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• Dogs, Politics

  Raising the bar

  11.05.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Congratulations to President-elect Obama. While his is an inspiring achievement for many, let us not forgot that for others his example is less salutary. I am not speaking here of his political rivals. Instead I think we should pity first-generation children of immigrants, to whom he now represents an almost insurmountable set [...]

• Dogs

  Because we are suckers

  05.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  We are now fostering a golden retriever/cocker spaniel mix named Samantha Jo.  That is a stupid name, so I have renamed her Jo Jo Peanut Butter Pants.  She is the sweetest little dog who has some unfortunate allergies that the medical folks at the Oregon Humane Society are trying to pin down.  Meanwhile, to get her [...]

• Dogs, Walks with the dogs

  Various

  01.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I have learned from more than one source that dogs’ paws can smell like Fritos.  I would assess this for myself, but I have more than once seen my dogs step blithely into large and avoidable dog poop piles.
  Yesterday evening we passed the crest of Belmont as it dips over the shoulder of Mt. Tabor, [...]

• Dogs, General, Walks with the dogs

  A Shadow From the Past

  01.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Yesterday evening the power went out for about a half-hour.  Only a few hours earlier I had been walking with the dogs through a several-blocks-long blackout and felt relief when I turned a corner and saw I had reached the border of restored power and that our house was lit.  Whatever was wrong in that [...]

• Dogs

  Hippo Noo Yeer

  12.31.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  This story was brought to my attention by valued reader and commenter Indanth.  It is an uplifting note on which to end the year.  And more reason why one shouldn’t hate Gaiman just because he’s an insufferably talented bastige.
  Here’s wishing a happy and healthy and serene New Year to all.

• Dogs, Music

  Silver bells hangin’ on a string

  11.26.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  We had a house guest this Thanksgiving weekend just past — Camas, a husky-mix with one blue eye and one brown eye.  Camas is a nice dog with a dumb name.  Camas does not like other dogs much, so when his owners want to board him, he stays with us instead of at the dog [...]

• Dogs, General

  The Silence of Her Flatterers

  11.02.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  So I took a closer look at my valuable Canadian Quarter and discovered that the creature depicted thereon appears to be a moose, not an elk.  Now I have never seen a moose but people I know who have experience with them invariably describe them as rather rude.  Why a national mint would thus choose [...]

• Dogs

  Vacances

  09.30.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Earlier this month Mrs The Fyd and I took the dogs for a few days of vacation at the coast.  The place we rented was rather more rural than where we have stayed in the past.  At night I heard the howls of coyotes in the nearby hills.  Across the gravel road was a swamp, [...]

• Dogs, Politics

  Public Service

  08.28.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I think a sign of Boris’ competence as the Scourge of Possums is my reflection, just now after hanging up the phone, that I really should add to speed dial the Multnomah County Animal Services’ Dead Animal Pickup number.  I think this is number 4 on the dog’s tally, possibly 5 if my suspicions about [...]

• Dogs, General, Music, Walks with the dogs

  Things Fall Apart

  08.14.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  My headphones, Koss PortaPros, seem to be about to fail.  Recently they have been yielding more distortion than music, leaving me with the feeling that I will hear the beep of Sputnik at any moment.  Luckily I have spare headphones, and more luckily Koss will repair for free (with a small s/h charge) the product [...]

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