I was abstaining from posting, wanting my first post since the election to be about Obie, but I need to do a little filing, as I'd like for this particular dream to be easily accessible in the future. So, this is for me and not you. Feel free to ignore ( Read more... )

To the dog owners in my complex: Dogs are not dumb, they just don't always feel like listening to you.

Especially when the only communication they get from you comes in the form of ANGRY YELLING.

xposted from Electric Boogaloo because I spent at least four hours on www.huffingtonpost.com today and even if it turns out we are all just pawns, I love this shit. The thread topic was Sarah Palin in general, and there had been some talk about drilling in Alaska and this article.

I put my Brainmeats of Considerable Computing Power to work just now ( Read more... )

Money (but especially lackthereof) is so oppressive. What a (synthesized) trapped feeling ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was reunited with my favorite Great Pyrenees / Maremma mix and it made my week.

Manchu ('snowball') is a very special little puppy. The first time he came into the store he was nine weeks old, they'd just picked him up, didn't even have a name. His mother Chris explained that his breeds are sheep dogs (live with the sheep full time, don ( Read more... )

Guantanamo Bay IS a terrorist training camp ( Read more... )

Snow on the fully-bloomed cherry blossoms in late April.

Nature: ur doin it wrong.

So one of my regular customers at work (kind of senile, told me the same story about a movie featuring talking dogs a couple times, one of those people you have to repeat "No, it's not large breed senior." to three times) indicates my wrist brand and asks "Is that a tattoo or is it just on for today?" I tell him it's a tattoo. He asks "Do you know ( Read more... )

Aaand Spitzer resigns. Before NPR this morning I had almost wished it hadn't come out so that we wouldn't have to hear about it every day and the man could just get on with his job, but apparently estimates put his little foray into the world of illegal prostitution at $80k total, $4,300 per visit. My god, if you're going to get yourself ostracized ( Read more... )

Happy 149th Birthday Oregon.

You don't look a day over 110.