Daily Archives: December 15th, 2013

Beg, steal and borrow: A gerbil’s tale

The gerbil has been flirting with our radar lately, not in a good way, so here’s a little taste of gerbil goodness from the past. If you don’t know about this blog’s gerbil meme a link has thoughtfully been provided in the original post.

Shouts from the Abyss

Gerbils sure are industrious little critters.

My little point and shoot camera isn’t much but it’s all I have. My wife and I used to have two of the exact same cameras, but one was lost, along with a vacation’s worth of pictures, in a Greek restaurant in the big city. I don’t recall what I was drinking that night but it must have made me forgetful. As far as we can tell, I must have left the camera in the booth and it was never seen again. Someone out there got some crazy pictures of me at the Chinese gardens, that’s for sure!

I guess it would probably be a good idea to make a sign that says, “Hello. My name is Tom B. Taker and this is my camera. My email address is shoutabyss@live.com and my phone number is 555-555-5555.” I could have my picture taken holding that…

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