Category Archives: Pop Culture

Good vs bad cholesterol

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Rufus Dogg
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Bad cholesterol is when you spend an entire life feeding your body processed, high-fat, high carb foods, sitting alone in a beanbag chair in your underwear, with a game controller in your hands. Your arteries eventually harden, you suffer a … Continue reading →

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Holy crap, Barry. Give me the gun and walk away

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Rufus Dogg
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The White House released the above photo of President Obama shooting skeet at Camp David, mostly because some reporter was badgering Jay Carney about producing photo evidence of his claim that he shoots skeet. Ok. Cue up the silly. I’m … Continue reading →

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The real economic freedom in America

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Rufus Dogg
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On Monday, Barack Obama delivered his second Inaugural Address. While the Right and the Left will argue over what was said there, here is the passage that I think embraces the struggle over not only “entitlements,” but of wages and … Continue reading →

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So quiet and delicate that only dogs can hear it whistle

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Rufus Dogg
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While everyone was listening to Jodie Foster stumble nervously and reluctantly toward her coming out, her real message to the world was whispered so quietly only dogs heard her. In case you missed the Jodie Foster Cecil B. DeMille Award … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year from Scratch Baking

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Rufus Dogg
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A care packages of goodies from Scratch Baking Company arrived for us today; dog cookies, bagels and coconut cake. While Sallie went right in (she’s the boss, what can I say) all the dogs got a cookie. And dined later … Continue reading →

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Income disparity during snow days

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Rufus Dogg
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I heard the blizzard warnings last night on the television and immediately thought all the news stations were just salivating at the chance to finally scare the living crap out of us with spun-up winter weather. Shortly after sun-up this … Continue reading →

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Of cinnamon rolls and printing ink, we talked of many things

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Rufus Dogg
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There is a small bakery in South Portland, Maine that is making a huge splash, with ripples reaching as far away as Dayton, Ohio and Japan. This place is known as The Scratch Baking Company and it publishes a small … Continue reading →

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