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Entries from February 2008

The ABC’s of Early 80’s Mo-Romance

Posted by Ocelopotamus on February 15th, 2008 at 9:04 am

And now for something a little on the lighter side — and a nice follow-up to Valentine’s Day.
ABC’s “All of My Heart” + Brideshead Revisited = high school drama club heaven, circa 1982. Possibly the best combination since peanut butter and chocolate … the British horror of peanut butter notwithstanding.
(Note: This may not be […]

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Tags: Culture · Music · LGBT · New Wave · Film · TV · Lit · UK/England · Video · New Romantic · Fiction

Goodbye, Mr. Blue

Posted by Ocelopotamus on February 9th, 2008 at 6:09 am

For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground
and tell sad stories of the death of cats …
— Shakespeare, Richard II
(if it had been about cats)
I come not to bury Mr. Blue, but to praise him.
— Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
(if it had been about Mr. Blue instead of J.C.)
… and our little life is rounded […]

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Tags: Meta · Cats · Journal · Pet Food · Pets · Essays · Kiwi · Mr. Blue

May, 2005: The Arrival of Mr. Blue (and Kiwi, too)

Posted by Ocelopotamus on February 9th, 2008 at 3:15 am

About two and a half years ago, I adopted a big blue talkative cat named Mr. Blue (aka Barabajagal). Below the jump is the email I sent out to my cat-friendliest friends announcing his arrival.
I didn’t have a blog in those days, but I wanted to post it here to document it, and provide […]

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Tags: Music · Cats · Journal · Folk-Rock · Pets · 60s Pop · Kiwi · Mr. Blue