Shadow of the Deebo

I Ebayed and framed a new poster for the living room. I got the frame a little late to get it on the wall in time for Halloween, but I like to have an air of menace in the living room year-round. Now we've got the 'sinister' cat looking at us from the left and the Evil Eye looking at us from the right.

I love seeing cats in horror movies, though they're never, ever scary to me. Especially when they look like my cat.

Voting Machines, part two

Regular "Foulard" reader Stephanie lives in the only state where the old-fashioned voting machine is still used, as far as I can tell.

"In this New Yorker magazine cover from 1956, election officials tally votes registered on the counters visible on the back of a gear-and-lever voting machine. These machines were last manufactured in 1985 and remain in statewide use in Louisiana and New York. They are being phased out under the Help America Vote Act of 2002, which provides aid to states to acquire new voting equipment."

http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/votingmachine.html

But it looks like today's election is the last for the New York voting machines:
http://aplfriends.blogspot.com/2009/10/loss-of-lever-voting.html
Here in Seattle, we've finally gone over to mail-only voting. Last year's presidential election was the final time Beebo and I got to go to the polls. But Beebo's name wasn't on the list, so she got a provisional ballot--which was a lame way to go out!

Votin' Time!

I think I only voted in one of these old-school voting booths once, 25 years ago. I was actually still 17, but in Indiana you could vote in the primary if you'd be 18 in time for the general election.

p.s. I voted for Fritz both times...

What more could you ask for in a movie?

Little Red Riding Hood...
Stinky the Skunk plus...
Tom Thumb
and The Friendly Redheaded Ogre!

AKA The Famous Characters of the Fairy Tale World!

I think this guy is a sentient turnip:

Beebo is home sick

..But don't worry, she just has a "cold". She "does not" have swine flu.

Don't forget to vote!

The Wanderings of Deebo

Well, Deebo disappeared for a couple of days and just showed up again this morning. Our camera was gone as well. He wouldn't tell us where he'd been, but this photo certainly tells a tale: