Katri is in the Hospital. She was feeling poorly all weekend, and Monday she went to the doctor, who sent her to the Emergency Room at Roosevelt. I was doing the Show, but I went to find her after, Katri telling me they had her in what they call the Fast Track Wing, which turned out to be anything but. Many hours and a variety of internal viewing techniques later, they admitted her, but there were no beds, so we hung about the ER all night. The best part was when they had forgotten about her in the Private Exam Room for several of the wee hours, so we watched Harold & Maude on my handy laptop with the lights out and the noise and police and smell of poo kept at bay. We got her into a real hospital room at about 1PM today, much nicer bed and The Jerk on the Hallmark Channel (no Shit from Shinola, but we know). She tossed me out a bit ago so she could get a nap, not much rest in the old Fast Track Wing, so I'm home to post and shower and retrieve clean panties.

They still don't know for sure what's wrong with her, but she's feeling a bit better (although really hungry), and they say they might just let her go if she keeps improving. This is what we're rooting for just now.

Send her some Tribe Love, let her feel the Power. This is her first time in a hospital, she likes it Not.

people.tribe.net/katri


And here are last week's cartoons. This week's will appear there soon, I'm uploading them now but it takes forever.

www.shootthemessengernyc.com/index.php

Haven't been as Tribey of late, seems Life has been requiring me to spend less time staring into the online abyss, so here's a couple of items of interest to those who would read what was, in the past, a lively and ongoing account.

The Show, Lizz Winstead's Shoot The Messenger, has been getting better and better as we all find a Way. A couple of weeks ago the guest was Anne Meara, the interview can be seen Here:

www.shootthemessengernyc.com/index.php

At about 17 minutes into the interview, Lizz credits me for the graphics for the show, which was Very Gratifying, particularly as both Katri and my old friend Janis were in the audience. It is Katri's voice you can hear calling out, "He's right here!"


I have finally gotten meself a laptop, which allows me to crank stuff out wherever I may be. The money came from graphics for another Lizz Winstead project, a Lifetime Web series called Gift Intervention, an example of which can be seen Here:

www.drinkatwork.com/turnabou...small.mov

After they shot the episodes, Lifetime thought my design and animation were a bit too perky, so they paid me to redesign it, which I did. They then went with the original design, but paid me anyway. Thus the laptop.

After last week's show Lizz gave everybody coffee mugs she'd had made up with the above logo, my design. It was Nice. So nice, I had a few made up myself, so I don't have to give my Ma the only one I've got.


Merry Xmas, all.

1. Are you taller than your best friend?
So very much. He is a small, small man.

2. Do you have a favorite type of pen?
Pilot Razor, until the point frays and you write everything three times at once.

3. Have you ever worn the opposite sex's underwear?
Not properly

4. What is your natural hair color?
Brown. Sun makes it lighter brown. People want me to be blond, but it's just not so.

5. Who was the last person you sat on?
Katri. She's fine.

6. What color are the curtains in your bedroom?
They would be tan, if they were washed.

7. What's the weirdest thing to be found in your bedroom?
Me, by many lengths. If there were something here weirder than me, I certainly wouldn't tell you people.

8. Have you ever had a black and white cat?
I did. Called Mama Katz, as she was with kitten when we got her.

9. What is the last thing you licked?
My chickeny fingers.

10. Do you know anyone who lives in Europe?
I do, too.

11. If you had a stack of cash to spend, what would you buy (bills and gas excluded)?
Many toys. Many airplane seats. Lots of dinners.

12. What movie are you looking forward to seeing?
Wish there was one

13. Can you spell well?
Not so bad, but thankfully I have this machine here

14. What makes you gag?
Last time, it was my finger. This was a while ago.

15. How do you feel about the French?
The French? As a group? I enjoy their reputation as snotty twats, but wish they would get out of the arms business, along with the rest of the nations with permanent seats on the UN Security Council.

16. Pick one: Zombies or Frankensteins Monster?
Zombies. But I'll always love the flattop bastard.

17. What song describes your love life?
Rollercoaster
of love
say what?

18. Favorite pet?
Miss September. Penthouse 1976

19. Who is on your mind?
Way too many people. I forgot a dinner with Gizmo's Mom a couple of weeks ago. Very bad.

20. Last person to give you a business card?
A polish contractor.

21. Who is the last person you called?
Erik

22. Did you ever have braces?
Nope, bucktoothed and Proud.

23. Last time you had someone cook for you?
Erik's wife, right before a show.

24. Can you make coffee well?
There is no cure for sick coffee. Years of research, the funding was pulled.

25. Do you like cheesecake?
It's a little gushy. I do so enjoy chewing.

26. Last time you received flowers?
It doesn't seem to work that way.

27. What celebrity disturbs you most?
Just one? So many need to shut the fuck up so badly. I'm not going to pick one, they'll just get a big head.

28. Do you play air guitar?
It happens. The worst is at the gym, I have to stop.

29. Do you have any stuffed animals?
I have a small menagerie for the exclusive use of little girls. Sadly, none of them are that young anymore.

30. What possession of yours classifies you as a geek/nerd?
My new phone, my sexy ass external hard drive, but particularly this machine right here.

31. What got you through high school?
I did.

32. What makes you happy inside, but you can't really explain it?
Girls running in heels. There is nothing I don't like about it. It never gets old for me.

33. What made you cry last?
Some girl. This was also long, long ago.

34. Do you like surprises?
Yeah, it really depends. There are several good ones that spring readily to mind.

35. What's your 'emphasize' word?
Damn. As in You better be Damn sure.

36. How long does it take you to get ready to go out?
Can we go?

37. Have you ever worn a crown?
So?

38. Are you ticklish?
It happens.

39. Last time you had a Krispy Kreme doughnut.
Years. It doesn't come up much.

40. Who is the last person that sent you a text that you returned?
Lisa

41. Who has the prettiest eyes that you know of?
You don't know her.