Tuesdays with Tuesday–Week 2

Welcome to the second installment of "Tuesdays with Tuesday," where our literary friend Tuesday Jones expounds upon the virtues and disillusionment of post-grad life. For last week's installment, go here. Tuesday So after last week's laundry list of every grotesquely dull thing that happened to me, I had serious doubts about continuing this series of posts. But, in an odd twist of events,...

Tuesdays with Tuesday

In light of several time-consuming events (vacation, FLYNN, NaNoWriMo, graphic novel, part-time job-hunting), I thought it prudent to have someone help contribute posts for me now and again. My good friend Tuesday Jones volunteered to submit posts once a week. We're calling it "Tuesdays with Tuesday." You'll like Tuesday; she is just a scream. I am Tuesday's scribe. We met years ago when she...

Another silly rat obit–rest in peace, Ziggy

by Rachel Heston Davis Ziggy Rat Ziggy the Rat (aka Ziggurat), two-and-a-half, of Edwardsville, IL, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at Hawthorne Animal Hospital from complications of mammary cancer and old age. Born in early 2007, Ziggy spent the first part of his life in Petco of Rockford, IL before being purchased by the Davis family and taken to Oregon, IL. Ziggy was a quiet, unassuming rat. He...

The Obits

by Rachel Heston Davis Krycek Rat Krycek the Rat, two-and-a-half, of Edwardsville, IL, died Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 at Hawthorne Animal Hospital after a courageous battle with neurological problems, encroaching senility, and an ornery cagemate. Born in early 2007, Krycek spent the first part of his life in Petco of Rockford, IL before being purchased by the Davis family and taken to Oregon, IL....