From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Me, me, me, me, me, me, me

October 30, 2008

I see this ad in the OMMA Show magazine. If this kid walked into your office, looking like this and said, “It’s all about me…” what would you do? Yeah, me too. And I’d make sure he skidded across the pavement a bit so that his hair would shave off. Free haircut.
Seriously, does this ad [...]

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Combating urban noise

October 29, 2008

Ever pull up to a stop light and have a bratty little teen-ager with his sub woofers pounding a dent in your quarter panels? Well, here is a canine solution to that!
Get a German Shepherd and Golden Labrador and teach them how to howl on command. Then, open the windows and start the ruckus! It [...]

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Joe Mamma?

October 29, 2008

First, just watch the video. All the way to the end.

I know Alaska is part of these United States, but how ignorant of racism is Sarah Palin? It is almost as surreal to watch as John McCain singing “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” to a Beach Boys tune! Before she can lead America, she [...]

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The $3,000 lawn mower

October 26, 2008

I brought my Snapper lawnmower in for service and Quentin, my lawn guy, writes me up a ticket, says that will be $99.00 for the pre-season special, including engine tune up, blade sharpening and balance, oil, gas, timing, etc, etc, etc. Probably all the things I should be doing myself, but just don’t have the [...]

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A conundrum of massive proportion

October 24, 2008

My paper shredder just crapped out on me. In this economy, I can’t afford to buy a new one. But, in this economy, I can’t afford to have my identity stolen either.
Barack and John, these are the kinds of things that we “Joe the Dog” living on “Main Street” have to worry about. And while [...]

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My mortgage adjusted up

October 23, 2008

This month, my mortgage payment adjusted up about $50.00 more each month than the previous year. It was not because my interest rate was adjusted, but because Montgomery County, Ohio needed more money.
In all fairness, I know it is not the bank getting more money and technically, my mortgage did not adjust. But, my [...]

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Obama planning ahead

October 21, 2008

I was watching the news yesterday and a journalist said something odd. Paraphrased, it goes like “Obama is running ads in South Carolina, a state so red that it is impossible that he win it for the election.” The implication is that he should not waste his money on ads for people who are not [...]

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The presidency is now a talent contest!

October 20, 2008

From the OMG! department. Is McCain really doing a call from entries to a “I’m Joe the Plumber” contest? Really??
I’m sure there are a lot of words for this, but I’m just beyond them right now.

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Palin popularity not the same as ability

October 20, 2008

On Morning Joe today, Joe Scarborough sat in his chair and said with a straight face: (I am paraphrasing as I was so dumbfounded at what I was hearing that I could not work the TiVo fast enough)
Governor Palin has been able to attract the largest viewership ever for SNL, the largest for any VP [...]

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Walking with the big dogs!

October 18, 2008

We are walking with the BIG DOGS now!
Guy Kawasaki (guykawasaki) is now following your updates on Twitter. YEAH!!!

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The price of stupid and ignorant

October 18, 2008

The Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated distributed the flyer above with their newsletter. They claim it just represents food and the chicken, watermelon, Kool-Aid and ribs were not racist.
Yeah, right. How big of a rock was the president of the GOP group, Diane Fedele, living under for how many years? And, her daughter gets on [...]

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Do they talk american?

October 18, 2008

Here’s a tip when running for President of the United States of America: Pay attention in English class.
From an email on October 18, 2008 from the McCain/Palin camp, they write:
Help John McCain and Sarah Palin win in November!
With less than 18 days until Election Day our volunteer activities are in full swing. With your help [...]

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National City, what were you thinking!

October 17, 2008

I click on the bookmark into my checking account at nationalcity.com and was immediately jolted into thinking I had gone the wrong place. I quickly shut down my browser, cleared the cookies, and panicked. I then went in again and saw the same thing! Then, I realized October was breast cancer month and the whole [...]

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FedEx curls make me happy

October 13, 2008

I love getting FedEx envelopes because that rip tab to open them makes a curly thing that makes me happy.

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We didn’t start the fire either

October 13, 2008

A couple weeks ago, Ryan Healy wrote a blog post about how Baby Boomers screwed up the world and how GenY is going to “fix” it. After turning it over in my 40+ brain a bit (Boomers like to think things through before yapping off; part of our charm) here are some observations about the [...]

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Being authentic

October 12, 2008

Guy included me in his Alltop magazine rack early on in the site life (pets.alltop.com) and I’ve been a fan since. Actually, I have always been a fan of Guy. When Neenz sent a Facebook message to the Alltop group about getting some cool Alltop stickers, I was there. Sent my mailing address in and [...]

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Good bye, dear friend

October 7, 2008

Today, I said goodbye to a very dear friend. He was only 8 years old and walked with me everywhere. I spent a long time howling and crying until there were just no more tears and all that was left was an empty hole that started at the base of my throat and goes all [...]

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The $5,000 health insurance question

October 4, 2008

I am a self-employed dog who buys his own health insurance. I’ve been listening to all these pundits and political candidates talking about government “getting out of the way” so individuals can buy their own health insurance. “Let the free market do it’s thing” is the cry from most of them.
I have come to [...]

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Plain talk Palin email

October 2, 2008

Well, not really plain talk, but we’ll translate.
I received this email from Sarah Palin…. well, not from her personally, but from the Palin-McCain Campaign. I’ve attached it as a PDF file for you to read, but here are some highlights.
1. She encourages me to vote TODAY because you can vote early in Ohio. I read [...]

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Genius at work!

October 2, 2008

Now, for something really simple and effective. Maybe Dean can go work in government and show Congress how to fix the financial mess for far less than $700B!

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