They say a picture is worth 1000 words. I’ve never really been absolutely certain who “they” are, but they get quoted quite a bit. I guess it’s just one of those things. Personally, I’ve always sort of agreed with the concept, but then I’ve also been known to say why use 1000 words if 500 will do. I’m sort of divided like that. I know it doesn’t seem like I would only use 500 words instead of 1000 when you read my blogs, but that’s just because I have so many excess words left over from not using them elsewhere. Have to get rid of them somehow, and here seems to be the dumping ground…

But anyway… Back to that whole picture thing. The other night we were visiting friends for a gala “TikkiToberfest” party. You know the drill – sort of a blend between German and Polynesian culture. Hawaiian shirts, Lederhosen, Poi, Brats, Beer, and Fruity Drinks served in hollowed out pineapples with little paper umbrellas. A typical Saturday night party. Well, as it would happen, our host, Dave, had a mess of Habanero peppers on hand to go with the meal. Being a fan of peppers I had a couple. They were good. Excellent, in fact. However, as generally happens with large amounts of capsicum sticking to your tongue, a cupcake and mass quantities of beer were required to douse the fire.

THIS is where I learned an important lesson: Habanero Peppers + Red Velvet Cupcakes + Beer = A Very Powerful Hallucinogen.

How do I know this?

Well, to begin with, I consumed all three – duh. However, what really clinched it was when I went into the bathroom and saw the Zombie Cat.

Yes. A Zombie Cat. Kitten really. There it was, rolling around on its back as kittens will do, playing with some brains. Not really all that surprising, given that most cats like to play with their food, so why wouldn’t a Zombie Cat as well?

When I went back outside to the fire pit I announced this to everyone. I don’t think they believed me… that was, until my good friend, Celeste “The Blonde Bombshell” Webster went to investigate. With her trusty phone she snapped a picture for all to see… And there it is above, a 1000 word photo to go with the 389 regular words I just typed.

More to come…

Murv

Sorry, Folks, but today’s Brainpan Leakage isn’t of the funny, analytical, or current events type. Actually, it is just a final reminder. I’ve been telling everyone on Facebook for a solid month now that I am doing away with my “profile” and using the “Page” as my presence on the Social Networking site.

Most everyone “gets it,” some don’t, some are angry about the decision. Oh well, can’t please everyone now can I?

However, my point with THIS blog entry is this – Today is the last day the profile will be live. As of tomorrow it will be deactivated. So, here is the final bell. Obviously, you can still go “Like” the M. R. Sellars page even after the deactivation of the profile. I am merely putting this out there so that when people email me and say, “I had no idea!” I can point and say, “Why the hell not? I warned you…”

And so, GRAPHICALLY Speaking:

PROFILE NO

https://www.facebook.com/not there no more…

PAGE YES

https://www.facebook.com/SellarsMR

With luck I will return you to your regularly scheduled leakage 9/4/11…

More to come…

Murv