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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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Real airport security is very low tech

December 29, 2009

With all the news media chattering on about this latest round of terrorism with flight 253 and the guy with a bad stomach in the restroom, we are seeing the latest group of pundits advocating for more technology, full-body scans, etc, etc.
Oh, brother.
Real airport security is far more low-tech than that. Here is the [...]

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Be careful what you send people, they may just laugh at you with the world watching

January 23, 2009

This is just funny and clever stuff because it is in context. The dogs leaping into the pool isn’t bad viewing either.

And if you are a lawyer or a company with a lawyer and feel the need to send me a cease and desist letter, for anything I have done, said or will do and [...]

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Some things I know

December 20, 2008

I just got done speaking with an American Express rep to pay my bill. I had to call them because I missed the bill pay window between 3:00-7:00am where their web site will actually work to pay my bill.
It got to think about stuff I “know” to be true, even though other dogs swear they [...]

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Dogs bring civilization wherever they go

November 9, 2008

Catherine Osborne wrote an interesting paragraph for her article “Bien chien” in the magazine Design Lines Toronto.

Starbucks used to be the sign a neighbourhood was on a gentrification upswing. But now, it’s your local dog boutique. They’re everywhere – spas that offer organic shampoos, daycare centres with webcam feeds, bakeries that sell handmade biscuits with [...]

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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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We may be the change others are waiting for

July 28, 2008

We have moved into a new office on the other side of the road, just kitty-corner from the old building. But, because we are on the busy side of the street, our old walking route is beyond reach as cars race by on Main St., not allowing us to cross easily. So, we [...]

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Eat dessert first

July 14, 2008

I read the Wall Street Journal. I have since I was a young puppy when I got my first job at Dog Pound, Inc. While my peers always flipped to the Money sections, checked the stock quotes, etc., the first section I read was MarketPlace. This is where all the “life” bits happened which drove [...]

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Watermelon Wine

July 13, 2008

Bongo sent me this photo. Reminds me of the song Watermelon Wine by Tom T. Hall.

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Unfamiliar walks

June 15, 2008

A couple days ago, we took a walk downtown and I really enjoyed myself. I love new places, new smells, new dogs. As I walk along, I look back to see if my owner is still with me, to make sure that he wants to go straight, take a left, stop and look at a [...]

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Can you own a dog?

June 14, 2008

I grew up in the great state of Minnesota. All of my views of the world, especially the ones about gender relationships, power balance, worth, etc. were shaped by my litter and the other dogs around me. For those of you not quite up on your Minnesota demographics and political history, the state was settled [...]

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Naomi’s first club walk

June 1, 2008

Dog walking with Rufus, Grep, Molly, and Bingo is so much fun because I get to pet all the dogs. I did the dog oath, the dog handshake, and they where good. I get to play with the dogs and take pictures.
I rode my bike to start. I like walking better. We walked to Mambos’s [...]

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Memorial Day

May 22, 2008

As I was lifting my leg to bless the Englewood Independent lying on my doorstep this morning, the front page article caught my eye. So, I bent down to read it before soaking it. The main headline read “Memorial Day: Remembering those who preserve freedom.”
It was a good article about Air Force Capt. Bob Everdeen [...]

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Appeasing the under-educated white guy

May 18, 2008

Since Hillary’s win in North Carolina last Tuesday, the “news cycle” has been all about how Barack Obama is going to get the “under-educated, white man” vote. After watching news story after news story on this, a very large question suddenly dawned on me:
When did this country get to the point where the under-educated, white [...]

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Two Great Danes

May 14, 2008

This is Tess and Sallie, two dogs who live on a pig farm in Denmark. (they are great Danes, but not Great Danes. That is dog humor )
Here’s the farm from the air.

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We got into Alltop!!!!!

May 13, 2008

OMG!! We got listed on Alltop.com today!! We kick ass and now we’ve got the balls to prove it.

On the Internet, everyone knows I’m a dog and they all want to be just like me!!
You rock, Alltop. Now, if I could only get Guy Kawasaki to notice me….

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Dogs, cats and rabbits I know are not me

May 8, 2008

I will never be president. Not just because I’m a dog, or even because I’m a black dog, but because of the animals I have once known and do now know. 
When I was growing up, I used to hang with some dogs who had anti-small dog opinions; very, very strong anti-small dog opinions. We grew apart eventually [...]

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About Rufus

April 30, 2008

Some people have wondered about who Rufus really is and wondered if he is really who he says he is on DogWalkBlog (and elsewhere). So, just so you know.. and you know who you are.. everything on this blog is real. Here are some popular questions.

Is Rufus a real dog?
Yes, Rufus is very real. He [...]

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I got no leash on me

April 28, 2008

I run with this one dog who loves to walk. When his owner grabs the leash, he jumps up and down, gets all excited about going for a walk.
He gets the leash clipped on his collar and he pulls on the lease the entire way. But, when his owner lets go of the lease [...]

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Celebrate Arbor Day and celebrate the future

April 24, 2008

I was really bored in the van today as we did a bunch of errands, so I turned the radio up a little louder to listen to the commentary on Arbor Day. Tress are really, really important to us dogs because you never know when you won’t be able to find the next fire plug.
Anyway, [...]

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