Still Drawing The Crowds

I was in Melbourne for ODTUG and hoped to slip in and out without being noticed, but I was caught by the paparazzi

and as this tweet shows, I should have expected it

 

The ACE Directors of Coffee

A few months ago ACE Director Yury posted on twitter the best cup of coffee ever where the barista had put an ACE into the froth. So when I arrived in Sydney and Yury collected me from the plane there was only one place to go for coffee. 

Too Many Steps

Debra volunteered to climb a lot of stairs no sure why. I am not the only person who queried the logic, she tried to do what she called ‘altitude training’ in Denver and I loved it when she asked how to get to the stairs, and they said ‘why? There are plenty of elevators in this hotel”, although I do believe she has a worry about elevators. Anyway having dragged me up 4 floors I thought that was it!

However a week later she announces that was just a trial run and its time for the real thing! Apparently it was for charity, and we joined a lot of people doing the same thing. Really fit people did it in about 10-12 minutes and some idiots did it in about 6, she took 18 but then she was carrying me on her back.

The Quiet Man

After the ski scare I was relieved to meet a nice quiet man in Breck. He didn’t say much but then I can be quiet too so we hung out for a while, till he silently slid away.

Stanley Goes Skiing

I worry when I am not in trouble, because I know it is brewing.

The annual holiday in the mountains, is one of those times. People sit around having a great time, reminiscing about the past and talking about me with real affection.

Then POW something comes from left field that I wasn't expecting, and again I am the butt of the joke literally.

So I have grown to expect the worse, and the Tank Commander being here meant it was a guarantee. Yes I had the night by the fire (without being toasted with the marsh mallows), made new friends and relaxed. Yesterday the even asked me to go skiing with them and I thought it meant someone would wear me and I might at worse fall over in the snow.

Why am I so stupid, I went skiing with the Tank Commander and some new friends and as ever they are just too happy in this video. He has such a distinctive voice, listen to him in both the videos.

A Gift from The Tank Commander

February may mean Valentine’s Day for you but to me it means Denver and my favorite holiday to Breck, now a firm tradition in my life. So it should have been fun, sometimes they do bad things to me but generally I survive and it is ok.

 

But not this year, as I said in the last post Keeper Mogens bought the tank commander. He was driving us to Denver from the airport and I was really frightened, but he just picked me up and threw me in the trunk. That is how much he despises me.

To try and stay safe I stayed in a different hotel but I couldn’t avoid him at the conference, although that was quite funny, he hadn’t been to one before and got quite excited by having a name badge and ribbons. Nothing special, I have a whole collection at home.

However the last thing I expected from him was a present, even if it was a very fetching thong!

I'm Frightened, Very Frightened

I thought if I could hide no one would know I was there, I thought if I slipped into a vacuum bag I would be so thin I would be be safe, I thought wrong.

I hoped he had forgotten me, after all he had been to war since last we met, far worse to contend with than me. I hoped he would have other things on his mind, the excitement of the holiday, his first trip to Denver, I hoped wrong.

Normally this is a trip I look forward to, lots of my friends, at least 2 of my keepers but ever since he told her he was coming I have been worried.

I wanted to stay at home but my fans are expecting me, the price of fame.

So what lowlife has me this concerned? Who thinks they can get the better of I Stanley ACE Director? The tank commander. 

And how do I know he hasn't forgotten? Because just the other evening he reminded keeper Mogens and told other friends about that dayin the forest...

And now it looks like he and Mogens are in this together and I hear they went gun shopping yesterday.

This could be my last posting.