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About Me:: The most popular tag on my blog is "artsy-fartsy".

others: abecedariums, apocalypse, cartography, dinosaurs, dogs playing poker, gore, jazz hands, puppetry, stranger than fiction, taxidermy, that's-so-meta, transubstantiation, typography, wolverines. etc. but mostly, it's about whimsy.

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At 5:52pm on March 18, 2008, nicerakc said…: i love that you used the work lactose as a tag for the milk post!

At 2:16pm on March 2, 2008, Silver of the Valley said…: Love the gift donkey tale!

At 8:39am on February 28, 2008, giftdonkey said…: oh the things I will post on the internet. i have no shame. :)

At 8:41pm on February 26, 2008, giftdonkey said…: hahah.. explanation here: http://neverslapthegiftdonkey.com/about/

here's the story, in all its embarrassing glory:

In a moment of confusion, I told my friend to “never slap the gift donkey” when trying to invoke the saying “Never look a gift horse in the mouth”. To avoid admitting my mistake, I insisted that it comes from an old Welsh folktale in which a magical donkey comes to town every 5 years bearing gifts for everyone. And when one ungrateful townsperson didn’t like their gift, they slapped the giftdonkey - and he never returned again… So “Never slap the gift donkey”.

At 7:27pm on February 26, 2008, Kevin P. Johnson said…: So does the gift donkey come down the chimney with loot or do we have to go outside and wave a donkey snack at him?

Just wondering.

Flying donkeys are ok by me!

- Kevin "Because I'm Silly" Johnson

At 3:07pm on February 26, 2008, Sonya -on- Etsy said…: Hello & Welcome to Indie! This is a great site with great things to do and even greater people to meet!

~Sonya