In honor of this festive season, I thought I’d share this picture of Mekong and Pumpkin taking an inquisitive sniff of a bottle of absinthe we bought a while back. We always joke that Mekong thinks he’s Superman – check out the spiffy collar – and Pumpkin is our little Aquaman with his green and gold collar and fascination with the all things containing water – particularly the toilet. So it seems appropriate that Halloween might be “their season of choice”.
And this one I just can’t pass up – it’s a pic of Mekong and Pumpking “spooning” during a nap, with Mekong stretching a paw out over Pumpkin’s head. It was hard not to wake them up with our snickering, so we’re glad to have captured the moment with a picture.

Being cute 24/7 is simply exhausting
Anyway – best wishes for a happy, fun, and safe holiday weekend from all of us here – both in and out of costume…



Buzzing from “Real Time with Bill Maher”
We just got back from being in tonight’s audience for Real Time with Bill Maher. It was a great show – lots of sharp-witted commentary (the remote interview with Michael Moore was particularly good) and a great song from John Legend while the credits rolled.
The traffic out of Hollywood was nuts! We had to get north of Hollywood and Highland just to get a clear lane (was splitting almost the entire way along Fairview and Sunset – crazy in that busted up pavement!) The freaks were definitely out tonight – much more than the usual fare in Hollywood. It was fun to be out in a carnival atmosphere for a bit, especially after seeing such a great show. Now I’m off to set the DVR to record tonight’s west coast broadcast.
Also – check the replay of overtime when they have it on the site – some great New Rules there…
Houston Haynes