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The glacier is melting

March 11, 2010

There is (or was) this huge pile of snow at the end of our lunchtime wrestle lot. For weeks, we’ve been playing “King of the Hill.” As it melts away, the game is becoming more and more intense as the snow becomes more scarce.
Anyway, Sallie (white dog) mostly wins the game. Charlie tries.

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There has to be an easier way to do this

March 6, 2010

I am replacing a folding closet door with a pre-hung door. This involves some framing and sheet-rocking. I’m almost done with the door, thanks for asking.
I’m at the last part of the project where I’m putting sheet rock on the inside frame around the door. The closet is about four feet wide by about three [...]

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Someday, I will be dead

March 5, 2010

I will die. It is a fact that I can’t overlook, regardless of how much work I put into denying it, putting it off or otherwise just trying to ignore it.
So, faced with the fact that I will not be escaping death, I have done the following:
- I have written my last blog post. This [...]

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The complete Olympic Games include the Paralympics

March 1, 2010

My editor wrote this over at GerardMcLean.com and I had to share. It is something that I privately champion at every opportunity, and this being one of those time, here you go.
UPDATE: @Neenz just published the Paralympics page at Alltop.com last night, Mar 5. If you know of or write a blog on the Paralympics, [...]

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When it is time to pass a torch

February 28, 2010

I spent this Sunday morning listening to a fair amount of Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan and a few other more obscure artists who moved and continue to move an entire generation. The first thought I had was “how sad that they will never be able to create another PP&M song.” The second thought [...]

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Risk as a downhill ski run, Bode Miller style

February 22, 2010

I was reading my Wall Street Journal today, page after page of blah, blah, blah and then I came across this story on page B8. It stopped me dead in my tracks.

I am not following the Winter Olympic Games nor am I really a fan of Bode Miller. I didn’t even read the article, but [...]

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What the heck is a Boondoggle?

February 17, 2010

I’m all for a good parody like the next puppy and although the assumption here is that a large percentage of the working, white middle class probably watched the Super Bowl Big Game and may have seen the Google ad (it ran once), the GOP may have been smarter to parody a Budweiser commercial [...]

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Welcome, Robert Gibbs!

February 13, 2010

Just a quick bark out to Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary, who joined us on Twitter a mere 55 minutes ago. Now, we’re just waiting for Bo to get here.
Big fans, especially with the “hopey-changey” retort press conference.

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Read the writing on the paw

February 10, 2010

Yesterday, we had a guest speaker – Sarah – come into the DogWalk to motivate us to get out there and walk regularly, even if there is two feet of snow outside, kids home from school everywhere and cars zipping by us as we walk in the street.
Then, Charlie noticed that Sarah had some writing [...]

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Geaux away

February 8, 2010

I’ve been half French all my life. It’s not something I chose or can change. My mother’s maiden name is Clavette.* Her mother’s maiden name was Pelletier. And that goes back a very long way. We only ended up American because the French apparently were really bad at making compasses and the family ended up [...]

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Snow Wrestlemania 2010

February 6, 2010

We ventured out to the Englewood Hills school grounds to wrestle in the snow. It looks pretty intense, but it was all in good fun.
When we were done, the snow looked like the putting green in the episode of the Munsters when Herman went golfing.
Enjoy the video.

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Hershey chocolate bar and Charm City Cakes (Ace of Cakes); Major upset

February 5, 2010

Fans of the show Ace of Cakes will know what I’m talking about when I say that the Hershey bar cake Duff and crew made earlier last year was a bit of a puzzler as the wrapper was right-side up with Hershey, but the bar pieces inside were upside-down. So, the cake was made with [...]

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You are not lost, you are here and you know where here is, right?

February 1, 2010

You are reading DogWalkBlog.com, produced and written in Dayton, Ohio. We are talking with Rufus, one of the key writers of the blog where he reminds us why you, time and place are important for blog credibility and reader orienteering.
I was reading a blog from a linked tweet this morning and halfway through it, my [...]

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In the world of creativity, they will remain average

January 29, 2010

I ran across this video by Tom Peters. Watch it.

Peters makes some powerful points about education, but I don’t entirely agree with everything he says.
Creativity is not a refusal to color inside the lines. It is a conscious decision to color outside the lines, knowing what the lines mean and why they are there. Refusing [...]

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Home kitchens are not functional

January 24, 2010

I cooked breakfast this morning. I hate home kitchens because they are more like living rooms with furniture rather than places to prepare food. I don’t know why or how this trend started, but anyone who cooks at home needs to work in a restaurant kitchen for even a few weeks to know the following [...]

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Stupid is good

January 17, 2010

“Greed is good” Gordon Gecko, Wall Street, 1987
And now apparently stupid is in. Stupid is good. At least that is what Diesel wants you to believe. In 2008, we wanted really smart people to be in power. Judging from the current political winds, 2012 may be the year stupid is cool again.
I understand why Diesel [...]

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Charlie sings along…

January 13, 2010

Bad harmonica playing and Charlie joins in. Fans of Eastenders will recognize the theme song, minus the opening drum roll, of course. (Sorry people in the US.. apparently the BBC does not like Americans watching the show.)

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