tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67518803190739219782024-02-08T01:14:08.757-05:00Tales From Critter CornerA place to discuss my short story "Ratticus: A True Tale from Critter Corner" - and to post / discuss your own critter related issues.Raymond Birdsellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201648681027775508noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751880319073921978.post-59473713516990350972011-04-19T15:27:00.000-04:002011-04-19T15:27:50.165-04:00The Replacement Dishwasher has Arrived!!The new dishwasher - to replace the one that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WOXGJM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=theon09-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004WOXGJM">Ratticus</a> ate - has arrived and is getting installed right now!!<br />
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Total sales so far of my EPIC short story - 6!!!<br />
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Minus Amazon fees - and only another 994 more copies or so and we'll break even - woo-hoo!!Raymond Birdsellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201648681027775508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751880319073921978.post-47701255343537560472011-04-16T16:02:00.000-04:002011-04-16T16:02:41.838-04:00Our "tasty" washing machine drain hose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGaYlXAqvTYb4OjPJEEnyEN7UDfSy9eh5OGr3fClRKDQO2bznnNSjtULzvUGBAg0b-tp0un3MiX_mbJJW7h44BCCJ9ESYEHkJk3KT2LUp-8iIvnKfq0hCYAhmmy65JAeL_iQiCXu1hHe9/s1600/IMG_8634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGaYlXAqvTYb4OjPJEEnyEN7UDfSy9eh5OGr3fClRKDQO2bznnNSjtULzvUGBAg0b-tp0un3MiX_mbJJW7h44BCCJ9ESYEHkJk3KT2LUp-8iIvnKfq0hCYAhmmy65JAeL_iQiCXu1hHe9/s640/IMG_8634.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Apparently - Ratticus thought this washing machine drain hose made a particularly tasty snack.</strong></div>Raymond Birdsellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201648681027775508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751880319073921978.post-58285790295928020552011-04-16T11:03:00.000-04:002011-04-16T11:03:15.790-04:00The Demise of Sir RatticusI thought that instead of posting the image of the final demise of Sir Ratticus - I would simply link to it - just in case - like my wife - there are people that have no desire to see a picture of a dead rat on their screens.<br />
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Click on the link below if you dare!!<br />
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<a href="http://i.imgur.com/C2GCr.jpg">http://i.imgur.com/C2GCr.jpg</a>Raymond Birdsellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201648681027775508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751880319073921978.post-80487174694287425682011-04-16T10:53:00.000-04:002011-04-16T10:53:49.136-04:00Trap Deployment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbESm5gsHvZTHZ6rq-XyzB02T05EGFlFAi9kzWLufGGAjFChIaBfqLwbqTmElGgpNop015-xzE6NY5SptN0ZH9-vfimqiLydBHnvQnKJK-lszDPHaWbSOuqCH1TFhXEJd-OCO2gpAsKzdY/s1600/IMG_9034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbESm5gsHvZTHZ6rq-XyzB02T05EGFlFAi9kzWLufGGAjFChIaBfqLwbqTmElGgpNop015-xzE6NY5SptN0ZH9-vfimqiLydBHnvQnKJK-lszDPHaWbSOuqCH1TFhXEJd-OCO2gpAsKzdY/s640/IMG_9034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>You can see the pest control guy on the left - fishing around in back of the</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>hollow base of the cabinet with my trusty three-iron.</strong> </div><br />
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This is the first time I got an idea of what we were dealing with.<br />
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I linked it instead of posting the picture - in case anyone doesn't want to see a picture of a rat staring them in the face when they come to the webpage.<br />
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<a href="http://i.imgur.com/ZZnkU.jpg">http://i.imgur.com/ZZnkU.jpg</a>Raymond Birdsellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201648681027775508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751880319073921978.post-88616502494198777692011-04-14T21:35:00.001-04:002011-04-16T12:21:23.635-04:00Welcome!!If you have made it here to my blog - you've either followed a link from one of my many blog comments, marketing efforts, or you actually bought my short story!!<br />
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Regardless of how you came by this blog - thanks for coming.<br />
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My intent with this blog is as follows:<br />
<ol><li>Share some pictures applicable to my short story <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WOXGJM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=theon09-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004WOXGJM">Ratticus: A True Tale from Critter Corner</a></li>
<li>Give you - the reader - a forum to share your own critter stories.</li>
<li>Hopefully give you a laugh and lighten your day.</li>
</ol>Raymond Birdsellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201648681027775508noreply@blogger.com1