Archive - April, 2008

Countdown to the QC

April 30 1 Comment Category: News, Nostalgia, Realpolitik

I have tried not to date myself thus far in my endeavors in the literary sphere, but a very important birthday is quickly creeping up behind me, and I feel the need to share some perspective on its significance. So here goes… Hello world. I was born in the great year of [...]

One Year Later – The Mike Vick Pit Bulls

April 29 2 Comments Category: Adventures with Dogs, News

Before receiving an email from the Humane Society of the US, I had not realized it has already been a year since the Michael Vick dogfighting controversy first started. In total, forty-seven Pit Bulls were taken from Vick’s residence in Smithfield, VA. Over the past year, many of the dogs taken from the [...]

Roger Waters

Butterfinger and Mounds just returned this morning from seeing Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd fame) at the scorchingly hot desert music festival known as Coachella just outside Palm Springs in Indio, California. I should have gone. I am sure I would have been complaining incessantly about the heat, frustrated by the number [...]

The Animals Strike Back

April 27 1 Comment Category: Natural Disasters, News

The animals of this world are not pleased, and they took it upon themselves to let us know of their discontent through two well-publicized displays of violence. The first vicious act took place during the beginning of last week, when a bear attacked and killed its trainer. The second time the animals lashed [...]

Grammar for Trolls

April 26 0 Comments Category: Friendly Encounters

This morning, as I was doing some site maintenance and writing copy for other outlets, I had the pleasure of speaking to one of my readers via my Plugoo widget located at the bottom of my page. For those of you that may not have used this feature before, it enables you to chat [...]