<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="wordpress/2.2.2" -->
<rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Splarks Blog</title>
	<link>http://splarks.com/blog</link>
	<description>Short fictional stories involving marsupials, mad scientists, pez dispensers, good critters gone bad, irreverent behavior, unfortunate names, and existential crises.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:21:10 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	
	<item>
		<title>Self-Improvement Thursday:  Led Zeppelin&#8217;s tragic lack of self-esteem, and how to rise above it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Self-Improvement Thursday on Splarks.com!  Although more critter tales are on their way, including an interview with El Chupacabra, this series is aimed at helping rock stars find inner peace.  Today we&#8217;re visiting a problem from one of my (shush) favorite classic rock bands.
Good Morning, Robert!  I&#8217;m pleased to meet you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2008/07/10/self-improvement-thursday-led-zeppelin-and-self-esteem/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Julius the Water Buffalo, resurrected!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh my.  I found an old story that Dave Goff from Gestalt Digital (www.gestaltdigital.com) kindly formatted and found pictures for several years ago.  I thought I had lost it forever, but no, it lives in infamy and I&#8217;ll post the scanned copy here to amuse/horrify/stupify you.  Happy Holidays!

]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/12/09/26/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>brief hiatus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There will be no posts until December;  I am (foolishly?) doing Nanowrimo this year.  I have three days left to write approximately 30,000 words.  Can it be done?  Oh yes, it&#8217;s certainly possible.  Whether or not it&#8217;s likely is another story (no pun intended), but I&#8217;m going to do my best.
No, I&#8217;m not writing 50,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/11/28/brief-hiatus/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Squirrel Candy Chow Time (this be serious haiku)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Halloween night
Paws in doorstep candy-bowl
Steal a Kit-Kat, run.
Hide in tree, gloating
Suspicious scowl at witness
Stuff in mouth, all yours!
O Piggy Squirrel
Halloween ain&#8217;t just for kids
Chocolate stuffed cheeks.
All candy&#8217;s gone now
Crying child, you&#8217;re out of luck
Squirrel&#8217;s chowing down.
(Yes, this actually happened)
&#60;!&#8211; AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN &#8211;&#62;
&#60;a href=&#8221;http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php&#8221; onclick=&#8221;window.open(&#8217;http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&#38;pub=OWMusic&#38;url=&#8217;+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+&#8217;&#38;title=&#8217;+encodeURIComponent(document.title), &#8216;addthis&#8217;, &#8217;scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,width=620,height=520,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,screenX=200,screenY=100,left=200,top=100&#8242;); return false;&#8221; title=&#8221;Bookmark using any bookmark [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/11/17/squirrel-candy-chow-time-this-be-serious-haiku/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Penguin Revenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on a true story &#8230; seriously &#8230;

O Haughty Penguin, shiny and staid
with magnificent yellow-white fluff;
You hate the zoo and are not made
for such banal and humid stuff.
The dictatorial zookeeper, fat and bossy,
insists that you play nice
But you present your response, so saucy:
a demonstrative penguin bite.
He jabs his walkie-talkie in your direction
to intimidate and corral,
but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/10/25/penguin-revenge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Poky Little Resistance Fighter Against Tyranny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

I&#8217;m going to revisit one of my childhood inspirations, &#8220;The Poky Little Puppy.&#8221;  You probably remember this book from your childhood.  A litter of nondescript puppies goes out to play each day with instructions  from their mother to return for supper.  Day after day, the Poky Little Puppy returns late because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/10/10/the-poky-little-resistance-fighter-against-tyranny/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Abigail, Horseman of the Apocalypse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abigail, Horseman of the Apocalypse
&#160;
Once upon a time, there was an otter named Abigail.  Abigail was a very special otter because she was the unwitting Seventh Horseman of the Apocalypse.  Fortunately, she remained unaware of this until a fateful night in February.  Prior to that, she&#8217;d been an ordinary otter, playing in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/09/25/abigail-horseman-of-the-apocalypse/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Zombearo and the Brain Diet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, there was a bear named Zombearo. He was a bit melodramatic, what with the serape and sombrero, but he was good-hearted for a zombie bear. He didn’t eat too many kids, and when he did, he tried not to slurp the brains.
His life had started out tranquilly enough. He was like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/09/17/zombearo-and-the-brain-diet/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Enrique, la rana hermosa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time there was an absolutely gorgeous frog named Enrique.  The idea of an attractive frog might seem ludicrous, but you aren’t a frog, are you?   Thousands of swooning lady frogs can’t be wrong; Enrique was hot.  His bulbous eyes were perfectly round and always shone with a dreamy, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/09/17/enrique-la-rana-hermosa/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Emilio the Wombat, Slave of Satan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the archives:
Once upon a time there was a wombat named Emilio.  Emilio was a very special wombat because his nose contained a Pez dispenser.  He was exceptionally popular with the other young wombats and a few koalas as well, for they all wanted his tasty sugary treats, stored abundantly in his body.
&#160;
Emilio [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/09/17/emilio-the-wombat-slave-of-satan/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
