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Stupid stuff

I love Cesar Millan, but he has made my life hell

March 14, 2010

I love Cesar Millan*, but he has made my life hell, along with Emeril LaGasse, Mike Holmes, and Alton Brown. But those other guys are a completely different — though not unrelated — post. Maybe later.
You see, Cesar has made almost everyone else in the pound an expert on dog behavior with an endless [...]

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SXSW had gone to the dogs

March 10, 2010

If you are going to Austin for SXSW next week, help us prove that SXSW is going to the dogs. It is real simple.
1. Take a photo of a dog you see at SXSW.
2. Tweet out with your photo using your favorite photo service, TwitPic, TweetPhoto, Yfrog, whatever. Enter as many photos as you wish.
3. [...]

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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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Last wrestle session at the school until Spring Break

January 3, 2010

Our last wrestling session for the 2009-2010 Winter break at Englewood Hills. The kids are back in school on Monday, so it’s back to the sand lot for us until Spring Break.

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Dogs playing tetherball

December 30, 2009

I wish I had a video camera, but I only had an iPhone. Englewood Hills left their tether balls attached to the poles over Winter break* and I swung one as I was walking by. Charlie jumped to grab it and a game ensued.
So, as fast as I could focus and snap, here you go. [...]

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Saying a thousand words with one photo

December 13, 2009

Saying a thousand words with one photo and the only ones I really want heard are, “Are we going for that walk now? Please?”

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Ukulele-playing kid

December 11, 2009

He’s a whole lot better at it than I am! Enjoy.

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Let’s try 9/11 terrorists in the heartland of “Pro-America”

November 19, 2009

Eric Holder and President Obama are taking a lot of flack on their decision to try the 9/11 terrorists in New York, just a few blocks away from the former World Trade Center. A lot of the angst and anxiety is centered around making the country less safe, endangering New York unnecessarily and making New [...]

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Our morning at the Englewood Reserve

November 14, 2009

Just a really cool photo captured with an iPhone. Never happens. Click on the photo for a full view. Check out more new photos.

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Charlie enjoys a good butt scratch

November 3, 2009

Watch his tongue.

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Why you should have a Twitter account even if you never tweet

October 27, 2009

Forget everything you’ve ever been told about Twitter. Forget about what you think you know about joining the conversation, being authentic, getting folks to follow you, following people you find interesting, etc.
Forget about not doing self-promotion or even tweeting. You don’t have to do any of those things.
But, you do need a Twitter account.
Because I [...]

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PAPP juggies is not appropriate, is it?

October 23, 2009

So I get this email from Nancy-Ann DeParle Director, White House Office of Health Reform asking me to watch a video by Michele Obama on women and health care reform.

I did and decided to drop the @whitehouse a comment, which I rarely do because they never respond anyway. They are busy, I understand.

When [...]

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What the hell will you ever use an English degree for?

October 21, 2009

To live life more fully through humor. This sign was at the cashier station at a Bob Evans.

What do you think they do with all the lost nouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and other parts of speech? Is there a box we can rummage through to find them? Maybe we can find a few more [...]

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Experts, experts everywhere

September 26, 2009

Yesterday on our afternoon walk, Sallie was having a bit of trouble walking straight and she was getting her leash all tangled up in my legs, so since we were only a block and a half away from home, I unsnapped it and kept walking. A few minutes later, I hear this woman yelling at [...]

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Sharpie at Fashion Week and funky purple

September 16, 2009

Sharpie is at Fashion Week in New York. I just wish I was there. I really don’t care too much about fashion, but life in Dayton, Ohio is just dead boring. I’ve also set a new random challenge to get an invite to a fashion show in 2010. Anyone want a dog to attend a [...]

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Never touch your hair during the cutting/styling process

August 31, 2009

I had a hair cut appointment on Saturday morning. The rules are simple and unwritten.
1. Arrive on time, never late.
2. Chat with Jerry about social issues
3. Never touch your hair during the cutting/styling process.
4. Never touch your hair during the cutting/styling process. (Not a repeat, just a lot of emphasis.)
For the first time in eighteen [...]

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What’s the National City connection to Minneapolis?

August 29, 2009

I’m sitting in the drive through lane at National City Bank in Englewood, Ohio, trying to find something to read as I was waiting for the teller to process my deposits. My eye wanders over to the sign they have next to the tube-machine and the map on the sign looks very familiar.
I kept looking [...]

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