THURSDAY THIRTEEN
The Pink Flamingo’s 78th Edition Thursday Thirteen
Thirteen Things on My Table
(While I Am Listing Them)
The Pink Flamingo’s 78th Edition Thursday Thirteen
Thirteen Things on My Table
(While I Am Listing Them)
This week I am going to try and behave myself and not insult anyone. Is that possible? The stars of this Thursday Thirteen are Doc Holiday, Bat Masterson, and Beverly Sills.
I write on a dining room table inherited from my grandparents. It is the most comfortable writing location I’ve ever enjoyed. I’ve basically been writing on the same table, same chair, different footstool since 1994. While using the table
I’ve completed and published 2 novels and 2 non-fiction books about Tombstone and Wyatt Earp. I’ve lost count of the number of articles I’ve written on it. I’ve been through the following notebooks:1 – first Radio Shack “laptop” – ran on 2 hard diskettes – had something like 64K of memory
2 – Radio Shack smaller “laptop” – held 1MG – word processing. I wrote The 2nd Mrs. Earp on it.
3 – Little RCA – had 4MG Ram, and 50M hard drive
4 – NEC with 50MG RAM and 500M hard drive, internal CD-ROM, external modem
5 – 1st HP – 500MG RAM and 2 G hard drive, internal CD-ROM, external modem
6 – 2nd HP – 1G RAM, 40 G hard drive, DVD, external Ethernet card
7 – 3rd HP (piece of crap) 2G RAM, 60 G hard drive, all bells & whistles – 17 inches
8 - Adorable little Viao with 7” Screen, 2G RAM, 40G Hard Drive, bells, whistles (ultra portable)
9 – Mac Book Pro – all bells and whistles!
During the process of composing this Thursday Thirteen I’ve taken a few photos. The cats have meandered around the table as I’ve worked. No felines or poodles were harmed or annoyed during the writing of this post. They recieved no renumeration for their co-operation or lack there of, other than a can of salmon flavored Fancy Feast.
1. The Ultimate Cat Toy – early 18th Century Pennsylvania Dutch Candle Dryer that has become a ‘cat toy’.
2. Bat (Brat) Masterson in HIS box.
Other felines are allowed to get in it only when he allows them to do so. It is an Amazon box that has seen better days, many better days. I don't even want to think about the clogged cat hair in it. Don't worry, I only entertain once a year or so - on Christmas Eve. Last Christmas Eve we threw away the old box and he received a new Amazon box. While I write this very paragraph he is preening in the box and Doc Holiday is standing over me, her front paws on the MacBook Pro, waiting to grab my fingers. She just nipped my fingers, so now she's back on the floor. Don't worry, she will circle around, jump back up on the table and return to be just like her name-sake.3. My MacBook Pro
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Doc Holiday assisting as I write this TT. She is now back up on the table. She just nipped my hand, so she is now back on the floor. Don't worry. She's fine. (2 minutes later) She is back. She's now on the left side of the table, sitting on my Blackberry, fighting with Rumsfeld. Like I said, don't worry about her. Her name is Doc Holiday. She has a bad attitude, especially when hopped up on the hard stuff (c-nip). As usual, Doc has defeated Rumsfeld. She's now washing the Poodle visera off her paws. That finished, she decided to nibble on my brunch (a bagel). She's also quite annoyed with the very unflattering photo I've posted of her. But I feel it does capture the true Doc Holiday. 
For those who don't know her story, I rescued her when she was 9 days old. I kept her in a little igloo cooler with a pencil taped at the opening for air. She slept in soft cloths. Every 3 or 4 hours I would give her a bottle, then clean her little bottom. So, she is my baby. Dr. Franklin, our family physician, did not think she would survive. She's now pushing her 8th birthday.
The bottom line is the fact that Doc hates Rumsfeld. She thinks he is an annoying little twirp who has ruined her life. While he gets along with all the other cats and is "married" to Mommy Cat, he and Doc literally fight like cats and dogs! (Rumsfeld shown with his godmother, Willa Martin).
6. My Levenger Day book (with some material from the McCain campaign dealing with fundraising). I’m set up to take donations if you want to donate to the cause. If you are not familiar with Levenger, I suggest you check out their web site. I am crazy about their "reader's tools". I like their day books because you can do almost anything with them. 
7. My basket of pens, pencils, tape, scissors, cutter, etc.
8. Tube of Camille Beckman Orange Crème (flavored) Glycerine Hand Therapy. I sold this product in my show ages ago. It is the best lotion I’ve ever used.
9. Miss Beverly Sills, AKA Bubbles Silverman “Bubbles” trying to play in Bat Masterson’s box. She is also playing with the box for my new Blackberry Curve.
10. Blackberry Curve, Ipod Touch (30G), Palm -22, and my cute little Casio 10.1 Mega Pixels Exilim (pink)
11. Hot pink personal size Filofax & VISA. (I’m making reservations for a trip next week – maybe)
12. Mini-Glass paperweight designed by artist Zane Eckert. His mom owns the Poodle Spa where Rumsfeld goes every other week.
13. Misc USB chords for Ipod, camera, and Blackberry
FYI – for those who are interested, I also have 2 pony-tail thingies, 11 extra-long hair-pins, used Puffs Plus tissue, and half a jar of Vicks (chapped lips). Evidently today while cleaning, Maggie found my beautiful 10 inch cross dedicated to the Blessed Virgin of Guadeloupe. I just noticed it was hiding behind my pencil basket.
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