January 20, 2008
And So It Goes...
I spent untold hours agonizing over this accursed puzzle, because 1) my "compatriots" wouldn't assist me because it was "too much sky and rock" and 2) because my obsessive-compulsive nature cannot abide a card table set up in the middle of the den with a cat sprawling all over it. (Not that it's my house, or anything. But OCD mission creep can be a positive force. Right?)
And so, after much labours, I finished it today. Or almost. I only have one thing to say.
Actually, five.
FART! HELL! COCK! PISS! DAMN!
I almost vivisectioned both dogs and the cat to find that missing piece, but then normalcy returned, and I figured it was probably long since shat out, upon a tiny grassy knoll in the front yard.
Right next to the second gunman.
I need a fucking job.
... wrong, brother.... you just simply need to embrace that which God hath given you....
Posted by: Eric at January 20, 2008 8:42 PMHeh... easy for YOU to say...
Posted by: Velociman at January 20, 2008 8:45 PM...in other words, HIS shugah mama isn't bringing home the bacon like YOUR shugah mama. Heh.
(For that, btw, I blame the real estate market.)
Posted by: Key at January 20, 2008 8:58 PMSo that's where you've been.
Doing puzzles can't possibly be as fun as blogging...
Posted by: rob sama at January 20, 2008 9:45 PMNicely done.
me, when I get done with a puzzle, I run it through a woodchipper that it never frustrate anyone ever again.
Posted by: og at January 20, 2008 9:53 PMOh my. I hate when the last piece is missing. You get robbed of the sense of idle accomplishment.
Posted by: Libby at January 21, 2008 10:54 AMOne of you guests took it to fuck with you my man.
Posted by: JohnB at January 21, 2008 10:55 AMFixate on tavern puzzles. Fewer pieces to lose.
Posted by: Peggy U at January 21, 2008 1:03 PMWhat is this 'work' of which you speak? Hey, women wanted equality, here you go, baby. Get to work. I consider myself retired.
Posted by: Bane at January 21, 2008 1:26 PMHere's a gig: Jigsaw Puzzle Quality Control.
Puzzle, bub; not pizzle.
You'll be drooling in your shoes within a fortnight.
Posted by: Elisson at January 21, 2008 10:13 PMDamn! I keep coming back to this post expecting an updated photo with the missing piece!! Stop torturing me and post another picture--anything!
BTW, did anyone else notice the typo in the AJC about the "Events on MKL Day"?
Posted by: Belinda at January 22, 2008 10:37 AMYa say ya need a job. Well, you can help me with the armadillo situation here at Mockinbird Manor. It pays $30 per hour. Ya must be a good shot with a 22 rifle. Ya must like bourbon. Lastly, ya must be a Florida Gator fan.
Posted by: Mockinbird at January 22, 2008 5:00 PMVman, I bet you found the missin' piece to the puzzle in your danged pocket... or, under your work boots... ;)
Sorry bro'... couldn't he'p it.
Just don't get addicted to doing them online. My wife has and I can hardly get any time to check the people on my blogroll.
Plus miss Key would probably make you sleep in the dog house.
Posted by: kdzu at January 22, 2008 10:10 PMHa! The disdain with which I regard your OCD affectations cannot be overstated. Slacker!!
True OCDs would have found a piece of chipboard from their last JCPenney Stafford shirt, slid it under that puzzle and outlined the missing piece with a superfine Sharpie, making about three iterations of the shape. Then, digging thru their art supplies would find the Xacto knife to cut out the shapes and glue them together to the correct thickness to fit in with the puzzle, leaving a micrometer of thickness for the picture overlay.
Having secured a few pieces for scanning and color sampling, a sheet of glossy paper is placed into the printer, and the resulting bit of perfectly matched blue is placed under the crafted puzzle piece for a reverse-side tracing, knifing, and pasting.
Now, go finish that damn puzzle.
Not all that difficult, but then, I need a fucking job, too.
Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at January 24, 2008 10:23 AMHey man... did you find that piece yet? I keep comin' back to see if you found it and placed it yet.
Hurry the hell up will you? The refresh button in my browser is wearin' out...
Posted by: RedNeck at January 24, 2008 8:46 PMMockinbird: What exactly is an armadillo "situation"? I've always wanted to see an armadillo up close and in person. All we have is possums, skunks, and raccoons.
Posted by: Peggy U at January 25, 2008 2:38 AMWhere is Madingo now?, or is it custom to delete the posts where I comment?. Third one now. Do you shun me?.
Posted by: keeskennis at January 27, 2008 3:52 PMDamn, Joan seems to be some sort of professional at this, a plan well thought out, materials identified and even detailed instructions. The question is,, can V-man follow instructions?
Posted by: james old guy at January 28, 2008 9:17 AMJames, do you even need to ask?
Posted by: Elisson at January 28, 2008 3:05 PMI guess that nixes any plans you had to glue the thing together, frame it and use it as a sofa-sized painting.
Posted by: Rosie at January 28, 2008 5:52 PMWhat the hell was I thinking.
Posted by: james old guy at January 28, 2008 7:57 PMI saw One of you guests took it to fuck with you my man.
Posted by: lastminute deutschland at May 19, 2008 12:31 PMI saw One of you guests took it to fuck with you my man.