I wish people would keep their dogs within the safety of a fenced-in backyard. I understand dogs are cunning sons of bitches (pun intended), but it's not difficult to make sure your dog is safely cooped up ( Read more... )

If you're on Facebook (and many of you are), like this. They're going to donate $100,000 towards Japan for their search-and-rescue dogs.

At about eleven-thirty this morning, I decided that I was going for a run after work ( Read more... )

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So I go out (late-ish again, thinking that at least for a couple days next week the heat will be a non-issue), went on my usual warm-up route, and past a kind of tall fence ( Read more... )

I decided to take it easy on myself, seeing as it's been nearly a month since I Lost The Thing That Goes Boop. (And as I recall, that run kinda sucked the big one in more ways than just losing the Boop Device ( Read more... )

Got fully awakened about 15 minutes ago by a phone call from Nana, wanting to start some plans for Mickie to go with them for a week. Probably starting next weekend, because they just got back from vacation and things will be hectic at The Shop ( Read more... )

The Texas-strength beer came in the nick of time to Mom. They told her yesterday that they suspected Dad had another mini-stroke*, and she was a bit emo. He's okay, all things considering - eating well, sleeping okay - but it's just part of this slippery slope his life has become these past four years ( Read more... )

Yeah, because 10:30 - 11:30 isn't really lunchtime. I ate anyway (skipped breakfast, which is Bad Elbie) so I won't oink out on lunch at work (Salisbury steak and cherry cobbler day, don'tcha know...), and because we got some chipolte cheddar cheese last night. YOM ( Read more... )

Mom called this afternoon in tears... her 14-year-old dog, Zack, was laying down outside and not responding, and there was an uncomfortable number of flies on him. She thought he had died, and she was too shaken up to talk. My mom is a tough ol' broad, so I got in my car and booked it as quickly as I could ( Read more... )

Work: back with the four-to-fivers, who are improving. Not in leaps in bounds; more like dribs and drabs. But they're starting to listen to me. Now if they can only start to listen to New Girl #2... (There's been an influx of new hires, and I'm hoping they all stick.) I read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and showed them how to make hand ( Read more... )