This is what a penguin looks like when it finds your conversation tiresome.
“Improve everything in order to achieve apotheosis.” -- M.C. Rockwell
17 February 2009
12 February 2009
Ch, ch, ch, chia!
Central Hamster Intelligence Agency operative working undercover as a squash. Wherever you are, we are watching you!
03 February 2009
View from the window today
Yesterday, all the ice had melted and the streets weren't even wet. Crap! Crap, I say!
31 January 2009
Then again...
maybe it wasn't the Scots.
the front yard (note the curiously positioned tree):
the neighbor's yard:
down the street:
further up the street (note the forbidding sky):
the back yard (note the flamingo):
the front yard (note the curiously positioned tree):
the neighbor's yard:
down the street:
further up the street (note the forbidding sky):
29 January 2009
Crisis Resolved!
As some of you know, there was a dastardly attack against the power grid of the paradisaical Hamster Realms yesterday. We suspect Scottish fifth-columnists:
Happily, The Rodentine Office of Emergency Preparedness had drilled for this sort of thing, and there was only the slightest interruption of despotic services.
More on the is story to follow. . .
Happily, The Rodentine Office of Emergency Preparedness had drilled for this sort of thing, and there was only the slightest interruption of despotic services.More on the is story to follow. . .
27 January 2009
Oscar Fever
In Hollywood, auditions have started for the new, all-penguin version of "Chariots of Fire." I smell an oscar... or is that just herring?
23 January 2009
The Rangers at the Inauguration!
Some memorable photos from the Lawn Rangers site:
And it's so heartening to see that they believe in giving rodents their due!
There are also You Tube videos of the Rangers at the inauguration, including one with images of precision lawn drilling overlaid by hysterically pompous commentary by MSNBC folk, who obviously weren't paying much attention to the images going out on the screen during their pontifications.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGLA6Zvjybk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUr2JKIw89w
We must remember to invite them to Our next Hamster Patriotic Event!
And it's so heartening to see that they believe in giving rodents their due!
There are also You Tube videos of the Rangers at the inauguration, including one with images of precision lawn drilling overlaid by hysterically pompous commentary by MSNBC folk, who obviously weren't paying much attention to the images going out on the screen during their pontifications.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGLA6Zvjybk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUr2JKIw89w
We must remember to invite them to Our next Hamster Patriotic Event!
21 January 2009
Inauguration Pageantry
No doubt, many of you, like me, were awed and moved by the appearance of the World Famous Lawn Rangers Precision Lawn Mower Drill Team from Arcola, Illinois in the parade yesterday. (Their motto is: "You're only young once... but you can always be immature.") 
This, unfortunately, is not a scene from the inaugural parade. I couldn't seem to find one on the net. It might be that the president's team is still covering up from his last encounter with the group. (Yes, that's the Commander-in-Chief with a green plunger.)
"We will be the whoopee cushion of the inaugural parade," declared Ranger veteran Tom Bruno, a member of the Champaign City Council.
This, unfortunately, is not a scene from the inaugural parade. I couldn't seem to find one on the net. It might be that the president's team is still covering up from his last encounter with the group. (Yes, that's the Commander-in-Chief with a green plunger.)
"We will be the whoopee cushion of the inaugural parade," declared Ranger veteran Tom Bruno, a member of the Champaign City Council.
17 January 2009
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03 January 2009
So... what's the Pope been up to lately?
Judging the annual peculiar hat competition, junior division, at the Vatican.
Followed by yet another Monday morning staff meeting....30 December 2008
National Portrait Gallery
Lots of people know the National Gallery of Art, but not as many know the National Portrait Gallery, which is housed with the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It's a bit off the mall and the other museums, but it's well worth the visit. The collections are housed in one of the oldest public buildings in DC, begun in 1836, which was restored and refitted - gloriously - for museum use.
The original Greek revival sandstone building, a treasure in its own right,was added onto over the years in grey granite to form a quadrangle. This was dramatically roofed (British Museum, eat your heart out).
The building itself was returned to its original architectural elements, and the third floor, which was decorated in Victorian splendor, was restored. What was apparently a library or records office is now the public study center:
which includes some American folk art penguins (no, I have no idea what their story is):
A long corridor of offices and central lobby now holds the 20th century collection.
In that collection is a room dedicated to this installation of some 200 TV sets. It's flabbergasting!
For those of you who liked the last video, here's another:
The gallery is another of the many less-known treasures of Washington.
The original Greek revival sandstone building, a treasure in its own right,was added onto over the years in grey granite to form a quadrangle. This was dramatically roofed (British Museum, eat your heart out).
The building itself was returned to its original architectural elements, and the third floor, which was decorated in Victorian splendor, was restored. What was apparently a library or records office is now the public study center:
which includes some American folk art penguins (no, I have no idea what their story is):
A long corridor of offices and central lobby now holds the 20th century collection.
In that collection is a room dedicated to this installation of some 200 TV sets. It's flabbergasting!
For those of you who liked the last video, here's another:29 December 2008
Urban Livestock
As many of you know, the House Sheep have been specifically bred to adopt behaviors which adapt to the human built environment. Here, they demonstrate their characteristic instinct to herd vertically, in high-density residential situations. Such clever creatures!
27 December 2008
DC
Video of a new electronic installation in the tunnel linking the National Gallery to the East Bldg. in Washington:
22 December 2008
Visions of sugarplums
Or maybe sugarherrings? Kids always get so excited this time of year. Here, hatchlings tell HamsterClaus what they want for Christmas this year.
20 December 2008
Merry Christmas to All!
We will soon be departing to spend the holidays at our new palace in Arlington. Have a merry ol' despotic time, HamsterFans! See you in the New Year!
14 December 2008
New from HamsterLabs!
The Risky Genetic Engineering Department of Imperial HamsterLabs Ltd. is proud to announce its latest innovation: The Pocket Sheep™!
Yes, from the same great people that brought you the House Sheep™
The Pocket Sheep™ is the latest in ovine technology. No larger than a credit card, the Pocket Sheep™ is perfect for today's active lifestyles! This go-anywhere, do-anything quadruped will give you all the snuggly comfort and affection you could want, in a convenient size. Put one in your pocket, in your purse, the glove compartment, your travel kit, anywhere where sudden insecurity might necessitate having a woolly friend nearby. Get yours today!
Remember, the one and only genuine Pocket Sheep™ is only available from HamsterLabs. Beware of imitators! Accept no substitutes!
Yes, from the same great people that brought you the House Sheep™
The Pocket Sheep™ is the latest in ovine technology. No larger than a credit card, the Pocket Sheep™ is perfect for today's active lifestyles! This go-anywhere, do-anything quadruped will give you all the snuggly comfort and affection you could want, in a convenient size. Put one in your pocket, in your purse, the glove compartment, your travel kit, anywhere where sudden insecurity might necessitate having a woolly friend nearby. Get yours today!
Remember, the one and only genuine Pocket Sheep™ is only available from HamsterLabs. Beware of imitators! Accept no substitutes!
05 December 2008
Mindless Bird Blogging
Penguins on vacation
TR's great-grandfather
"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille"
"I thought I heard a bird around here somewhere..."
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