Friend of the Month Heads Up!
“Thirty days hath September,” says Spence.
“Was the language better when hath was around?” Admin says. “Thee, thy, doth, all that?”
“Better? I don’t know. It’s a living thing, always changing.”
“So if a language doesn’t change it’s dead? Like Latin?”
“Nihil nisi bonum,” Spence says. “And now it’s time to remind everyone that today’s the last day of eligibility for October’s Friend of the Month contest. All you have to do is upload a photo to the Friends of Chet gallery. The random # generator does the rest! If you’re already in the gallery you’re eligible till the end of time.”
“Which will also be the end of space, if the cosmologists are right.”
“Prize is a signed – and paw-printed – copy of A Fistful of Collars (on the NYT bestseller list today – thanks everybody!) and the winning Friend of the Month is displayed for the entire month in the special place over on the right where Brad is now. Easy, fun, and we’ll throw in a Chevy Corvair.*”
*100% true except for the Corvair part.
Condolences to Terry.
Welcome Macbeth, Sparky & Clover.
Tags: Friend of the Month, Friends of Chet, NYT bestsellers
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8:38 am on September 30th, 2012
Happy Egg Day, Everybody!
Mom says THANKS for the birthday card from Rio, and all the Happy Birthday wishes from all of you. The rents had Part II of the Double Date last evening, for the anniversary part, and took the iPaw with them. That is why we couldn’t post all evening (and most of the afternoon).
G&BB, with your scary news of your dad, we missed that it was also your mom’s birthday. We say she deserves a do-over when this scare is behind her.
Wolfie, glad to hear your grandma is responsive now.
There is so much sad news on this here blog of late, please forgive us if we forget to mention it all, and know that we are praying for all.
And a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Nana!
9:26 am on September 30th, 2012
What year is the Corvair?
Good morning all.
10:13 am on September 30th, 2012
Happy birthday Nana!
10:18 am on September 30th, 2012
This is for Siber-H
10:22 am on September 30th, 2012
Good Morning O.Howlers, B & the Plunderer Pack!
10:50 am on September 30th, 2012
Good morning B, OHowlers and Bear.
10:53 am on September 30th, 2012
Good Morning All!
Bear, that is a beautiful picture! Happiest of birthdays to Nana!
Belle Starr, I guess I am ear marked, too. I get blamed for everything.
G&BB, Please know that strong prayers go out to your dad from here in Westchester. Stay extra close to your mom.
Terry, my deepest condolences to you and your family.
Kat! Is Rio as pug-a-licious in person as he is in his pictures? You lucky girl, you got to meet Beau too! Did you get proofed at the Taproom?
OHs, Meashka and Sasha lookin good out there with your pop!
Wolfie, strong prayers and love go out to you, mom, and grandma . XOXO
10:56 am on September 30th, 2012
B, the Corvair was manufactured by Chevrolet between 1960 and 1969. It was the first car to feature a rear mounted air-cooled engine.
10:59 am on September 30th, 2012
Good morning all.
OK Howlers – we’ll bite – what is Egg Day?
Wolfie – your Mom is one of those truly indomitable souls. Now we know where she gets it from. We hope your Grandmother continues to gain strength, and that your Mom has the strength to deal with all she has on her plate.
BSD – your picture is lovely. The moon here last night was truly inspirational – there was just enough patchy cloud cover in the sky that the moon was ducking in and out of the mists, turning the dark sky into a deep Van Gogh blue with the brilliance of the reflected light. Did we think to take a picture? Well, not with the camera, but that play of color and dark will be in our memories for a long time.
11:04 am on September 30th, 2012
Tupper&Gilly: We have found pictures taken with the mind to be far superior to any taken with a camera.
11:05 am on September 30th, 2012
Perhaps that should be…Heart.
11:16 am on September 30th, 2012
Thanks Bear! We saw the Harvest Wolf Moon both last night and this morning. It was beautiful and bright.
Happy Birthday Nana! Best wishes from NM and me and mom.
We will listen to the Steve Earl song Terry mentioned in order to honor his dad, a WWII Vet. They were all heroes.
11:25 am on September 30th, 2012
Thanks Rose. Actually I know the covair because I used to own one. I was just asking Spence which year “his” car was.
11:26 am on September 30th, 2012
Forgot: The corvair was my first car and it was yellow.
11:27 am on September 30th, 2012
I love this song….so appropriate for the season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsCdlX-5UjE
11:28 am on September 30th, 2012
Wasn’t the Covair the first car Ralph Nader went after? Mom’s memory is foggy on this.
Wolfie, Glad you checked in with us last night and happy to hear your mom’s mom is improving.
11:28 am on September 30th, 2012
Terry: We like the Steve Earl song you choose for your dad. Thanks be too he will be honored by the military for his service to our county.
11:32 am on September 30th, 2012
B, sweet car! Sorry to be such a know-it-all…..
11:34 am on September 30th, 2012
Rose: I loved the song…the words…and the beautiful images.
11:42 am on September 30th, 2012
Beautiful video, Rose. Everything is still green here but starting to look tired.
11:48 am on September 30th, 2012
“Forever Autumn” is a favorite of mine and the Prof’s, and always gets played in our house in the fall.
We are just starting to get touches of orange and reds. I love the fall!
11:51 am on September 30th, 2012
B, I forgot to ask….what year was your Corvair, and was it a convertible?
11:54 am on September 30th, 2012
Wolfie: Continuing Prayers & Good thoughts for your Gram’s recovery. She sounds like a very strong lady. It is good your mom is with her now.
Gus&BooBear: Prayers for Good results on the second opinion and hugs to all of you.
11:57 am on September 30th, 2012
Isn’t egg day the day that the Howlers get an egg on their kibble?
Never owned a Corvair, but remember them well.
Going to run out and pick up a bookcase at a resale shop. It is for the den, and will house all the kid’s books and toys that are here. Barb thinks that if things are kept up off the floor the “possession” issue will not come into play.
We are reading AFOC slowly and think it is the best so far.
12:00 pm on September 30th, 2012
T&G, Egg Day is another name for Sunday, because that is when we each get an egg on top of our kibble. Later, we get bacon.
The Forever Autumn song is lovely.
Mom says her cousin and a corvair convertible, and it was very popular in her very large extended family.
12:02 pm on September 30th, 2012
Barb and Maggie knew the answer! We were typing as she posted. Mom’s cousin HAD a corvair (guessing youse guys figured out that typo?)
12:17 pm on September 30th, 2012
Here’s my Corvair…and me. (I was young once!) It’s a 1965.
12:18 pm on September 30th, 2012
Rose: I didn’t think you were being a “know-it-all.”
12:22 pm on September 30th, 2012
Rose: It wasn’t a convertible but I once had a two-seater Thunderbird hardtop convertible.
12:23 pm on September 30th, 2012
Bee – you may have been younger there, but we think you are even more beautiful now!
12:26 pm on September 30th, 2012
Howlers – we forgot that Sunday is Egg Day because we never, ever get any kinds of treats or special things on top of our nasty old kibble.
If you don’t count the rice, or the gravy, or the snacks that Gramp gives us when he puppysits, or the toast, or some of the other stuff. Nevermind….
12:34 pm on September 30th, 2012
Our nost favorite cat in the universe is the 2-seater T-Bird convertible! Lucky, smart Bee! What year was yours?
Here is Abby lazing on a Sunday afternoon.
12:35 pm on September 30th, 2012
Dogs were not made to type on the mini iPaw. sigh
12:39 pm on September 30th, 2012
Howlers: I’m guessing but I think the T-Bird was a 1969. It was fun to drive.
12:40 pm on September 30th, 2012
T&G: Wow! Thank you!
12:52 pm on September 30th, 2012
B: You’re a looker at any age, but I agree with T&G.
Nana: Happy birthday! There are so many Libras on this here blog.
12:57 pm on September 30th, 2012
Belle Starr: Thank you! (You guys are kind.)
1:13 pm on September 30th, 2012
Stover!…You could have passed as Elizabeth Taylor back then…snort!snort!…What a great photo! Is that your husband?…sneeze!
1:14 pm on September 30th, 2012
Birthday!…What? Another birthday?…grunt!…I’m running out of cards but quick…sniff!
1:21 pm on September 30th, 2012
Rio: Yes, that was my husband…ex now. And thank you.
1:27 pm on September 30th, 2012
Maskers!…Make sure Nana gets this card…sniff!…And make sure she gets it before Bear does. It has a bug because at the end you can’t read the special message I wrote. I don’t like that it does that, but the card is perfect for her…heh!heh!
http://www.americangreetings.com/ecards/view.pd?i=571739755&m=9432&rr=y&source=aggoogle999&c=emag63458
1:28 pm on September 30th, 2012
B: You are as lovely now as you were then…I would say more so.
Gramp had a ’63 T-Bird convertible. He was the kat’s meow way back when.
1:45 pm on September 30th, 2012
Riö & Beau: Thanks a Hoot from all of us. Ah, Ha. Nana says she read the card 3 times to get your special message. She loves it! Bear can have some ice cream but no cake. That’s all for me, me, me! (oh, and…maybe…some for her too)
2:08 pm on September 30th, 2012
Let them eat cake! Great card, Rio.
AJ arrived home around 330 this morning. We woke to a frosty world of twenty degree temperatures and ice in the dog dishes.
2:21 pm on September 30th, 2012
Lovely card. (They’ve never put printing over the message before. Irritating.)
I’m glad AJ is home.
2:23 pm on September 30th, 2012
Bella: We heard tales of snow in Anchorage yesterday. Is it true?
2:27 pm on September 30th, 2012
WeatherKatDog: I beleive it snowed in Anchorage yesterday. And, according to Jodi, the person not the puppy, it snowed in her town. Willow didn’t get any snow. We tend to have different weather than Anchorage. We tend to have the percipitation of southcentral Alaska and nearer to the extreme temps of the interior.
2:35 pm on September 30th, 2012
Snow flurries up here. Almost not enough to take pictures but, of course, I took some to post for the Sibers on the blog. The camera phone died on the last photo so it is being charged. Photos to come later.
3:14 pm on September 30th, 2012
I am sooo jealous. CHarris is getting snow and it is going to be 80 degrees here today.
Stover, Love the photo!
3:17 pm on September 30th, 2012
Rose: thanks for the autumn video; the images are beautiful. We are having an early fall this year. Our colors usually peak the second or third week of October, but they are already vivid at the end of September.
The corvair was a fun car to drive. When my dad started to teach he was in a tiny town and knew an older lady who drove a corvair locally to work and back every day, but she was afraid to drive out of town so he chauffeured her on weekends, and they really put the miles on the car.
Here’s a picture of the colors that we took when we were on litter patrol at the reservoir yesterday.
3:18 pm on September 30th, 2012
CHobbit: Gah! Camera batteries. Although yours was a phone camera, a similar situation here in the wee hours of the morning. Clear skies, full moon, a camera with dead batteries. An entire package of supposedly good batteries none of which worked. Very frustrating!
Looking forward to your photos later today. We know the Sibes will especially appreciate your efforts.
3:29 pm on September 30th, 2012
Projects!…My friend is working on some projects for the Holiday Boutique…snort!…She is mad that she had only had one afternoon every week to work on these things…grump!
3:31 pm on September 30th, 2012
Mr.Tibbs!…What a gorgeous photo!…snort!….No problem with your batteries I see…heh!heh!
3:35 pm on September 30th, 2012
What a beautiful photo Tyb. I love covered bridges.
Siber H: Thank you.
3:47 pm on September 30th, 2012
Tyb: Your dad’s photos are always beautiful and this one is no exception.
We’ll look forward to seeing you (or Blou) tomorrow morning for the October calendar.
3:57 pm on September 30th, 2012
That is a beautiful photo, TYB. I love the red trees, which we don’t have here. Gold is more the autumn color of NM.
3:58 pm on September 30th, 2012
Happy Birthday, Nana! Enjoy that cake.
4:15 pm on September 30th, 2012
Rio: I’m just starting to watch Elementary. Interesting opening.
4:16 pm on September 30th, 2012
Wasn’t the Corvair the”unsafe at any speed” car?
4:19 pm on September 30th, 2012
SiberH!…Are you watching the game?…snort!…Another new kid up from Medesto gets a hit his first time at bat in the big leagues. He gets to first and steals second!….Wooooo!….Another super-star in the making…heh!heh!…Next year is ours!
4:29 pm on September 30th, 2012
Tyb, that is a very lovely picture!
B, you had a couple of rockin’ cars! You are very beautiful, then and now!
4:30 pm on September 30th, 2012
“‘How did you know he had an affair?’ ‘Google. Not everything is deducible.'” Love it.
4:40 pm on September 30th, 2012
Rio, Yes I am watching the game.
We will be so anxious for the baseball season to start next Spring.
It was yesterday, I believe, the Rockies broke their record of games lost in a season.
4:41 pm on September 30th, 2012
Thank you Rose.
I think that it was the Corvette that was “unsafe” to drive, which I don’t believe.
4:48 pm on September 30th, 2012
“‘Not even on key.'” I hate opera too.
4:54 pm on September 30th, 2012
Happy birthday Nana. I’ll be sure to howl at the moon tonight in your honor.
B — What a great photo. You were hot then and hotter now.
Doesn’t look like today will be the Nationals’ day. Atlanta won and we are losing in St. Louis. Hopefully tomorrow.
Wookie
4:59 pm on September 30th, 2012
Elementary!…Is this the show that Clarkson is going to be on this week?…snort!…As a dead body…wuffle!
5:02 pm on September 30th, 2012
Just watched the first episode of Elementary. It looks promising. We here love Sherlock Holmes.
Next episode is YSAS as the dead guy!
Mom once had a boyfriend who loved opera. Of course his papa was an opera singer so it ran in the family.
5:03 pm on September 30th, 2012
I really love this Sherlock because he hates baseball. (Besides, he’s very good!) Who plays the husband in the first episode. Was he in Rubicon?
5:09 pm on September 30th, 2012
Beautiful pictures on the blog today.
We were just remarking that the fall colors seem to be appearing early in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin this year. Usually around Oct 10th would be peak color.
Yesterday Barb found her missing cord for downloading pictures from her camera to the computer. Now we just need the new batteries. Barb still does not have a IPhone to take and email pictures. Does everyone else have those? We are usually a little slow to take on new technology.
5:09 pm on September 30th, 2012
Mom’s niece is a trained opera singer. She doesn’t do that professionally, but teaches private voice lessons. Mom and Dad like some opera but not alot.
5:15 pm on September 30th, 2012
Rubicon!…Stover, yes the actor who played the husband was the quirky guy in Rubicon. I miss that show…sniff!
5:21 pm on September 30th, 2012
Speaking of fall color…
Mr.Staff sent me this photo of our back yard taken yesterday. He said the trees waited to turn until I left.
It is very hard to get red/orange color in your trees in North Dakota. Most native trees are yellow or brown in the fall. The trees that have the colors are not usually hardy enough. These two were planted about 20 years ago. They are Amur Maples and can be grown as small trees or shrubs. They are about 20 feet high and that is about as high as they get.
They have had a hard life. Although Mr.Staff has not done any unauthorized trimming they had a bad October with heavy snow that broke off many of the branches. That was about 5 years ago.
5:23 pm on September 30th, 2012
Barb and Maggie- human mom is on her 5th iPhone (she is a bit of a Machead). This new phone takes amazing photos including panoramic. We are head up Cape Cod way on Wednesday and plan to take some pictures of the Autumn colors along the way. We will post the best one.
5:53 pm on September 30th, 2012
I was out in the yard today and harvested seeds from our Garlic Chives. They self seed in the garden so if you would like some let me know and I will put them in the mail. They are hardy even up here in zone 3.
http://wimastergardener.org/?q=GarlicChives
5:55 pm on September 30th, 2012
First of 3 photos. As I say, the snow is hardly enough to be excited about or take photos but a few doggies might appreciate them
5:58 pm on September 30th, 2012
I think I was more shocked seeing a couple of leaves! Lady is in the background
6:00 pm on September 30th, 2012
Boone, Barb’s daughter Kelly just got the IPhone 5, and she offered us her #4, but I think it is going to be more expensive than the US Cell plan that we now have. So not sure we are going to convert at this time.
Staff, your trees are beautiful! We have one treee in the center of the front parkway (between sidewalk and street). I think it is an ash variety. It is now turning a bright yellow gold. It is in our center view when sitting at the computer.
6:00 pm on September 30th, 2012
I hope to see the fall colors in KY when I go back for my father’s service (2 more weeks). It will be winter for sure when I return
6:04 pm on September 30th, 2012
Wookie you’re making me laugh but thank you.
I may take some pictures tomorrow but the fall colors haven’t really started yet. I may have to wait.
I really love Elementary. I watched it twice. Yes, Rio, I liked that guy on Rubicon. Too bad he was the bad guy. (How did Sherlock know how the baseball game was going to end I wonder.)
6:04 pm on September 30th, 2012
Natasha vants you knowing she drives fast, hot cars too. Vith top down. Sometimes also drives car vith no roof. She gets many looks from other drivers. Is maybe Supreme Commander Bee vould like go on important mission someday – two hot chicks, von hot car. Ve could have big fun.
6:13 pm on September 30th, 2012
Are we still having a party for YSAS’ dead body episode?
6:15 pm on September 30th, 2012
It is snow, real SNOW, that has fallen from the skies in Alaska. Thanks for the photos CHarris.
umm You don’t happen to have a Porsche 911 do you Natasha?
6:16 pm on September 30th, 2012
We love all the beautiful Fall pictures youse guys are posting. Mom and Pop just had a nice evening ride on Annie and Ned, thru part of a cornfield that was cut this week. Now we are all relaxing with horses in one of the pastures with pretty colored trees in the background. Summer is gone, but we are loving Autumn.
6:19 pm on September 30th, 2012
Oh we forgot to say that Mom put Mums out to test Kat for the upcoming youse-know- what.
6:27 pm on September 30th, 2012
Top Down!…heh!snort!heh!…Natasha, you almost made me laugh out loud and I never laugh…chorkel!
Party!….Wooooo!….A Dead Body Party! Count me in!…snort!
6:35 pm on September 30th, 2012
Natasha–Let’s go!
Rio: You can watch reruns of Rubicon if you have Amazon Prime. I’m thinking of watching it.
Best Marigold Hotel is On Demand. I’m thinking of watching that also.
7:00 pm on September 30th, 2012
Re-runs!….Watching Rubicon again would only frustrate me because they never got to finish the mystery, did they?..snort!
7:00 pm on September 30th, 2012
If Natasha and B go on von hot mission, aka Operation Joy Ride, we better have some bail money at the ready.
7:02 pm on September 30th, 2012
I’ll contribute to Stover’s bail fund.
7:08 pm on September 30th, 2012
And I will contribute to Natasha’s bail fund. When is the wedding? I have not eaten one mum
7:14 pm on September 30th, 2012
Yes, bail money may be necessary.
Rio: I can’t remember how Rubicon ended except it was too soon.
7:33 pm on September 30th, 2012
B– you will definitely like Best Marigold Hotel. It is a terrific view.
Wookie
7:56 pm on September 30th, 2012
Love the photos everyone posted.
Thank you all. This was a purrfect day.
Some here are calling it quits. Not moi.
I have more celebrating to do. See youse tomorrow.
9:18 pm on September 30th, 2012
Yea! Party next week!
Bee – we think Nattie is a bad influence on you.
Siber – do we surmise that if the hot car in question is indeed said Porsche 911, there might be less resistance to the idea of matrimonial bliss?
Howlers – we are so happy to hear that you are having a good weekend. What a lovely way to celebrate.
Speaking of which, we forgot to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANA!!!
9:20 pm on September 30th, 2012
T&G: I have suspected for some time that there is a wild streak in our resident professor.
9:25 pm on September 30th, 2012
T&G Slightly less resistance but only if I get to drive it all the time.
9:43 pm on September 30th, 2012
Boone, you are right, Ralph Nader’s book was Unsafe at Any Speed, about the Corvair.
I slept with Molly’s Mom for the last 3 nights. That means 3 great breakfasts of soft boiled egg. She left for a Safety Patrol meeting tonight. Snow? Skiing? Way too soon or me.
10:14 pm on September 30th, 2012
pssst Sam, It was me that asked that question and I am glad you were able to answer it.
10:18 pm on September 30th, 2012
I am sandwiched between Luna and Tenzing on the couch. One is snoring and the other is snoring louder.
10:19 pm on September 30th, 2012
Darkside! Dare I risk losing my other earring to a certain pug’s slurpy kisses. Why not? If B can live on the edge so can I.
10:27 pm on September 30th, 2012
Lights!…Out!…grunt!…We’ve been without electrical power since we left on our walk….sniff!…Came home and we all sat around and watched it get dark. At least the moon was big and bright…sniff!…Those two lit some candles and fiddled around. Beau and I were on Red Alert patroling the house and the yard…heh!….Nothing gets by us.
10:41 pm on September 30th, 2012
Bella – we think Luna and Tenz snoring is probably preferable to the sounds of two farting, burping Pugalitos who could be sitting on that there couch with you.
10:44 pm on September 30th, 2012
Tupper!…You got that right!…burp!…Plus theres the smell to consider…heh!heh!
10:47 pm on September 30th, 2012
T&G: I count myself among the lucky.
11:03 pm on September 30th, 2012
Weekend!…Why is the weekend over already?….sniff!…All thats left is the snoring, burping and farting tonight and then my friend has to go back to that awful place…grump!…I can tell she is dreading it. Her stomach is all messed up tonight just thinking about going there…wuffle!
11:19 pm on September 30th, 2012
Barb!…We finally! got to watch the first new episode of parenthood….snorkel!…It brought my friend to tears. Either that or the thought of going to the busy-place did…chorkel!…What a great show!
11:20 pm on September 30th, 2012
Tomorrow!…I could wake up and be Friend Of The Damned Whole Month!…snort!…Just think about that for a few seconds…heh!
11:41 pm on September 30th, 2012
Goodnight!…No one is around, so I am going to bed and someone else will be waking up to a nightmare…grump!
11:42 pm on September 30th, 2012
Night, Rio. I hope your Friend can find something positive about the busy place tomorrow that makes her day go by smoothly.
12:11 am on October 1st, 2012
Happy b-day nana and G &B mom( who for sure gets a do.-over when things settle down.
Nice story on our news tonight about to Sibes that were stolen in 2010 being returned to their family. One was local and the other one had made it to Chicago!