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I may be walking in slushy ruts six inches deep and slogging through puddles that would drown small dogs but here in Anchorage, those walking conditions mean spring. Yea!

Why is it that the same dog who will turn her nose up at dried dog food (and you know who you are Blondie!) will grab a treat from my hand of the same smell and consistency and eat it as though it were ambrosia?

I was in there to buy my usual gross of paper towels, something you need when you have six parrots and a cockatoo, when I realized they have a liquor store section. Since I have only recently come to the art of the smart cocktail, I have never actually been in there before. Well, that’s not really true. I vaguely remember going in there once to buy a case of beer when some young cousins were coming to visit but that’s not a really sharp memory so it may not have actually happened.

At any rate, being a devoted Costco

Pajama jeans… it’s like the fashion gods have heard my plea. Pajama jeans, I say! And you can wear them outside. They aren’t just for bed. I know this because that’s what they show on TV and we all know that anything they show on TV must be true.

So all you fashionistas out there (you know who you are, Judy!) who have mocked my sense of style or lack thereof over the decades, my time has come. Pajama jeans! In my lifetime! I could not be more happy.

I hate that since the horror of the Bush/Cheney years America seems to feel that its only export is bombs and war. Of course, considering we’ve outsourced everything else to India and China, I guess war and weapons of war are the only export we have left. And what better way to show prospective buyers their capability than by using them in actual combat situations.

Let’s get all the disclaimers out of the way at the start. I am a devoted fan of Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. If public broadcasting produced nothing else but that show every week, it would justify its existence. I once had a show on Barrow’s public radio station entitled, “Discount Radio”. Its motto was, “You get what you pay for and I’m a volunteer”.  I’ve also sat on the state’s public broadcasting commission, the board of KBRW and am now on the board of APTI, Anchorage’s public broadcasting organization. So I am not going to pretend to any neutrality

It’s apparently not enough that the world expected me to be slender, svelte and attractive… something I’ve never actually managed to do in my lifetime and, quite frankly, no longer care to strive for. But when they decide that dogs need diet drinks…well, really. What has the world come to. It’s name is Slendrol or something like that. I saw it at my local vet’s office. Said it helped the pounds to melt away. Well hell, if that’s true, hand me a tablespoon or two.

My dog in Barrow, Lovey, was overweight her whole life except for very early puppyhood.

It occurs to me that people who say America no longer builds or manufactures anything is wrong. We build and manufacture an army, navy and air force and at any given time, they are being exported all over the world to solve everyone’s problems. Maybe we should just stop pretending to do anything else and stick with what we seem to build best.

Went to see one of the high school basketball games played here last week as part of the state tournament. Have to admit that the best part of it was seeing old friends from Barrow again. But aside from that, I have to say that I simply do not get the attraction of sports. I can kind of get into gymnastics and ice skating during the Olympics. But football, basketball, baseball… cheering wildly… painting your face and body… crying and screaming… never understood it and fear that given my advanced age, I never will.

Seriously, why don’t we just go in and put a straight jacket on Ghaddafi and let him spend the rest of his life surrounded by his peers in a deep hole somewhere with lots of medication.