It really sets my heart a beating
Reading all the birthday greetings
From friends and family far and near
Whose voices I adore to hear
Thank you all for your kind words
Who says birthdays are for the birds?

Actually, it was a nightmare.

In my dream I got carried home by Uggie. And I was covered in dog slobber.

Are you a neophile or a neophobe? Or a bit of both?

Neophiles have the following basic characteristics:

• The ability to adapt rapidly to extreme change
• A distaste or downright loathing of tradition, repetition, and routine
• A tendency to become bored quickly with old things
• A desire, bordering on obsession in some cases, to experience novelty
• A corresponding and related desire to create novelty by creating or achieving something and/or by stirring social or other forms of unrest.

A Self-fulfilling Prophecy.

Arrgh Ptoo doesn't pull too many punches you know, but when he manages to land one square on the kisser, he hopes to do it as politely as possible.

What makes us so...different?

Arrgh Ptoo's 115th Rebus

noun, plural -ties.

1.

distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.

2.

earnest but tense desire; eagerness.

3.

A state of apprehension and psychic tension occurring in some virtual personas, especially those named Arrgh Ptoo.

I believe in Valentines Day

It's Complicated.

Aren't all relationships? Well, some more than others.

The Real Reality Will Not Be Televised.

Products we'd like NOT to see...

This has nothing to do with Iran. Really.

What kind of pot is at the end of your rainbow?

As Dag Hammarskjold once said to Papa Hemmingway, "You may make your own luck, but I make my own fondue."*


*Probably apocryphal.

A rebus a day keeps the punner away.

re·bus

  

1.

a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols,etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables.

2.

an Arrgh Ptoo iPhone drawing containing many such representations.

Don't you know it's gonna be...alright.

Sometimes, it really is just about how you look at it.

Happy New Year.