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Stuff on My Skunk, or Why I Love Optical Mouses

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10:42 am
8/1/07

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Busy busy busy, erg. So here's a couple pix (taken from my new-but-crappy camera phone) of Hobkin as a mouse pad. Stuff on My Skunk! And yes, an optical mouse will work atop a skunk . . . sorta.

I'm going straight to hell, aren't I?

   


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On August 1st, 2007 03:01 pm (UTC), [info]queenoftheskies commented:
Sooooo cute. Hobkin is so adorable...and obviously tolerant to boot.

My oldest son had an up close and personal experience with a wild skunk the other night when he was taking out the trash. Seems that the little guy (the skunk...not my son) was going through garbage people had left beside the dumpster, which was full.

My son said the little fellow turned around to look at him and sniffed him and then went right back to digging in the trash without so much as a care in the world.

My son was VERY relieved...to say the least.

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On August 1st, 2007 03:06 pm (UTC), [info]lisamantchev commented:
Just begging to be an art print titled "Skunk, with Mouse"

*hee hee*

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On August 1st, 2007 03:14 pm (UTC), [info]j_cheney commented:
You know, really, the skunk ought to be doing something to earn his keep...
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On August 1st, 2007 04:44 pm (UTC), [info]mcsnee commented:
That's just insanely cute.
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On August 1st, 2007 08:10 pm (UTC), [info]nojojojo commented:
::keels over from cute attack:: WAAAH!!
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On August 2nd, 2007 03:26 pm (UTC), [info]keesa_renee commented:
Oh, my gosh!! :dies of cuteness: Skunk mouse pad!!
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On August 2nd, 2007 07:49 pm (UTC), [info]canadiansuzanne commented:
LOL!

I'm glad I didn't have anything in my mouth, or I would have spit all over my keyboard!

You are so deliciously wicked. ;)

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On August 4th, 2007 01:02 am (UTC), [info]danielarenson commented:
Cute skunk. Does he appear in any of your stories? I still remember liking your story about the badger.

Daniel

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On August 6th, 2007 02:04 pm (UTC), [info]eugie replied:
I'm flattered you remember my badger story!

Yes, actually, Hobkin has made an appearance or otherwise inspired quite a few of my stories. The icon of this post is part of the illustration (by Kelly Dyson) from "Running on Two Legs," which was published by The 3rd Alternative. He's also the inspiration for Hobs in "The Storyteller's Wife" and the Devil in "The Devil and Mrs. Comstock's Snickerdoodles" (both in Realms of Fantasy), the Taylups in "A Parade of Taylups" (Aberrant Dreams), and Cosith in "Spring Arrives on a Hob's Tail" (Story Station). And his mischievous personality has shaded a lot of my anthropomorphic animal characters, including the badger in the one you read.

I can definitely see why there are so many cat stories out and about with so many writers having cat companions. My fuzzy muse just happens to be a skunk.

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On August 6th, 2007 02:23 pm (UTC), [info]danielarenson replied:
Wow, maybe I need to get a pet.

I do have a houseplant. I never put him into a story, but a friend of mine did. Really.

Daniel

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On August 4th, 2007 01:29 am (UTC), [info]basletum commented:
Awwww, more cute wittle Hobkin pics!

Y'know. If I tried that with my cat, she'd probably tear my arm off.

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On August 6th, 2007 02:06 pm (UTC), [info]eugie replied:
It was very important that he was napping. I'd never have gotten away with such indignities upon a wakeful skunk!
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