sitting in a tree?

Columbus real estate was a bit cartoony this week.  My blog has a cartoony feel... from the Morphing Real Living Lady/House, to many of the graphics I use...it is cartoony. I own a lot of discs of images from Animation Factory, so I use the images I have... you'd hardly guess I don't like animated gifs from my blog would you?  This font is Comic Sans MS... I used it for awhile because it seemed to really fit my blog and then switched over to Arial... more sophisticated, less cartoony...  maybe I should switch  back to using Comic Sans MS  to match the images I use.   

Merv Forney a blogger in Virginia wrote an entry about style, in May.  He wrote something negative about cartoony blogs. I vowed then to be less cartoony, to be more serious... I think that is when my font went back to Arial....  but I keep slipping back into cartoons.... from my Cartoon Doctor,  to Hugh MacLeod's cartoon's on business cards,   Blaugh ... the "(Un)Offlicial Comic of the Blogosphere!".......   Saturday AM cartoons.... cartoons seem natural. 

What's style got to do with it...? 

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Columbus own James Thurber was a cartoonist! 

I wish I could draw cartoons.  For some reason this week's  Columbus Dispatch story about Columbus number one real estate company, HER Real Living and a competitor seemed like it should be decorated with cartoons... the term cyber sqautting seems comical to me.   Coca Cola defended their brand against cyber squatting.....  Is Central Ohio real estate more cartoony than other parts of the country?  Edina Realty in MN has a law suit against a competitor... internet....interesting... no one is sitting in a tree.  

I got the Herbie Jr. letters... I've read about it in the Columbus Dispatch and Inman news covered it... but I can't figure it out ...I certainly don't agree with a competitor owning or using  Harley E Rounda Jr's or Harley E. Rouda Sr's  names but I can understand why the competitor bought those names...valuable domain names... but the Columbus Dispatch says in part, that the competitor:

"admitted in court that he owns domain names that include..... harleyandkairasittinginatree.com."

I am puzzled why any one would buy that domain ... The domains do not forward anywhere,  anymore...  I am puzzled that people are puzzled by that now... of course they wouldn't.... but mostly I am puzzled why would they'd be sitting in a tree?

Previously on Columbus Best Blogs - More about cartoons and cartoonists

Pickles  Down in Loozy Anne  James Thurber

c. 2006 Columbus Best Blog and Maureen McCabe 

Midwest Haunters Convention

Dates: July 14-15-16, 2006
Columbus, Ohio

"A weekend event planned for Haunted Attraction Producers, Actors, and Home Haunters. Our goal is to provide you with educational seminars and workshops with experienced presenters as well as a place to socialize with others in the industry during our fun social activities. "

as featured In HauntedHouseMagazine.com

A list of haunted spots in Ohio - Haunted Places - reputedly haunted houses, roads, bends, golf tournaments etc.  Golf tournamanents?  Dublin the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield is haunted by rain?  I think that's a stretch unless the golf course  is haunted by the spirit of a Central Ohio weatherman who was killed ....at the tournament.  Said weatherman's ghost  haunts the fairways with his golf umbrella which was struck by lightening....  which is silly as I just made that up.

This one I will buy... 

 "Columbus - Nationwide Arena - Site of the Ohio State Pen - built where the old pen used to be when the pen was there many people sighted & heard things that were not meant to be seen or heard examples:

 1. old cafeteria used to be place where hangings occurred before it was cafeteria, even though there were broken windows to let in traffic noise upon entering the building was dead silent

2. the electro shock therapy room has noises and is extremely cold now it seems as the nationwide arena area is cursed ....

goes on sensationalistic and morbid. 

The list of ghosts missed the Thurber House.  The Thurber House  is haunted isn't it?  They aren't that literary though if they didn't work O. Henry being a prisoner at the Ohio State Pen, into Natonwide Arena's haunting story. Even if O. Henry did not die there he could come back to haunt it.

The Night the Ghosts Got In  From the Thurber House Website:

"It all began with the night the Ohio Lunatic Asylum burned on November 17, 1868. The Asylum covered several blocks of downtown Columbus, including the area where Thurber House now stands. Seven people died in the fire, and their spirits are said to be many of our ghosts."

"The night of James Thurber's ghostly experience was exactly 47 years after the Ohio Lunatic Asylum burned. According to his story"The Night the Ghost Got In," Thurber was in the upstairs bathroom washing his face when he heard the heavy footsteps of a man pacing around the dining table downstairs. He thought a burglar had broken in and tiptoed to his brother William's room to wake him. Thurber and his brother approached the head of the stairs just as the footsteps ceased. Suddenly, they heard the footsteps launch up the steps two at a time, coming straight for them! When they glanced down, there was nobody there, though they heard the footsteps rapidly approaching. Thurber's brother ran to his bedroom, and Thurber ducked into the bathroom and slammed the door at the moment the invisible figure would have reached him."

Another RT Blogger is writing about ghosts this week...

Ghosts in the Twin Cities... or a ghost anyway and  More Ghosts in St. Paul

When you sell your home ...we do not have a place on our state disclosure form for ghosts.  I believe a  buyer can bring a ghost buster to inspect per the terms of the local purchase contract though.   

  Copyright 2006 Columbus Best Blog and Maureen McCabe

A dog friend (a human being who loves canines) sent me one of "those emails" quotes about dogs, cute pictures of dogs, including:    

"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons."

-James Thurber

While he went on to live in New York and Europe, Columbus Ohio was home to James Thurber,  writer and cartoonist.  He did a lot of dog cartoons. 

"Thurber House is a unique national treasure"

according to the Thurber House website...and it is in Columbus Ohio.                         

"Welcome to  Thurber House, a literary center for readers and writers located in the historic former home of author, humorist, and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber. Thurber House is dedicated to promoting the literary arts by presenting quality literary programming; increasing the  awareness of  literature as a significant art form; promoting excellence in writing; providing support for literary artists;  and commemorating Thurber's literary and artistic achievements.   Our programs include author readings, writing classes for children, and celebrations of Thurber's life.   As the only literary center in the country to offer comprehensive literary programming  for adults and children, Thurber House is a unique national treasure."

"Thurber House is part of The Jefferson Center for Learning and the Arts, a one-block stretch of Queen Anne-style Victorian homes that house cultural and social service nonprofit organizations."

Thurber House is probably the Best haunted house in Columbus, the classiest haunted house anyway.  Thurber wrote  "The Night the Ghost Got In," about a ghost in his home.

2006 Summer Picnic Schedule

I was able to verify the quote is a  Thurber dog quote and find other Thurber quotes! 

ThinkExist.com

BrainyQuote.com

Copyright 2006 Columbus Best Blog and Maureen McCabe