Allegra Rivett Sloman's blog

I remove her from the blogroll with great sadness. Here a quick collection of obits.  From Bloomberg. From Alternet  From the Dallas Morning News  From the Dallas Ft Worth Star Telegram 

If you really love me, you’ll buy me this…. Okay, I was kidding.  But it’s still pretty amazing.

What a bizarre notion.  But quite possible, as noted here….

This is just plain freaky.  The dominatrix clown?

Ran into this device and thought I’d share it… you never know when an idea like this will come in handy.  The Watercone.

Dear Allegra, Thank you for your recent email about copyright legislation in Canada. Please be assured your views are valued as all emails received are read, considered and reported. I appreciate your input, which is vital to better understanding the concerns and issues of constituents in Burnaby-New Westminster. I have been concerned about this direction [...]

Let’s just say that the OTHER comics were really funny. What I find entertaining most of all is that I made an effort (a small one) to you know, show up on time, write new material, and push my boundaries. Some of the folks I went through David Granirer’s course with have not written any [...]

What the shill said…

pOp has probably already seen this, but in case he hasn’t…. Ball lightning created in the lab in Brazil. pOp has a wonderful story about watching a very large sphere of ball lightning travel right down the middle of the Argus he was flying in. He managed to control the urge to touch it, and [...]

A short list of folks who have been fired for blogging.   Ow.

Peggy Lee…. I thought I’d cheer myself up by listening to Fever by Peggy Lee, and I thought I’d forward the link. Although I didn’t sleep for nearly long enough, I got up this morning feeling more rested and less pained than I have in quite a while.  Last night I made an honest effort [...]

It’s a pleasure to meet somebody who is photographed to more dreadful effect than I.  Ladies and Gentlemen, the pasty-complected Stephen Harper.

I have a happy memory of Mel Blanc singing with Spike Jones “Clink, clink, no more to drink; I had a cellarful but now it’s gone; drink, drink the glasses clink; like the anvil chorus and my head is splitting; uh, brinking, uh, busting…. oh, brother!” Here’s the link. On that same tape is Spike [...]

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Glenn and Marilyn were here (geessssshhhh!  how could you tell when allofasudden the blog got more pictorially internesting??) and I fed them a huge pork roast and sauerkraut and steamed carrots and smashed potatoes and homemade gravy and peas and fried mushrooms and green salad and Marilyn brought pie (which I skipped, because I ate [...]