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Hurricane Irene: not something to play chicken with

Posted on 2011-10-12 by betsyaoki

When I read the article that Belmar NJ mayor told his residents that Irene was not something to play chicken with I realized that playing chicken has no resemblance to true chicken behavior ( at least among the hens – maybe … Continue reading →

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Chicken knickknacks on holiday

Posted on 2011-10-10 by betsyaoki

More from our lovely UK pal Eileen, who has managed to take an actual vacation despite her busy consulting business.  She was taking holiday by The New Forest and apparently they have a lot of chickenalia in the gift shops there! … Continue reading →

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Using the churning chickens do on your own behalf

Posted on 2011-10-05 by betsyaoki

Jason and I have long ago accepted we would not have a normal, bourgeois yard ala the 1950s once we let chickens into our lives. It’s usually a race against time whether the grass grows back before the coop has … Continue reading →

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The Cluckshot in Gears of War

Posted on 2011-10-03 by betsyaoki

You can tell from previous posts that our household is one tied tightly to gamer culture, and at various times, that gamer culture comes full circle and enters the chicken cultural landscape.  Someday, somewhere, some Harvard PhD is going to … Continue reading →

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Make your own chicken cartoon (have an adventure)

Posted on 2011-09-27 by betsyaoki

A friend pointed out this site to me – http://www.drawastickman.com/– and I found the experience of drawing as well as the adventure they put you in, fab! Go there and draw your own chicken (or stickman, depending on your artistic tastes … Continue reading →

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Two chickens bawk as one (apologies to U2 for the lyrics mangle)

Posted on 2011-09-26 by betsyaoki

  This and the cartoon that will follow in another post have a romance theme. In real life, chickens are not that romantic, but in fantasy chicken life where chickens have eyelashes and wear hair ornaments, anything is possible.  

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Inside the egg….

Posted on 2011-09-22 by betsyaoki

  I admit, I have always wanted to fly those international flights where they give you a pod to sleep in, rather than the cramped stiffness and sometimes odd smells of coach. This is my chicken interpretation of that impulse… … Continue reading →

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Eileen’s finds: chicken knickknacks in Rockport, Mass.

Posted on 2011-09-18 by betsyaoki

It’s actually been over a week since Eileen Brown hit the states and discovered more chicken knickknacks for us… here are a few from Rockport Massachusetts!    

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Business Chicken’s Ultimate Dream

Posted on 2011-09-15 by betsyaoki

I was thinking about how rich captains of industry often end up endowing universities as a way of living on for something more than just money. If Business Chicken ever became a mogul like Oprah, I think she’d know what … Continue reading →

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The unjust hath the just’s umbrella…

Posted on 2011-09-08 by betsyaoki

You know that poem: “the rain it falls on the just and unjust/but more so on the unjust fella/the rain it falls more on the just than the unjust/the unjust hath the just’s umbrella”? This is my translation, chicken post-it … Continue reading →

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