November 30, 2005
Nadine Has Gone Off the Deep End. Pinky to Run Intervention
Pinky went to visit Nadine and offer an olive branch. Her apartment was filthy, and she was sitting on the floor with ripped open vacuum cleaner bags full of dust making little houses out of the dirt and lint. She looked like she hadn't bathed or eaten in days. Pinky is talking to her pastor about getting some help from the church.
Pinky Scraped His Side on the Barbed Wire Fence
While Pinky was chasing zebu this week, he cut his torso on the barbed wire fence. Miss Love insisted he go to the doctor. Dr. B. was totally incredulous. He couldn't accept Pinky's wound until he had touched it with his own finger. Pinky refused anitibiotics, choosing instead to go to the local herb lady who put on a sage and mayonaisse poultice. Pinky's fine now, but he has two big sores on the palms of his hands.
November 29, 2005
November 28, 2005
Pinky's Word of the Day (with Free Bonus Portrait)
Effulgence \ih-FULL-junss\ noun: radiant splendor : brilliance
Example sentence: Distracted by the perfection of the Mr. Diablo's physique, the struggling artist failed to capture Pinky's full effulgence.
Did you know? English speakers first took a shine to "effulgence" in the late 1600s, but it has older relatives in the English language. It derives from the Latin verb "fulgÄ“re," which means "to shine," a word that is also the root of "fulgent," a synonym of "radiant" that English speakers have used since the 15th century. "Refulgence" also appeared in the 1600s — but in the earlier half — and has a close meaning to "effulgence." It means "a radiant or resplendent quality or state" and, like "effulgence," is synonymous with "brilliance."
Example sentence: Distracted by the perfection of the Mr. Diablo's physique, the struggling artist failed to capture Pinky's full effulgence.
Did you know? English speakers first took a shine to "effulgence" in the late 1600s, but it has older relatives in the English language. It derives from the Latin verb "fulgÄ“re," which means "to shine," a word that is also the root of "fulgent," a synonym of "radiant" that English speakers have used since the 15th century. "Refulgence" also appeared in the 1600s — but in the earlier half — and has a close meaning to "effulgence." It means "a radiant or resplendent quality or state" and, like "effulgence," is synonymous with "brilliance."
November 27, 2005
Pinky Diablo Records Christmas CD with Orphaned Leopard Seal
Diablo Inc. Typist Banished to Desert Isle
The typist who put an apostrophe on a verb ending in "s" in one of Pinky's blogs has been stripped of her title and sent to a deserted island in the middle of Pinky's stock tank. The former Baroness Von Billingheim will now be addressed as Edna. Nadine has been hired to supply individual casseroles that Edna can heat up in her second-hand microwave on her tiny island. Diablo Inc. has a no tolerance policy on apostrophe misuse. Other typos are tolerated.
November 26, 2005
Pinky's Great Adventure (or Pinky is an Indian Scout)
The cows were still gone, and Miss Love was crying and trying to explain to the sheriff's office what zebu were. Pinky put on his Indian feathers and scoured the creek. He tip-toed like an Indian scout looking for tell-tale signs. He followed tiny hoof prints, compared manure piles, and looked for disturbed leaves. Every so often he held his breath and was perfectly quiet, listening for rustling cows. Instead he found tires, bottles, baby toys, and more tires, all half buried in the sandy moist creek bed. He talked to a live armadillo and found the bones of a dead armadillo (he talked to it,too). Also, there was a purse hanging from a tree limb. It was full of dried mud with a wasp nest attached to the mirror. Finally he found the zebu with the rogue heifer that had led them all astray. Using his powers as a cow whisperer (and the knowledge he has learned from Temple Grandin), he coaxed them back toward the Fancher Love Ranch. Hours later, they were all in but Cubby and Loretta. Pinky did what 5 other men, one woman, and the sheriff couldn't do.
Pinky Exposes Nadine's Exaggeration
Pinky is not obsessed with his feud between Nadine and himself, but he would like to point out the truth. Here is the cake that Nadine claimed won first prize at the Ennis Bluebonnet Festival. You can clearly see that it only received an honorable mention. To see what Nadine claims is her winning doll cake click here.
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