The Hog's Head
Another night in the bar, another blind Internet date. All right, another attempt at a hookup. The slimmer young man sitting opposite me had moved as far away from me as he could manage while still sitting at the same table, and the disdain on his...
Before the party
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me--as usual-- - seven swans a-swimming, - six geese a-laying, - five go~old rings, - four calling birds, - three French hens, - two turtledoves, - a partridge in a pear tree, - and no return...
Pizza with Tommy
So what do you do when you want to start over? Me, I'd been hunting work. Most of my day had been spent pounding the pavement around the neighborhood, but as afternoon came on I was coming to accept the understanding that I was not going to get...
Pliable and Compliant
Tonight was another night to spend alone at home. I'd been spending most of my nights with Rockwell, but this weekend he had a business trip to Detroit and I couldn't get away to join him. He always kept things pretty intense for me, so really it was...
Musky's Lucky Day
The trouble was that Rocky was very _good_at mind control. If you weren't expecting it, he'd just slip in and take over, and you wouldn't even notice; and if you didn't notice, you wouldn't even think of resisting. Sometimes he played with a light...
Hooking up
I stood outside the hotel, unsure whether I wanted to venture in or not. Normally I didn't go in for the online hookups, especially having one or two friends with benefits around, but every now and then everyone else has gone to bed and it's 2 am and...
The Naughty List
Like most days where it was too cold to even _think_ about making dinner, Mattock and I were at the local all-you-can-eat Feed Trough. It had been snowing for most of the week, and our waistlines were starting to show it. Thank heaven for...
A Clockwork Tanuki
The city fair was busy, even with the rain. The street vendors had put up awnings to keep everyone dry, but I had my umbrella out as well as I browsed. I had been spending far too much time browsing this booth where the older ape lady from the comic...
Extra Stuffing
The donut shop was closed on Thanksgiving, but I knocked anyway. Musky and his boys had said they'd be doing the dinner for turkey day, but had invited me to help prepare. And apparently this was the only kitchen they could swing that was big enough...
Halloween
If I'd been up for an authentic experience, I'd've driven out of town to the pumpkin patch to pick up the pumpkins for the evening's jack-o'-lanterns. In my condition, though, I decided it'd probably be best to make it as short a trip as possible and...
Darkwater
Estivation time. It's not just being a polar bear in a hot summer climate. As a heortomancer, it's also the lack of major holidays in the summer. When I was younger I tried to be functional in the heat, but as I got older and bigger it started...
Sleeping without Blankets
We stopped using blankets, the nights Mattock stayed over. As a tubby skunk, I tended to keep the bed kind of warm all by myself; add a chubby roo into the mix and it would be sweat city if we tried to cover up. Of course, we didn't really like to...