Book Soup… not so much

Well, crap.

Nothing to worry about, nothing’s on fire, no need to cue any sad music.  But it doesn’t look like I can make it to Book Soup this weekend.  For the 0.6, six, sixteen, or sixty of you who would have been there, my apologies.

I encourage you to imagine that I am entering rehab after a long descent into drug-addled oblivion.  If my publicist announces that I am "dehydrated," well, wink wink, nudge nudge.

Book Soup… not so much

Well, crap.

Nothing to worry about, nothing’s on fire, no need to cue any sad music.  But it doesn’t look like I can make it to Book Soup this weekend.  For the 0.6, six, sixteen, or sixty of you who would have been there, my apologies.

I encourage you to imagine that I am entering rehab after a long descent into drug-addled oblivion.  If my publicist announces that I am "dehydrated," well, wink wink, nudge nudge.

Supporting the troops… not

From the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA.org), the story of Jon Town, a badly wounded soldier who got royally screwed out of his medical care — in fact, the Pentagon eventually claimed he owed them money.  This sentence here gives the flavor:

His struggles appear to be classic symptoms of traumatic brain injury
(TBI), a result of the rocket’s impact on his skull, and not, as [Army psychologist] Dr.
Wexler diagnosed, a behavioral disorder.

Read the whole thing. 

The Pentagon seems to be taking its cues from used car dealers.

Friday pudublogging: convenient feedbag edition

Some very kind people have decided to tranquilize this oversized pudu and remove the plastic pumpkin out of fear the poor creature might starve:

Feedbag

I prefer to think this was just a clever improvised feedbag full of delicious candy.

Rule #2 of pudu cuisine: when something tastes good, attach it directly to your face.

UPDATE: In case you missed it, the deer eventually either freed itself (the version being spread by the Man) or simply got done slowly savoring the delicious candy.

You know which version I believe.