George Bush with dark hair? Or worse?
Funny things you can do to your dog
While she is sound asleep, hold a very special and smelly treat under her nose and watch while her nose slowly becomes aware of the odor and then she starts to twitch and finally the message hits her brain and she slowly lifts one eye, spies the treat at the end of her nose, sticks her tongue out and flicks the treat in her mouth, chews for a moment, closes her eyes and is back to sleep even as she executes her final swallow.
When a dog has a good life, he or she has a REALLY good life.
Celebrating an Alaskan summer
Termination dust is appearing on the mountains. I’ve had to close some windows in my house at night because it got so cold. And after a month long marathon, my last summer visitor just departed. This means winter is rapidly approaching. So before we get too far away from summer, let’s celebrate some of those things Alaskan that help us through this season of unbearable lightness and guests.
First and foremost, let us celebrate our state itself. There is a tendency to become complacent about the beauty and wildness that surrounds us. It sometimes takes summer guests to reawaken in
It’s raspberry time
The branches are hanging heavy with ripened raspberries. More than I can ever use. And so I pick and pick and pick and then freeze and freeze and freeze so that in the dark of winter, I’ll have a taste of the sun of summer.
Another reason cell phones will never be for me
I just spend two days with two friends who spent most of their time fussing with their cell phones. If they weren’t on them, they were showing each other how to program them or solving why the phone wasn’t doing what it was supposed to do or why calls weren’t showing up or…or… or… a million things that made fussing with those phones seem to be the bulk of their waking hours. Another reason I will do all in my power to die before I ever have to have one.
I used to envy MVP’s on airlines
After all, they got to board first and they got first crack at upgrades and… well, that’s about it but I still envied them. Now I just feel sorry for them because I realize that to become an MVP you actually have to fly a lot and nothing short of a guarantee of heaven and seventy hot studs waiting for me there would make that worthwhile.
A question that must be asked
How long will it be before airlines are forced to put in seats that are actually as big as their customers?
So ready
So very, very ready to have my home consist of me, my birds and my dogs once more and no one else. Bring on winter!
Another piece of the bucket list checked off
I went to a taping of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. And my bucket list is now that much closer to being completely fulfilled.
Daily Show and Colbert Report… I’m coming for you next!
When a minority rules
Americans have rightly reached a point where the sorry spectacle emanating from our nation’s capitol is making our stomachs turn. The small minority of voters that feel an affiliation to the Tea Party holds a disproportionate sway over the decisions made in Washington DC based on what seems to be their motto, “My way or the highway”. This very vocal group believes they have the only answers our country needs and everyone should either come around to their point of view or they’ll let the government collapse to show us they mean business.
History shows that when one group dominates