Cathy in the Wright

Goes Well With An Australian Shiraz

I can't stop laughing about this:

Man eats corgi to protest fox killing

LONDON - A British performance artist ate part of a corgi -- the breed of Queen Elizabeth's favorite pet -- to protest the alleged mistreatment of animals by the royal family.

Mark McGowan set up a table on a London street Tuesday and dined on what he said was corgi meat in hopes of drawing attention to reports that Prince Philip, the queen's husband, had beaten a fox to death during a hunt. The protest was broadcast live on a radio program.

If I were the Queen you can bet the Earl Grey would have been streaming out of both nostrils.

No word on when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will sue McGowan for trampling on the rights of corgi chunks.

I'll Go Vegan When You Pry Them Out Of My Cold Dead Pasture

While I pity the British for even having to read a headline like this in their morning paper, I know the U.S. isn't far behind on the nonsense trail.

We here at The Outpost are doing our part to stand up against such codswallop. Meet the newest freezer fodder:

There is a fourth hiding just off camera. After a night of boozing and snortin' oats with some of the rougher elements in the pasture (pocket gophers = bad news), he was too busy puking in the water tank to smile for the paparazzo.

This one is my favorite. I think it's because I find his bald patch so appealing.

Of course, I'll find him even more desirable when he is wrapped up in white butcher paper this fall.

Sorry, Aelfheld...I know I promised pig pictures. (Insert cliche Rosie joke here.) I will get around to it soon.

And The Answer Is....

Laziness!

Those of you who guessed correctly will be receiving your $1000 cash prize via express mail. If I ever get around to it.

And it's not as though I haven't been thinking of you all. When I woke up The Governor for school one morning and he hollered, "Get your hands off me, woman!", I thought it had the makings of a semi-amusing post. But I had other things to do and when I sat down a day or two later, the moment had passed. One day it could have been a three-paragraph belly-laugher; today it barely squeaks by as a partial-sentence smirk.

Some good news: pigs have arrived! I wasn't even aware we were getting more pigs, but we have eight of the little porkers running around the pen. I don't know what excites me more: the thought of a freezer full of sausage and pork chops or the knowledge that, come September, I'm going to have some gruesome photo-blogging opportunities.

Oooh. I almost forgot. The cattle come in another week or so. Four steers who will, like their porcine brothers, become freezer filler this fall. The Outpost will be safely out of reach of the supermarket's E.coli ground chuck.

Barring the outbreak of some other sort of disease or pestilence, I hope to be posting again soon. Check back in a week. If I can find my camera, I'll try to include some livestock photos. The "before" pictures are always a lot cuter than the "after" shots.

P.S. to Uncle Terry: Thanks again for entertaining the boys so much during your visit. We all miss you already. We wish you could have been here as well, Aunt Charlotte!

Lack Of Future Posting May Be Due To Reasons Other Than Laziness And Sloth

Oh yeah, baby.

E.coli outbreak tied to local grocery stores' ground beef supply

Guess what I fed my family last night? It was the salmon mousse spaghetti sauce.

Monday Morning Insight

Brought to you compliments of The Governor:

"You can never trust a termite."

He tossed that out over cereal this morning. Apparently he picked up this bit of common sense from a Three Stooges video he watched with his brother the other day.

The Three Stooges: physical humor AND scholarly wisdom. If only my college professors could have picked up on this winning combination I probably would have hung around for a Masters degree.

Wasn't He Married To Britney Spears? No. Wait. That's The Other Guy. I Can Never Remember Which Is Which.

According to a Drudge Report headline, Time magazine issued a "Most Influential" people list and omitted President Bush but included Justin Timberlake.

Justin Timberlake.

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In other news, a recently released poll indicates that National Enquirer has surpassed both Time and Newsweek as the "most trustworthy source of news for a weekly publication" by a margin of over 41%.