traffic accident - Spike from "Angel" showed up, got drunk, and jacked a recumbant rentobike. He promptly plowed into
another rentobike piloted by Zotcoon and his sidekick Sparky. Hilarity ensued! Spike signed autographs sloppily then left.
(Okay, so it wasn't Mardsen, it was a guy who played his body double. He really does look like him though!)

One of the REAL furries in attendance didn't seem very impressed.


The pics from the 4th Of July are not ready (and they're all 1280x960!), so look for them at a later date.

Oh, final bonus pic:

Does this polar bear look like it was drawn by Pat Kelley or what?!?