Today’s theme: Dog Days
Colorful Living Tip of the (Dog) Day …
• 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.
Relatables (woof woof)…
• 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!
• The only way curmudgeonly old dogs could be more lovable is if they succumbed to male pattern baldness.
• Most people disagree with marketers who say breakfast is most important meal. We agree with dogs. Most important meal is next meal.
• I’m surprised dogs don’t try and leap through the TV whenever they see commercials for things like Hot Pockets.
• 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 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.”
Zeitgust Word of the Week (a word I made up with the goal of getting it into an actual dictionary) …
Park Splug: A drowsy child who reaches a point of playground exhaustion and succumbs to an involuntary nap.
Related blog post …
“Casey, our bum-sniffing dog,” (July ‘11) …
News that terrorists will be soon be smuggling bombs surgically implanted in their bodies has me again realizing I have commitment issues. Where do they find these zealots? Where do they find these doctors? Is this sort of procedure covered under the new health care law? The Republicans will go ballistic if they find out really going ballistic is addressed on page 1,293.
Concluding thought …
• Doggedness is an admirable quality. Dogged people never quit. I fear I’ve always acted with cattedness.