tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221419442012-01-31T09:21:24.633-08:00turning life's dial up to 11the erudite baboonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616827973218897390noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22141944.post-48825647922684011282009-04-03T02:12:00.000-07:002009-04-03T02:14:31.941-07:00Just a note to say I don't really ever use this blog - if you are look for my art and comics you can find them here : <a href="http://eruditebaboon.livejournal.com/">http://eruditebaboon.livejournal.com/</a><br /><br />Thanks!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22141944-4882564792268401128?l=eruditebaboon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the erudite baboonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616827973218897390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22141944.post-1141656278897652992006-03-06T06:43:00.000-08:002006-03-06T07:25:39.086-08:00I have turned my pig into a tough pirate (with a pig pen. Har har):<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/eruditebaboon/piratePigFace.jpg" /><br />Arrrrrroink.<br /><br />and to reinforce the pirate theme:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/eruditebaboon/piratePigBack.jpg" /><br /><br />I even gave him some tough piratey stubble:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/eruditebaboon/piratePigChin.jpg" /><br />tough!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So, what have you done to <span style="font-style: italic;">your</span> pig?<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22141944-114165627889765299?l=eruditebaboon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the erudite baboonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616827973218897390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22141944.post-1141405788873967312006-03-03T08:54:00.000-08:002006-03-03T09:09:48.883-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;">High-Adrenaline Risk-Taking</span><br /><br />As I was leaving leicester square station on my way to work this morning I spotted one of the usual ne'erdowells handing out promotional guff at the doorway I was about to pass through. My natural instinct in these situations is to activate my 'do not talk to me' face and keep my hands busy in pockets/bags/nostrils so that nothing can be shoved into them, but as I drew closer I sensed that something about this one was different - that somehow this pink-clad woman could change my life forever.<br /><br />My brain immediately went into overdrive calculating the optimal course of action. First I analysed the situation: was she holding a big sheaf of papers or stack of phone cards to hand out? No - instead she had a huge pink bag hung across her shoulders. A mental calulation followed: BIG bag = BIG contents... BIG free things? How can that be bad?<br /><br />Ok, so <a href="http://www.20six.co.uk/nextEntries/1mg92dr3k7uk3">sometimes</a> it can be, but by this point I had walked level with her - I had to make a decision: to walk past her and her free things forever, or take a gamble and receive her mystery gift. Fortunately this morning I was in a daring mood (after all, you only live once) and now I thank my lucky stars that I was.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/eruditebaboon/pig.jpg" /><br />oink<br /></div><br />It's the combination of three of the best things possible:<br />1) free things<br />2) toys<br />3) demonic looking pigs<br /><br />well I thought it was until I turned it over<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/eruditebaboon/not_a_toy.jpg" /><br />'THIS IN NOT A TOY'<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Oh well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22141944-114140578887396731?l=eruditebaboon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the erudite baboonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616827973218897390noreply@blogger.com0