If only I was first yesterday! *sigh*

LOVE the pink Bob feet. And the squash in a tie. He'd totally fit in here at Old White Guys Commercial Real Estate. XO

You were the first person I thought about when I heard that LA had a quake. I'm glad you and the fur babies are okay.

The tie goes well with his skin tone! Seems that the sneaky fiend is trying to one-up you with his professional looks as well.

I just love Bob's feet - so cute and pink.

Insofar as the Squash Assistant - nice tie!

What a little farmer you turned out to be!!!

Ha ha!!!! Awesome assistant.

Oh my God would you LOOK at Bob's toes. I am a sucker for kitty tootsies. :)

Lovely tie on that squash!

Maybe you can start a new innernets trend - LOLSquash. The picture just screams "I has a job innerview". And I suddenly want zucchini bread...

You are a mess. Really. And I mean this in the best possible way.

But (she said, buying into the psychosis), I think his cousin is my file clerk.

I'm just sayin...

And? Did anyone bother to tell ME we had an earthquake?!

What a pin head!

What is my boss doing at your job?

He must have tied on a big one last night!

You Squash me!

So how are the peppers doing?

Can't work now. Thinking about stinky pink cat toes. Laughing about zuchinis in ties. Did you carry the squash on the bus with you?

I got the chocolate zucchini cake/cupcake recipe from my friend. She writes: "I use only zucchini in this recipe --- that is, I substitute zucchini for the carrot and end up using 3 cups of shredded zucchini. And I freeze shredded zucchini in one cup blobs, so I can easily make this recipe at any time of the year."

Here's the recipe:

Carrot and Zucchini Chocolate Cake

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp each nutmeg, allspice, and salt
1 1/2 cups shredded carrots (very fine)
1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini (very fine)
1 pkg semi-sweet chocolate baking chips (I used 1 cup)
1 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
powdered sugar

In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt.

Stir in carrots, zucchini, and chocolate chips.

In a small bowl, beat oil to mix with eggs; add to dry mixture and stir to moisten well.

Spread batter in an oiled 9 by 13 baking dish.

Bake at 325 F until toothpick comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes.

Cool on a rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, and cut into squares.

Yield: 12 servings.

Notes:
1 large zucchini = 4 cups finely shredded zucchini
1 1/3 recipe = 36 large muffins (325 F for 20 minutes for 2 pans of muffins)
1 recipe = 30 large muffins

I use only zucchini in this recipe --- that is, I substitute zucchini
for the carrot and end up using 3 cups of shredded zucchini. And I freeze shredded zucchini in one cup blobs, so I can easily make this recipe at any time of the year.

I slept through the earthquake too! Frank and Espresso Cat did not. Frank says she woke up and was "concerned" but was a "very brave kitty" and snuggled up next to him and went back to sleep.

It must not have been a very big one in West LA, because the other two cats were happy this morning and acted as though nothing had happened.

Love the cat toes! Love the zucchini in a tie!

You could use those for weapons if a burglar ever breaks into your house!

Is that a silk tie? Someone's headed for a promotion! I wonder if squash can go American Psycho...

Zuchini? On a bus? Who woulda thunk it....

I felt the earthquake! I was sitting on my couch reading. At first I thought one of my cats was on the back of the couch and started sratching itself. Then i saw both of them jump up from where they were napping on the other side of the room and realized that the entire room was shaking, not just the couch. It lasted probably 10-15 seconds. It freaked me out!! I especially hate it when those happen so late at night that I can't call someone to be reassured that I am not about to be sucked into a gaping hole in the earth.

glad you were able to sleep through it!

You really are TOOOO funny!! No more "White Guys in Ties!" Now it's Big ZUCCHINIS in Ties Corp, Inc.! Kissy-kisses to the purr-makers and a BIG hug to the Squash-Maker!

Love From Philadelphia, home of air quality equal to a wet dishrag!

Did you have to buy the zukes a seat on the bus??? Be careful, those zukes are sneaky! Make sure you lock them out of your office during your lunch break; they'll invite all their friends and family in while your gone and then you'll have squatters (squashers?) and you'll never get rid of them. It's so hard to evict zucchinis!!

Why don't you leave some at Stoner Bob's house?? I'm sure they'll figure out a way to smoke them! ;o)

The heat must be getting to me!! I mean CRACKHEAD Bob and his cousin/lover Julie.

Stoner Bob.....I must be overheating!!!

Is that a normal size chair rail on that wall (like 3 feet tall-ish)? And a normal size tie? Holy smokes!

But.....how does he type???

was it "bring your vegetable to work" day at the office?

i would have loved to see you on the bus with him/it whatever it is.

Here's where Jason Bourne lives. It's funny...I'm not sure that I'd like to go home and see myself so big. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0809071damon1.html

I just got this in an e-mail today.... You're a day late, maybe just do it anyway.... http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Sneak-Some-Zucchini-Onto-Your-Neighbors-
Porch-Night/Detail.aspx

Your new assistant looks delicious.

This post (and all the comments) made my day.

Bob is absolutely svelte compared to my Casey. Fortunately, she doesn't deign to sleep with the likes of me too often.

I'm impressed that a zucchini with no hands can tie a Windsor knot. I pegged him as the clip-on type. Little brown-noser is suckin' up to the boss, no doubt.

Your assistant would be quite tasty sliced, dusted with olive oil, grilled and sprinkled with herbs.

Gosh that sounds kinky.

ever hear (I think it is) Benny Hill's song "OH what a Zuccini? giggle.

Yeah, he's ambitious, but he's having a little trouble learning the ropes because he's so green.

I would have given anything to see you on the bus with your new assistant. Was he already dressed for work?
Love those little Bob feets.

Art: Phallic symbol in tie.

Our Office Zucchini is a bit of a cross-dresser. Zeke is rather ...."flambouyant." We set him with a tip jar....

http://pickinandthrowin.blogspot.com/2007/07/lazy-summer-days.html

Hahaha! Mmmm, salt, pepper and oiled zucchini.

I'm sure Bob is glad that one of the Gad-Zukes has found employment, and is hoping that the extra money will be spent on kitty treats.

I have one of those temper-pedic kinda beds, so now when Tommy the Sith Apprentice cat attacks me in the night, I have no warning! Scary!

"... he's so green." Snort. "Oiled zucchini." Kinky!

Apartment Therapy posted this and I thought of your zuchinni onslaught:

http://kitchen.apartmenttherapy.com/food/virtual-csa-box/virtual-csa-box-our-zucchini-overlords-have-arrived-029146

You should have been taking the zucchini into work sooner so that folks could relieve you of some of your bounty.

Well I am glad that it wasn't bad enough that it botherd you. I so understand the animal earthquake. I have a 112 lb white lab and when he jumps on the bed everyone knows it. LOL

I think it is time to go to the back yard with some salt, pepper, olive oil and let them know that you mean business.

Seriously though. My MIL told me that if you are tired of them then you should quit picking them. Granted the ones that are left will grow large, but it is supposed to kill the plant.

I just read this entry in a blog. You knit. This is perfect - knitting soft little blankies for premie babies. Just visit and see? I have no powers of knitting or sewing, but I could go to target at buy a few...

http://shewalks.blogspot.com/

CONTEST TIME!!!!

Does YOUR office have a zucchini? Have you and/or your coworkers decorated/dressed it up? Enter our little contest at the Pickin' and Throwin' blog:

http://pickinandthrowin.blogspot.com/2007/08/does-your-office-have-zucchini.html

There will be a prize for best dressed zucchini!

Do I have a link for you - a SMASHING Zuke Fritter reciepe http://www.yogurtland.com/2005/07/21/mucver/

Oh yes, they freeze well too :)

Love the hard-working zucc! It's about time you put them to work for you, since you've been working so hard for them!

And he cleans up pretty well, too. I can't even get my vegetables to go "business casual" and you've got yours in ties! I'm such an amateur.

And, of course, love the Bob toes! Kitty toes are the bomb!

Love the pink Bob tootsies!

Love the Bob toes!! One of my favorite things in the world is the way my dogs' feet smell like dirt and freshly mowed grass after a walk. I know...I'm weird.

rob schnieder liked from SNL

"Makin' copies...."

Every morning our local news anchor gives the wacky holiday for the day. Yesterday was "sneak a zucchini on your neighbor's porch during the night."

I kid you not.

I love the kute kitty toes! I'm a sucker for cute cats lol and how does the veggie dude type? I can see he has the style down...

Oh where to start! the toes are just scrumptious. wait, come to think of it, your assistant could also be quite scrumptious, too. that's a fun way to get rid of the competition, eat the evidence.

aug 8 was sneak zucchini on your neighbor's porch day.

Bobquake...lololol. He looks so velvety - like a rabbit pelt.

One word..............

Ratatouille
(and I don't mean the rat movie)

Bam! Two weeks notice.

With 4 cats, I have that same view all the time.

and we had a TORNADO in New York City. And 8 million people couldn't get to work by subway!!

Yup, zuke fritters. They're really good with a nice garlicky hummus.

You know, don't you, that veggie is on the fast track to management. He's got all the qualifications.

You, dear woman, make me smile every day (well, some days you make me cry ... but it's all good)!

Love Bob, love the mutant squash -- love your hysterical sense of humor.

Bob has very lovely feet. Did he just have a pedicure? Great angle for a shot!!!

Watch out for the zucchini, he'll be in your chair before you know it....

OMG Laurie, you are too much!

A tie on a zuke!

I so needed that laugh but OMG I think I peed in my pants a little.
.

My cat makes an earthquake too. Does he, after plopping himself down and shaking the whole house, chew his nails and spit them out on the bed? That would be the full Jack treatment around here, followed by the 4:00am vocal exercises to warm up for the Opera of Hunger--several performances a day! And I have exclusive access! Such a treat!

Bob's toes are positively perfect! I love cat tootsies, especially when they leap off the bed and their feet are stretched out behind them as if they are diving into a pool---toes visible of course. That just makes me happy in an all's right in my tiny world way :D! Crazy? Maybe/maybe not!

Love those little pink Bob feet. Tooo cute.

C

omg that was hilarious! the copy machine... snort!

heathergranolayarn, you too. :)

I'm in the valley too and slept right through it.

I had people ask me when I first moved to LA from the South, "aren't you afraid of the earthquakes?"

I told them "no, after seen cars fly though the air from tornados, the room shaking don't register squash!" hahahaha

I'm in the valley too and slept right through it.

I had people ask me when I first moved to LA from the South, "aren't you afraid of the earthquakes?"

I told them "no, after seen cars fly though the air from tornados, the room shaking don't register squash!" hahahaha

Get it, squash???? hahahaha.....never mind! :-)

ACK! Borg-Zukes...assimilated at your office. I guess there are worse things, hehehe.

I, too, love pink kitty tootsies.

Add a little parmesan to that mix and I'll be right over!

Awesome Bob toes!!!

"The bed shimmies and shakes when he jumps on it, and everyone just shoots him a dirty look and goes back to sleep." EVERYONE?! I think there must be more to the story here!

We live in Toluca Lake and I had no idea that there was any quaking going on last night. When we heard about it today my husband said "I think I felt it but I just thought it was Lilly scratching herself." Lilly is one of our cats and she is slightly portly. I know how you feel!

So glad that the earthquake didn't do tons o' damage. (I was in a dorm in the Quake of '72. Humdinger.
Love the Bob-toes.
But, mostly, I think you're right up there with Aristotle, Schopenhauer and maybe Heloise with your remarks about the relationship between souls, stuff and moving.
Smart cookie.

ah, pink cat niblet toes.

Talk about 'Bossy'...

Adorable Bob feets and stylish zucchini, oh my!
I wish my cat would sleep nicely on my bed, but all he ever wants to do is play with his toys and pounce whenever I move...

Totally off topic, but maybe not really if the zucchini are benefiting from the manure pile next door...
I came across this recipe for de-stinking dog poop (if you are brave enough to try it):
equal parts listerine (original nasty yellow), dishsoap, and water. Spray on stinking pile and wait for odor to disappear.

Have not tried as our dog's poop does not stink. Ok. That's a lie. But we do not amass it in a nuclear waste dump-esque site either.

BTW, I heart kitty toes.

ha! My cat Bob tops the cat scale in my house too. A heft 16 pounds of Bob :P

Man, the squash just keeps coming! Who knew the valley was such a perfect spot for it?!

Around here, you have to be sure to lock your car when you go to church in August. If you don't you'll come out after service and find your car full of zucchini.
Bob's feet made me want to tickle between his toes.

When our daughter lived in CA she contended that her cats never warned her of impending earthquake; they just went and stood in sturdy doorways themselves! VBG!

LOL!

actually, i think i better get back to work - I can easily see myself being replaced by a squash. :0)

Crawling out of lurkerdom on this one::

LOVE the Bob toes!! If you like cute kitty pix, have you visited Dave Daniels Cabin Cove? He has a pure white kitty named Miss Lulu. His Aug 7 post has some funny photos of the Divine Miss L's jeckell and hyde personality.

http://www.cabincove.com/

Keep the kitty pix comin'

I live in Ventura and did not feel the earthquake. I was awake, too. Regarding the zucchini, if you have too much, give them to Food Share for their food bank. I have to tell you that you got me hooked on "How Clean Is Your House?" OMG...I used to be hooked on "Clean House", but the BBC version finds the most filthy houses! I feel so much better about my own house now; it's not so bad after all. The show is disgusting, but it's like you can't look away. And I would NOT smell those horrid things or *eww* touch the toilet with bare hands! (I love TiVo technology.)

Thought about you when I saw the news but I'm glad no harm was done, and you and the furballs are okay. Early last year, a woman moved from New Orleans to San Francisco, after losing both her house and her job in the flood. When asked "aren't you afraid of an earthquake?" she would just stare at people and say, "after KATRINA?"

You dapperly necktied zuke totally beats out the two-foot zuke a co-worker brought to work last year with yarn hair and Mr. Potato Head eyes etc. stuck into it.

Kitty toes!

I wish you would sell these monster squash...you could make a fortune. Most of the time the grocery stores in Ventura county don't have nary a squash of any type, but if they do, they're puny and $2 each. Who needs to wait for pennies off the sale of each book when you can become a millionaire from your own mini-harvest?

bob is working on his cheesebank...there's nothing wrong with a fella having a healthy cheesebank.

Concerning the Zucchini Song: I remember Tim Curry singing it on Saturday Night Live in the early 80's?

Oh, What a beauty!
I've never seen one as big as that before.
Oh, What a beauty!
Must be two foot long or even more.
It's such a lovely color
So big and round and fat
I've never seen a zucchini grow quite as big as that!
Oh-ho! What a beauty!
I've never seen one as big as that before.

And 25 years later, I can still remember the song. Scary, isn't it, the power of zucchini.

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Bobquake, indeed! At our house we have Jakequakes. Glad everyone is OK.

Hi sweetie!! I hope you're having a nice weekend. I'm going to clean my house now and I can't help but talk to myself in a British and Scottish accent while I do I!! Thanks a lot, Kim and Aggie!!

Hugs, Liz R

(I'm going to get some washing up liquid and clean the cooker now!!)

Stopping by to say hi (though it looks like you have a lot of those!). Somehow I've managed to miss your site until now...I'm running a contest and one thing I'm asking is to give me new knitting blogs to check out. Yours just came up in one of the entries and after glancing through some of your past posts, I'll definitely be coming back! I like your sense of humor and may have to check out your book--looks interesting! Happy Knitting!

Hi, Laurie - went on 'A Day late and a dollar short' blog through your link - did you see that Evan's surgery has been brought forward to the 08/22 (look at me being American! Obviously it should be 22/08 - but I will pander to you foreigners!) I have only started stalking Alison and Jeff after stalking you - so have no vested interest here apart from a vicarious interest in Evan because he is so cute and cuddly - but please will you blog about Evan again to bring him to everyones thoughts and prayers.
Liz
PS yes - this is drunk commenting! But heartfelt all the same.

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Clearly I have no life, as your zucchini dilemma has officially entered the crawlspace of my brain and I think of it sometimes when my brain idles for a moment. Your zucchini is in there, hanging out with the theme song from "Gilligan's Island," the rules for playing Farkle, and all the words to "Annabelle Lee."

Which is why, today, when a friend was kvetching about all the stuff she had to buy for back-to-school for her brood ... I thought ... ZUCCHINI! Don't you think teachers are tired of apples after all these years? Why not stand at the school bus stop and give each kid a zucchini to give to their teacher?

Just sayin.'

Bob feet!!!

My bro-in-law felt it, though we're 34 miles away from Granada Hills even. My mother on the other hand, who lives *in* GH, felt it so much and worried herself silly - she tied packing string around the cabinet frames to try and prevent dishes from falling out.

Because. You know. The whole Northridge 'quake made her realize that losing all of her China again is something she *doesn't* want to do. So packing string, it is.

LOL!!! A bobquake! That's exactly what it's like on my bed with my big, fat Teddy Bear! And he absolutely INSISTS on sleeping on my PILLOW next to my head! Do I move over to the farthest reach of the pillow so he can be comfortable? Need you even ask? ;)

Your squash story had me in stitches. Sigh - I've missed reading your blog.

* off to do some catch up reading *

(sniff, sniff) Where are you, Laurie? I miss you! (sniff, sniff)

Where oh where are you tonight
How could you leave me here all alone!
I searched the world over and thought I found true love
You met another and ththth! you was gone!!

(with apologies to Hee Haw)

CAP...

My cat is terrified (in the curious I-need-crouch-down-low-and-sway-my-head-a-creep-very-carefully cat sort of way) of giant summer squash. He thinks they are part of the alligator family, except they perch on countertops waiting to attack. Very funny.

Have you considered cooking them (the zucchini)?...serious. Chocolate zucchini cake, fudge loaf, relish, grilled, stuffed, muffins, bread...possibly even cupcakes.

Jake

I thought I was so unique in loving Bob's cute little pink pads/feet, hah. Are you lost in the zucchini jungle? I miss you and I'm sure Iam not unique in this!

A grocer put up a sign that read "Eggplants, 25¢ each -- three for a dollar."

All day long, customers came in exclaiming: "Don't be ridiculous! I should get four for a dollar!"

Meekly the grocer capitulated and packaged four eggplants.

The tailor next door had been watching these antics and finally asked the grocer, "Aren't you going to fix the mistake on your sign?"

"What mistake?" the grocer asked. "Before I put up that sign no one ever bought more than one eggplant."

=)

Oh. My. God. Hurry - no faster - take down the picture of the Bob's thighs and arm fat for all the world to see! He may be at your house right now peeing in your favorite shoes!
I am just joking cause he would never ever pee in your shoes... he has extra special litter. And of course, the cutest feet in the whole wide world.

I love the fact that you refer to "everyone" in your bed like that is so totally normal. I can just visualize you with all the cats and then the Bobquake and all of them lifting their heads, including you, to shoot poor Bob the look. My greyhound wouldn't even lift his head. He is seriously that lazy.
Have a great day.
Holly

When I was a teenager (a looooong time ago now) Mum and Dad had a rather fat Labradoor, who ate anything that didn't run away fast enough ... and one year they also had a LOT of Zucchini - so Mum used to cook up a huge pot of Zucchini with some dry dog food and some gelatine - and have home made diet dog food!
btw - there is not a lot of room in bed when my husband and I end up sharing it with 2 cats and a rather large golden retriever! ... thank goodnes the dog gets hot and leaves the bed after a little while! LOL