11 September 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Short and sweet (and spotted and unruly)

I’ve had a bit going on lately, so I’ll have to keep this fairly concise.
My sister has entered her dog, Rosie, in the Dog-a-holics‘ Treat of the Month contest using a photo I snapped of her in Nashville.

If Rosie wins, her picture will be on a box of dog treats (and she will get free treats, [...]

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13 January 2009 ~ 5 Comments

Huzzah!

Where’d that last month go?
The holidays have come and gone, leaving behind an exponentially growing heap of work on my desk, a good eight extra pounds on my ass, and a million little pine needles all over the floor, all of which, for the life of me, I can’t seem to manage to vacuum up.
Let’s [...]

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07 October 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Getting ready for tonight

Am I the only one holding my breath for tonight’s town hall meeting?
It’s not that I’m concerned about my candidate’s superior ability to connect with the people, which is what this format is all about. There has never been any question during this campaign that it is Barack Obama, with his charisma and good looks, [...]

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18 September 2008 ~ 9 Comments

The juice is loose

I made the mistake today of going out into the real world wearing yoga clothes.
Being that I work from home, I tend to forget that the vast majority of the population does not live their lives wearing Lycra pants and a hoodie. After all, I only emerge from my house to go across the street [...]

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11 September 2008 ~ 7 Comments

Back on the scale

That’s it. Molly and I are on a diet.
Back in Nashville, when a friend started calling Molly a hippo, I didn’t think anything of it. When we went on our honeymoon and the dog sitter reported to us that she had started feeding Molly a scant cup of dog food — rather than a heaping [...]

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