Thawing Out

[rantingranger]

The frozen tundra met us and left us with temperatures of no degrees, but we had a nifty time in Eau Claire (and I in Duluth) nonetheless. I will post in detail later, but as I have to work tomorrow, I will leave a cryptic montage of images in the meantime:

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[rantingranger]

Yeah - my sister acquired a Pomeranian puppy whom the family dubbed "Elvis." He makes a good pet, and will make a much better pet when he calms down a touch and gets housebroken a ton.

[fuggler]

Lol@ the last pic

[rantingranger]

Anonymous Jess (on the right) and I have known each other his entire life (I have about two-and-a-half years on him). We've always shared an interest in medieval history, but he pursued his all the way to a master's degree (perhaps even less employable than my degree), acquiring some swords in the process. We have a long-standing tradition of staging photographs with crossed swords upon our reunions, though we have substituted hatchets, fireplace pokers, bouzoukis and potted Norfolk Island pines when we've found no swords available.

[fuggler]

Wow, that's probably the most useless degree ever.

[dead_terrapin]

Yippeee - it's the Pabst sign!! I see that you haven't forgotten how to dress - the obligatory northwoods plaid shirt is the evidence for sure!

Welcome back!

[rantingranger]

Yeah, I had to clue in the clueless on the Pabst scene, but you got your eight jillion points for knowing what I meant right away.

Not just any plaid shirt - a Leinenkugel plaid shirt. I have two of them, and wore them both in my time back there.

Thanks! I got to paddle around with a harbor seal today; I love living here!

[tai_lu]

That dog is the cutest thing!

[rantingranger]

Yeah, I already like that puppy much better than the hulking brutes they had before, and I expect to like this one even better once some mellowing and housebreaking sets in.

[tai_lu]

What were the hulking brutes they had before?

I'm not much of a dog person, but that ball of fluff isnt really like a dog at all :)

[rantingranger]

Two huge, stupid dogs (stupid because their keepers never taught them any better).

I grew up with the perfect dog - a collie who had attained maturity by the time I formed memories I could keep - who ruined all other dogs for me. I've met dogs here and there that I like well enough, such as the little guy in the picture, but I don't know that I'll ever acquire one for myself.