Friday Flotsam XXIX

I already posted for real this week, y'all, so here is some OG flotsam posties:

• Ginger has been sick all week, poor little bugger.  It's been torture to watch her feel so miserable.  Also, I've been cleaning up a lot of dog vomit and diadookie.  So has Dave.  After two vet visits, blood work, x-rays, subcutaneous fluid, and four (count 'em) prescriptions, she seems to be truly on the mend.  Basically, she seriously bruised her hip ligaments jumping off our bed - ignoring the steps, natch - and then the pain meds wreaked havoc on her digestive system.  She is a delicate flower, see.  Our relief over her recovery is boundless. 
• Happy Birthday, B.  I Wii-ly love your peaches, wanna shake your tree, girl.  (p.s.  It's the XXIXth Flotsam.  Coincidence?  hardly.) 
• I love Facebook.  Send me an email or leave a comment if you want to be my Facebook friend.
• My Facebook love is diminished a little by the sadness I feel when I see the random people from my high school who have gotten fat. Not that I'm some waif.  It just bums me out that all those trim 16 year olds have doubled in both age and weight (None of my Facebook friends is included in this class, incidentally)
• I had two cases settle within one day this week.  That means my workload just got massively reduced.  That means I am very happy.
• I'm still vegan-ish, and mostly caffeine- and gluten- free, but I did have a glass or so of wine last night.  Turns out that wine is really delicious. 
• Here is a photo of an effed up license plate frame that my dad and brother and Dave and I saw on the way to the Angels' game a couple weeks ago.  If anyone can explain it or knows the reference/origin, I will send a prize:

Comments

[b32]

Thanks, VU! I really appreciate you taking the time to coordinate your Flotsoms with my birthday. You really are one of the best people in the world.

Prize me! Thermos full of Phlegm is a Calvin & Hobbes nod. Calvin was given tapioca for lunch-- "it's my dessert that's gross! look, a thermos full of phlegm!" (In quotes: http://ckosulin.com/Calvin/)

[Vaguely Urban]

Ah, yes! I didn't even have to click the link. It's Calvin grossing out Susie Derkins in the cafeteria. A classic!

A prize to B!

But still... why the license plate frame, taken out of all mitigating context???

[TasterSpoon]

Can you believe, I just checked in case you might possibly have perhaps posted Friday Flotsam XXX early.

In related news, I was bending over to pick up a magazine the other evening, and Ace said, "What's the XXX for?" I smiled mysteriously.