Late birthday?

Yes, this set of cat-shaped cheese spreaders WOULD be just the thing for our new crib!

Pork store

So, in front of the house, within fence but before sidewalk, we have a brief little space which needed to be utilised. So, we did (ooh! unsupported clause!) and now have a little table-and-chairs set-up reminiscent (to us) of the little meeting spot in front of Satriale's. Fun!

On Sunday morning we had some coffee out there and were treated to the not Jersey-centric sight of three men in their mid-forties, in shorts, sleeveless tee shirts and Axl-style bandanna schmattes, walking two rough looking dogs and smelling of "jazz cigarettes." Amazing!

Also: what's a pork store without a PIG?

"Least"

I never saw even an episode of Lost, but this "tribal vote"-looking pic on Gawker re: the finale gave me an idea...that it all turned out all the post-whatever castaways were really just on extra-long episode of Survivor.

Weekend

She's fine, hold on...

In my imagination, my inbox is clogged with pained queries from readers wanting to know "What happened to the third cat you were talking about??" As it is, I will negotiate the murk of reality to formulate an answer. [?]

She's fine! Still smelly, yes, but adorable. New plan is she will stay where she is for the time-being and when the older existing furry feline brace cools, Margot will come to the house.

Meantime:

The last pic of the Beatles

Am informed this is the very last picture of the Beatles from their final photo session:

As a bonus, the last two surviving Beatles:

May music

Olympian by Gene [np, in fact!] always makes me think of this time of year - wet May. Which is fitting, because the record is damp with mushy sentimentality and heavy-handed low-rent Moz-isms like "I was having the time of my life/so why did you have to die?" YES!

Also, The Greatest Living Englishman by Martin Newell. Just recently got a copy the best of his old band Cleaners from Venus, which is surprisingly great, given the fact that Andy Partridge was not involved. If you have any idea what I'm talking about, you have too much time on your hands and should go outside.

Still, I need to put out a best of me called The Greatest Living D_____ian. Yes.