"Use All The Crayons!" ... Dog Days
Saw “Mission: Impossible” on Sunday. Loved it It was an action movie that contained a lot of truly spectacular action. I’m trying to figure out why I love a movie like this when I despise every single superhero movie. I think it all comes back to my exaltation of our common humanity. I enjoy seeing humans being super heroic and can make sense of it. But superheroes exhibiting the reverse characteristics always strikes me as false. And what’s with all the green skin?
TODAY’S THEME … DOG DAYS
Doggedness is an admirable quality. Dogged people never quit. I fear I’ve always acted with cattedness.
• I wonder what goes through the dog's mind when he sees me alone in a quiet room frantically looking for the remote.
• I’m always at a loss for words whenever I take the dog out and he looks up at me like I’m supposed to congratulate him when he craps.
• I’m trying to persuade daughters to rename our annoying little yip dog Peeve, so I can with all honesty say, "And this dog is my pet Peeve."
• Doing pointless research on Pluto for today's blog and learned Pluto has five moons named Charon, Styx, Nix, Hydra and Kerberos. We have one lousy moon and it's named "Moon." What gives? It's like having a dog and naming it "Dog."
• I’d like to hear a canine translation of what dogs say to other dogs when they discuss how humans package food. "So she left this box of Pop Tarts on the table. I jump right up there, but the Pop Tarts are wrapped in foil that's inside pressed cardboard. I was so pissed. I mean, what do you do if you need a Pop Tart, like, right away?”
• I’m going to name our next dog, "Gusto" so I can spend my days lounging on my couch drinking beer and still contend I'm living with gusto.
• I’m going to be famous! I just taught Snickers how to sing/bark "I Want You To Want Me!" Yes! I taught an old dog Cheap Trick!
• Most people disagree with marketers who say breakfast is most important meal. We agree with dogs. Most important meal is next meal.
RANDOMS …
• I’m not up to speed on bovine anatomy, but I have to think a rump roast would come from a bum steer.
• Coaching 9-year-old to say anytime she sees grade school kid picking nose, "There's a farmer in the booger barn!”
• I’ll bet there are many days each week Dick Cheney wakes up and is stunned to realize he is no longer President of the United States.
• I can only conclude anyone who says puns are the lowest form of humor has never seen an Adam Sandler flick.
• I’m convinced the first thing to go is the inability to resist saying, "The first thing to go . . .”
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