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I found another lamp I couldn't live without at a thrift store last week. It needs a new socket but I decided to go ahead and paint it since I already had paint strung out all over the place for the pumpkins I've been working on. The lamp wasn't anything special but I liked the design on it as well as the shape of the shade. It appears to be made from cast resin circa 1970-something and it's original color was that black and bronze color that was so popular then. I think the lamp is newer than that but maybe was marketed as retro or something. The dark color wasn't working for me at all so I painted it with a mixture of cream and a really light sage green color that I already had on hand. They were both flat finish Oops paint I picked up at Home Depot for next to nothing. It took a couple of coats to get the coverage that I wanted but when it was finished I decided it was too "chic" and not "shabby" enough for me. That meant I could either sand ...

My Halloween decorations are pretty much finished. They won't be completely finished until the day after Halloween when I take them down because I will continue to add stuff and rearrange if I run across other things that I like. I'm not decorating my whole house because there's just too much of it. House, that is. I've decided to keep most of my holiday decorations confined to my foyer for a couple of reasons. One is because I just plain can't afford to buy or make enough stuff to decorate the whole house and even if I could there's just too much effort involved in that. Another reason is because foyers are just stupid rooms. They are a complete waste of space. The house I grew up in had a foyer the size of a bedroom. My mother had a huge display case in there that held all her creepy dolls and there were other knick knacks and dust catchers that no one but the paperboy ever saw because no one used our front door. Waste o' space.  I've decided to make t...

I love animals. In fact, just about the only thing I love more than animals is Animals Talking in All Caps . Here are a few of my favorites: HEY MICKEY, YOU’RE SO FINE. YOU’RE SO FINE YOU BLOW MY MIND. HEY MICKEY! *CLAP  CLAP* HEY MICKEY! YOU WANTED A DIVORCE, CARLA, YOU GOT A DIVORCE. YOU WANTED THE CAR YOU GOT THE CAR. THE KIDS HAVE CLOTHES AND I LIVE IN A MOTEL 6. GET OFF MY BACK. IT’S LIKE, I WANT TO SMASH THE SYSTEM BUT I BUY MY SHOES AT THE MALL, MAN. I SMOKE MEDICAL GRADE KUSH. I AM WHAT I HATE, YOU KNOW? YOU SEE THAT, DONALD? THAT’S  A HERD OF ANTELOPE. WE’RE GOING TO EAT THEM. DO YOU KNOW WHY WE’RE GOING TO EAT THEM? BECAUSE WE’RE HUNGRY? NO, BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T GO TO COLLEGE. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON’T GO TO COLLEGE. YOU DIE SCREAMING IN A FIELD. NOW LET’S EAT. AFTER THAT YOU’RE GOING TO FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK. PAUL, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? IS THAT LOU? YOU KILLED LOU? HE WAS 27 YEARS OLD AND COULDN’T FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “YOUR” AND “YOU’RE...