My name is Otis.
I am a mini-dachshund with alot to say. Dachshund in German means "badger dog" and I live in the Badger State,
so I got that going for me. Send me an email sometime, it would be good to hear from you. email otis
Hey - below is a mass archive of posts from the past how-ever-long. Onward!
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CELEBRITY @ THE ESTABLISHMENT-
McLovin' from Superbad gets a haircut
05-01-08
Happy May. Our little punk rocker/Wax Queen
Annie "The Meck" Moeckler is climbing the ranks faster than a, ummm, fast rank climber. Forgive me, my analogies
are bit off as I wacked down too many $1 PBRs at Palomino last night. Things are cloudy on this sunny day to say the least.
Hey, my analogies are sorta back. Anyway, check the photos below to see Annie and Superbad's McLovin!
Mc Lovin and Annie
McLovin Picks His Nose, Annie Cheers Him On
Annie Tries To Hug, McLovin Apparently Too Cool
Annie and McLovin Slow Dance Instead, Carly Smiles
So thats McLovin at The Establishment....or is it? You decide....click the flick below....
McLovin In SuperBad
OTIS 2008 PARTY 4-26-08 I am 5 years old. Celebrate with me tonight at Burnheart's. Here's
the low down: OTIS 2008 sat 4.26.08 10pm
@ burnheart's 2599 s logan (off KK in Bayview)
dj how (the establishment) mashed up :: souled out
free Establishment Gift Certificates and T-Shirts
from Otis all nite long no cover, all good
EARTH MONTH MOVIE 4-16-08 Turn on
your speakers and click below to see, hear and enjoy the short film PLASTIC BAGS by my close friend Rupert Jones of the UK.
The film is about 4minutes long. Perfect for viewing while you wait for your coffee to cool down....
In this film, BAFTA nominated director Rupert Jones takes a farcical look at an everyday situation where planning ahead
can make an impact not just on the environment, but on your relationship with your grocer. Even though using a different plastic
bag every time you visit your grocery store might be a little more convenient for you, reducing the amount of plastic bags
you use is a lot better for the environment.
Ode To China Palace 3-07-08 After 30 years,
China Palace has closed its doors. Ode To China Palace: Before Brewers Day Games, all the bars on Oakland Ave were closed
but you'd serve us beer only if we bought the lunch buffet. Tough love. I'd call and ask for "sauce on the side"
which was always promptly refused. I'd say "its me from the salon" and was met with silence. Some would say
'bad customer service' but I say integrity and determination to serve General Tso's in Styrofoam boxes like they
do in the Far East. You were a beacon of light for Jews looking for a hot meal on a lonely Christmas Eve. You stuck with that
old receipt printer that printed 7 words per minute. How did you restock that receipt paper with the tear off holes on the
sides from 1984? A question that will remain one of the great mysteries of North Oakland Ave. You had mini Nestle Crunch Bars
for $.50 and one of those propped up cardboard $.25 March of Dimes things on your counter - a testament to your love of children
and the community. It also was a philosophical line in the sand - with money in hand do you choose Self (candy) vs Society
(March of Dimes)? Oh, how you'd challenge us CP. Your waiting area magazines were all Newsweek or Better Homes & Gardens
from 1998, serving as historical archive for all. You'd hit me with a $2 delivery charge even though we were 2 doors down,
teaching me the value of getting things for myself. Goodnight Sweet Prince. CHINA PALACE 1978 - 2008
SPRING
SPRING 2-29-08 It's been a while faithful readers. The winter does things to me. The subject is a request
for a season. Say it again. Moving on, I watched ACROSS THE UNIVERSE with my family and was quite moved. It was fun picking
out all the Beatles references. I thought I wasn't the musical type but then again, I thought I wasn't the unicycle
type either and look at me now. Till greener pastures....Otis
1-04-08 Hi All. Break your
resolutions yet? I sure did. Here's my tip to get your head on straight for 2008. Shut your cellphone. Watch FLETCH and
THE BIG LEBOWSKI back to back. Read THE FOUR HOUR WORK WEEK. Turn phone back on. Breathe. Repeat as needed.
You must begin a reading program immediately
so that you may understand the crises of our age. Begin with the late Romans, including Boethius, of course. Then you should
dip rather extensively into early Medieval. You may skip the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. That is mostly dangerous propaganda.
Now that I think of it, you had better skip the Romantics and the Victorians. For the contemporary period, you should study
some selected comic books."
I AM DIVINE 11-1-07
The word DOG spelled backwards
is GOD. Bow to me.
QUESTION THAT KEEPS ME INDOORS
10-11-07
What's
2 + 2 + darkness?
MY DAILY MEDITATION
10-03-07
"When
a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
LIFE AT HOME
9-06-07
I dust a bit...in addition, I am at
the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make
an occasional cheese dip.
MY EXPERIENCE AS A HOTDOG VENDOR
8-27-07
I could
only imagine how many haggard and depraved eyes were regarding me hungrily from behind the closed shutters; I tried not to
think about it. Already I was beginning to feel like an especially toothsome steak in a meat market. However, no one called
enticingly from the shutters; those devious mentalities throbbing away in their dark apartments were apparently more subtle
seducers. I thought that a note, at least, might flutter down. A frozen orange juice can came flying out of one of the windows
and barely missed me. I stooped over and picked it up in order to inspect the empty tin cylinder for a communication of some
sort, but only a viscous residue on concentrated juice trickled out on my hand. Was this some obscene message? While I was
pondering the matter and staring up at the window from which the can had been hurled, an old vagrant approached the wagon
and pleaded for a frankfurter. Grudgingly I sold him one, ruefully concluding that, as always, work was interfering at a crucial
moment.
OFFICE LIFE
8-18-07
I find, dear reader, that I have grown accustomed
to the hectic pace of office life... I have succeeded in initiating several work-saving methods. I have taken to arriving
at the office one hour later than I am expected. Therefore, I am far more rested and refreshed when I do arrive, and I avoid
that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find
that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality. My innovation in connection with the filing
system must remain secret for the moment, for it is rather revolutionary....
