Nathan Fillion is on Desperate Housewives now.

Guess this means this is their last season.

(see also: Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Drive)

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Blogson Peter of Shakey Pete's Shootin' Shack has an observation that makes perfect sense and I hadn't thought of it before - about what a bad idea it is to have stumpy guys and women as street cops:

There is a certain calming effect when one looks straight out and there is a badge at eye level.

There's a reason that bouncers tend to be over 6' and 200 pounds.

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A little music to drunk-blog by:

[Hat tip: Joey of Cheap Shot Entertainment]

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So for the last couple days, I've pimped Contagion of Miasmastic Review's blogcrawl, encouraging people to get really drunk last night, then run around leaving comments.

Turns out I only managed to get half that task done myself.

Although Fritz's Wooden Nickel in Stillman Valley, IL is a great place to hang out & have a few beers, it lacked two things last night:

1) Blogson That 1 Guy of Drunken Wisdom, who is stuck in California right now, seething with anger and unable to find a hippy to take it out on.

2) Wireless internet

Which meant that I got the drinking part of the night done, but had to do the blogging part at home.

And by the time I finished my hour on the road, all my energy was gone, I came in the front door, left one half-hearted post, zero comments, and just fell into bed.

So basically, I did the "crawl" without the "blog", which is NOT what I encouraged others to do.

Which makes me a "hypocrite".

OR

I can notice that those who DID participate fully had a LOT of fun, which I DID encourage others to do.

Which makes me a "pleasure facilitator".

I can live with that.

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BAD EXAMPLE'S DAILY LOVE NOTE
(Introduction)

I imagine it's possible for two people to be closer than you and I. Assuming that they're Siamese twins.

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Most people would suspect that when you get a bunch of bloggers together with booze & mischief on their minds, the topics of conversation would be fairly shallow and superficial.

Not true.

They're "deeper" than that.

Much "deeper".

You have no idea.

Just ask Tammi.

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3 logos for the upcoming Blogcrawl:

Pre-event pimping:

Post-event remembrance:

Something for sober participants:

Logos courtesy of Pam of Pamibe, who never disappoints with her graphics work. She designed pretty much all the graphics & logos on this site, ya know.

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You ought to be bottled and sold as an aphrodisiac.

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What's a Blogcrawl?

That's where you get drunk and start leaving comments on every blog on the Bad Example & Frizzen Sparks Family blogrolls (Which can be found in my sidebar, assuming Blogrolling is working properly).

Last one was June of 2005.

And it's happening again this Saturday (9-29) because 1) it's been a while and 2) it's Contagion of Miasmatic Review's birthday, and this is how he wants to celebrate.

Here are this year's rules:

2) Drink as much as you comfortably feel you should. This is for fun, I donÂ’t want to have blog fodder stories involving charcoal slurries and ER visits. Be responsible, especially if you have to drive. IÂ’m saying right now that if you do something stupid and hurt yourself I will make fun of you. I am neither legally, morally nor ethically responsible for anything you do either in the real world or on the Internet. You are all adults and responsible for your own actions.

D) Please attempt to limit the Blog Crawl comments to the hours of 7:00PM September 29 and 7:00 AM CST September 30th. Just so itÂ’s easier to track and the time zone differences for all the participants. Not that IÂ’m going to link to every single post that has a comment on it, I just donÂ’t want to search for them Sunday to see what everyone said. Oh, and a drunken post on your own blog is perfectly acceptable and encouraged. Same with day after posts.

4) Try to leave a comment on every blog in the Bad Example and Frizzen Sparks family. You may use my side bar as a reference if you donÂ’t know who they are. Do not feel limited to these blogs only, go ahead and hit any other blog you would like as well. Oh, and a drunken post on your own blog is perfectly acceptable and encouraged.

"I am going to head down to FritzÂ’s Wooden Nickel in Stillman Valley to get my drunk on, I probably will not get home until after midnight. IÂ’m planning on hitting FritzÂ’s between 3:30 and 4:30 PM and drinking the night away. Hey, itÂ’s my birthday and my liver, donÂ’t you judge me! Any and all of you that want to come and meet me there for the celebration would be great. However, if you could let me know if you plan on being there in advance I would appreciate it. That way I can give Fritz a headÂ’s up on how many to expect. If someone does set up a chat channel this year, itÂ’s all good. Just donÂ’t expect me to be on there until well after midnight and even then I may not be all that active as IÂ’m trying to make drunken comments.

Before I go to FritzÂ’s IÂ’m planning on heading down to the Buffalo Range in Ottowa, Illinois. It even looks like they are having a Pig Roast on that day. See even they are getting into the Blogcrawl! There is a $25.00 range fee for shooting."

Personally, I'm really looking forward to this.

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Crazy weatherman... he said it was going to be cloudy today, but all I can see is sunshine. Possibly because I'm with you.

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When I said I wanted to do more writing, I meant here at Bad Example. I'm not working on writing a book or anything.

I have to say, even writing this crappy little throw-away post is more enjoyable to me than posting the same Graffiti Currency with the same caption for the third or fourth time.

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1 How can I say 'ditto' without making it sound bad?

Posted by: pam at September 26, 2007 10:32 AM (l6NIn)

2 Some of the graffiti currencies were fun to look at.

Posted by: ChrisA at September 26, 2007 01:04 PM (TnrKn)

3 For a "throw away post" it is still nice. I think this blog crisis might be a great thing.

Posted by: Richmond at September 27, 2007 08:19 AM (PfSVJ)

4 Yep. Your throw away post sucks, but not as bad as most of your other posts.

Posted by: That 1 Guy at September 29, 2007 08:10 AM (AwUi+)

5 :-P

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Believe it or not, you actually made it onto my top ten list of favorite things. In fact, all ten items are you.

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Because I got to say this:

Coworker: It all depends on whether you see the glass as half-full or half-empty.

Harvey: The glass is chipped and I cut my lip on it.

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Before I even started blogging, I used to read IMAO and think, "DAMN! That's hilarious! I wish I could write like that!"

Apparently I can (follow the link and read the answer to the question about "favorite IMAO post").

I've come a long way, baby.

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1 Harvey, you RWD are the only reason I go to IMAO. Why don't you get RWD to join you here? There is only so much I can take of "Fred Thompson can talk to fish" type of humor. Your stuff is too grown up for that site.

Posted by: Ron Rockstar at September 25, 2007 08:52 AM (OqDHh)

2 That's something I'm still shooting for... and reasonably keeping up on my own blog. I think it's getting dusty over there again...

Posted by: ChrisA at September 26, 2007 03:35 AM (TnrKn)

3 Yay blog grandpappy. Ain't it nice to know someone appreciates what you do?

Posted by: Carmen at September 26, 2007 10:59 AM (9VWj+)

4 So will you be charging for your autograph now?

Posted by: Ogre at September 27, 2007 05:47 AM (oifEm)

5 Of course. Although I'll autograph boobies for free, as always.

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I'm used to the 12-hour days. I'm not tired at work, and I'm not bored. It's challenging - but not overly so - to my organizational and communication skills.

The thing is, I only have so much time outside the job, and I can either spend it copying, pasting, and cross-posting, OR I can spend it WRITING.

I've chosen the former three out of habit for a long time.

Now I'm choosing the latter.

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1 Go!!!! You'll be even more famous and I can see you are my grandpappy

Posted by: vw bug at September 25, 2007 07:55 AM (FPOeI)

2 Good on ya! Looking forward to it.

Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at September 25, 2007 05:20 PM (8F+iI)

3 .... good for you, Harv...... and hey, good luck with the offline writing.... trust me, it is MUCH better than copying and pasting and linking..... .... we've all got a bit of creativity in us that needs to be seen in a solid form.... so to speak..... and offline writing is the best way to give our creativity a better chance at working itself out.....

Posted by: Eric at September 25, 2007 08:10 PM (g02Hg)

4 So, do you think Penthouse will print any of your "writings?"

Posted by: Ogre at September 26, 2007 05:34 AM (oifEm)

5 Most excellent! I come here to see you, not the bills.

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Don't let well-intentioned friends steal your dreams.

Let your ferret fly.

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If loving you were a crime, a jury would have me convicted after about ten seconds of deliberation. Which is fair enough, since the evidence against me IS overwhelming.

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So, I've been working about 12 hour days for the last few weeks, plus toss in about 45 minutes (each way) commute time.

I'm exhausted all week, and it takes me half the weekend to feel human enough to even start doing any blogging, and by then, it's Sunday, and it's time to get ready for work on Monday.

I need a break.

So for starters, I'm cutting out the recycling, the copycatting, and the cross-posting at Bad Example.

No more Graffiti Currency - it's all in the archives anyway.

No more Dirty Minds Quiz - that's just typing somebody else's words from a page, which feels tedious.

No more cross-posting from IMAO - you want political humor, you know where to go. And I've heard that some load-time issues got fixed, so you don't have to wait an entire day for the front page to show up.

I *am* keeping the Daily Love Notes (for now) because I still have 3 more months worth written. Don't know if I'm continuing it next year or not.

The rest will be... whatever I'm in the mood to write.

Or not, as the case may be.

We'll see what happens.

PS Not saying I'll NEVER post in the above categories again, just saying they won't be daily features any more, because doing them daily has become not-fun.

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1 Can so understand. Glad you are keeping the love notes (for now anyway). They always, always, make me feel good to read them. Take care and don't overwork yourself.

Posted by: Tink at September 24, 2007 08:21 AM (ZW8U5)

2 Hey, aren't you supposed to be at work right now?

Posted by: Ogre at September 24, 2007 08:26 AM (oifEm)

3 As this has been my husband's work schedule for the past 25 years, may I make a suggestion - take it or leave it as you will. Take a walk daily (with TNT if at all possible!). At least a mile - 2 if you can manage it. If you can do it, walk at night (about an hour after eating at least) because it is really relaxing before going to bed and it helps the digestion tremendously after eating dinner late. If it's not lightning or temp is above -5... get out there! It really will help with such a schedule. Beloved husband and I walk at night (yeah we take sticks with us although we've never seen wildlife - even when we lived in the land of drive-by shootings we never saw wildlife *grin*) usually around 9 or 9:30pm (yes he gets home late enough that we eat anywhere between 7:30 and 9pm). Sometimes we both feel just beat to a pulp. Then we walk... and by the time we get home, we feel so much better it's amazing. It's also a great time for us to talk about stuff. Hang in there Harvey, you're still becoming accustomed to a new routine - that takes quite a bit of time.

Posted by: Teresa at September 24, 2007 09:18 AM (rVIv9)

4 You'll find a new routine, until then, just go along with what is comfortable. On an unrelated note...Damn you Harvey! Ever since your B'day post I've been going through the archives of that Sinfest comic strip. On dialup.

Posted by: Peter at September 24, 2007 11:01 AM (AiJXe)

5 It is more important you do what you need to do for you.

Posted by: Contagion at September 24, 2007 01:57 PM (QQZMi)

6 Long time reader but I think this may be the first time I've commented. I understand the need to write less often, I work 12 hour shifts as well and having free time is few and far between. If it matters ) I miss your "little known facts" about certain states or places. Just thought I'd pop in. Hope you get some much needed rest.

Posted by: Dawn at September 24, 2007 06:39 PM (ozt2j)

7 I feel your pain, 50-60 hour work week was why I quit my last job, I put up with "we'll get you some help out there" for 2 months. I guess It comes down to "are you happy doing It" or Is your mind going to snap like a twig one morning In a hail of gun fire??........... I think I'll start watching the local news more for awhile

Posted by: blogless brother at September 24, 2007 08:29 PM (Y5e8B)

8 WHA? WHA? you are just going through one of those blog crises you speak of. You will get used to the schedule soon....I promise!!

Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at September 24, 2007 10:59 PM (otZU/)

9 We'll still respect you in the morning . . . *wink*

Posted by: oddybobo at September 25, 2007 07:20 AM (mZfwW)

10 Bout time. We'll follow; you don't have to cut and paste and go through the motions for us.

Posted by: pam at September 25, 2007 10:11 AM (l6NIn)

11 Harvey, I can't wait to see more writing. I think a lot of us are experiencing stress for some reason this season. Take care, take it easy, and I'll have a cocktail on your behalf.

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(Introduction)

Why do I hit the snooze button half a dozen times every morning? Because I love waking up next to you, and it's like getting a week's worth of wake-ups in one day.

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