I suppose it had to happen eventually, right? I gave Easton the wrong mailing address for sending the Fawlty Towers DVDs to Bill and Kathee Austin. Actually, I think Bill forgot which mailing address he gave me, to give to Easton, but we’re not pointing fingers here!
I assumed over the length of Basil’s journey, which […]

Have you always wanted to ask Basil something but never thought you could?
Now you can!
What do you want to know about Basil the donkey? Where he’s from? How old is he? Can he really whistle?
Post your questions in the comments (or email us) and I’ll make sure to answer them with Basil’s help.
My hope is […]

Although Basil’s left Mesa, Arizona and the Ellsworth Estate for … well, similar pastures in Scottsdale, Arizona with the Austins (since there’s only about 18 miles difference and he’s still in Arizona), Easton was good enough to send me one last picture of him and the Fawlty Towers DVDs.
Starbucker was the first to take a […]

Basil’s long journey from Mesa to Scottsdale is finally over.
Apparently eighteen miles is a long way to hitchhike when you are a code-writing donkey who is used to sitting at a computer all day.
Since Basil’s arrival was expected by Friday evening, a Saturday morning search party was launched with crews hunting all over Scottsdale for […]

Basil’s journey started in Montreal where he works for me as a code-writing donkey. His travels around the globe so far have him returning to Canada a couple times — Nova Scotia, Ottawa and now Toronto.
Ben Unsworth joined the list a few weeks ago after coming across the site from StumbleUpon.
Ben lives in Toronto, Ontario […]