Sign the Petition

"FOX must stop injecting racism, prejudice, and fear into our political dialogue. We intend to hold FOX, its advertisers, and its personalities accountable for FOX's attempts to smear the Obamas."

http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/o.pl?id=13009-8294195-21kJ4gx&t=5

Unreasonable fears

As you may or may not know, my beloved pitbull mix Lillith died on May 3rd. She was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma on April 29 while getting her teeth cleaned. My rottie mix Cixous really needs her teeth cleaned. They are gross. I don't want periodontal disease to kill her. However, I am a little gun shy about having her get her teeth cleaned. This is an unreasonable fear. I get those.
I know that the association between teeth cleaning and doggy diagnosis of death is tangential at best. There is a correlation of one and no causality. Unless of course Cixous reacts to the anesthesia and dies on the table. It does not help to tell myself this. I would hate an ironic death. So she is getting her teeth cleaned on Wednesday, July 2. It will be just fine.....

A Rut in the Road

I am a creature of habit. I embrace that part of me (generally). However, my routine is now being managed by my yellow lab. I don't spend enough time in front of a computer at work, so I try to spend some time honing my bubbletown skills (and currently my word play skills) in the evenings when my spouse is at work. This new practice has outraged my dog. He assures me that he needs me to return to my previous routine of playing with him outside and letting him curl up at my side while I veg out in front of Scooby Doo. Sigh. I realize he is a dog, and that I should not give in to his demands. I am being a very bad dog parent. However, as a concerned dog owner, I realize that spending quality time with him is vital to his sense of being in the pack. I just don't want him to think I am doing it cuz he said so.
As neither the vegging in front of the TV nor the busting of bubbles qualifies as exercise and in light of tight skirt today, I am committed to spending quality time with my dog while exercising. It is far too hot to go for a walk because I live in a swamp... a hot and humid swamp.He can watch me ride the stationery bike while he fetches the ball and he can continue to mess up my sit-ups with attempts to sit on my lap. I think this will work out well.

Word Games

So I have been attempting to play the various and sundry word games that are now available through Facebook. I figured I should curb my addiction to Bubbletown by playing something that would exercise the brain a bit more. I am on Word Play, Scramble, and Scrabulous. I have a single game going with a chemistry professor... he is currently in the lead.
That said, I am seriously doubting the quality and value of my education thus far. I have a degree in words (English and Speech Communications). I should be kicking ass in these word games. The fact that I am not is seriously bumming me out. In all fairness, I have several plausible excuses for my lack of success. Here they are so far:
1. I never learned to type properly.
2. I do not work well under time constraints
3. Most of the "words" in Scramble and Word Play are really not words.

I think they are fairly solid excuses. Your thoughts?

Stay Away

Someone thought it would be a good idea to scope out my property this morning at 6:30am. Not too smart. I have two large dogs and one soon to be large ferocious dog (he's still just a puppy) not to mention a shotgun that I am more that able to use. Whoever it was opened the gate to our backyard. Not cool. Thankfully the dogs were not outside and I caught the open gate before anyone went on an adventure.
I used to feel a lot safer in my house. It needed a paint job really badly for several years. The extended neighborhood thought the house was abandoned or at least haunted. It didn'y hurt that I had two pitbulls and a rottie mix. Last year we had a spring time rash of house robberies. Our house was spared. We had it painted (finally) by Ozuna's Painters (They do great work!!!!). The only down side is that now the house looks really good. It looks like people with money might live there now.
Our main guard dogs are now the rottie mix (she does look pretty scary), the yellow lab and then the doberman puppy. I think the yellow lab, while a good barker, lacks the street cred to scare off the would-be robber. Not sure though. Thoughts?

Vet School Update

The LSU Vet School has been very apologetic about their gross error. While I wish I could turn back time and have them undo their mistake, I know that such thinking is futile. Kudos to Kat and Jeff for their counsel and support. Kudos to me for letting go of the anger.
The Vet School is going to place a memorial brick in the Womack Serenity Garden for Lily. I get to suggest what it read. I settled on:
LILITH
BEST DOG EVER
1998 - 2008

Silence is golden

Somethings just cannot or at least should not be voiced. (Even in a mostly anonymous blog). I will not go into details of the situation as it involves someone other than myself. However, I want to express my feelings (which can and should be voiced). Here goes: angry, disappointed, hurt, sad, sorry, frustrated, worried, concerned, optimistic, helpless, and resolved