Topic of the Day: Sabaka's a good boy!!!
He is really learning to listen well....even though he still barks a lot when he hears a car outside or other dogs, he does lower it and stop when I tell him to be quiet. He normally whines because he wants to play ball. But if I tell him to go lay down and be quiet, he will.
He's been very funny this week too....he runs and jumps on me and then licks my face, so he's become very affectionate! Now, if only we could do something about the shedding...but that's not his fault. He's still a very good boy. And Pepe is too - and even a little cuter, in my opinion : - )
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Wednesday, 2/11/2009
Topic of the Day: Why do men use urinals?
So I was using the ladies room today and it dawned it me: why do men use urinals? Or the converse, why do women have little walls and doors every time they go to the bathroom?
Men just go to the bathroom, whip it out, socialize while they're doing it, and there's no shame. But women....we need the walls and the door. We even have spatial issues - we try to avoid going in the stalls next to other women. We try to space a stall in between because it just seems weird to be that close. But while in the midst of this existential stream (as well as a literal one), I realized that we women have these issues because we were raised to have them. If we had been taught to go up to a bunch of toilets in the middle of the room, drop our pants, sit down and piss in the open while socializing, we'd feel fine doing that too.
So when and where was it decided that men could do that and women could not?
So I was using the ladies room today and it dawned it me: why do men use urinals? Or the converse, why do women have little walls and doors every time they go to the bathroom?
Men just go to the bathroom, whip it out, socialize while they're doing it, and there's no shame. But women....we need the walls and the door. We even have spatial issues - we try to avoid going in the stalls next to other women. We try to space a stall in between because it just seems weird to be that close. But while in the midst of this existential stream (as well as a literal one), I realized that we women have these issues because we were raised to have them. If we had been taught to go up to a bunch of toilets in the middle of the room, drop our pants, sit down and piss in the open while socializing, we'd feel fine doing that too.
So when and where was it decided that men could do that and women could not?
Monday, February 9, 2009
Monday, 2/9/2009
Today's Topic: Being sick sucks...just ask the poodle.
I've been out of commission for a few days with a cold! It came upon me suddenly, and you can always tell when I'm really not feeling well, because that is the only time I actually allow Andre to cook something. So he cooked for 3 days in a row, so you can imagine how crappy I have felt!
But perhaps the funniest part of this whole illness is the behavior of the poodle. First of all, I've been sleeping in the guest room with the poodle so that I can try to prevent spreading the germs to Andre. So the poodle has been sticking with me, since he's my BFF. Well, at about 3:45 this morning, the poodle wakes me up crying. He is coughing, and he doesn't feel well. So I give him a baby aspirin and lay back in bed with him, and he wants to cuddle and he's shaking and crying.
Well I woke up this morning, I decided that I'd work from home so as not to spread my illness to other people at work. The poodle is still trying to cuddle with me, as I'm working on the laptop and he's crying and coughing. So, I told him "Pepe, you're sick, you need to go to bed and rest." I meant for him to go to his dog bed, which was just across the room from where I was working with the laptop. Instead, he went into the guest bedroom and climbed into the bed, laid his head on the pillow that I was using and his body in the bed, as if he were a human. He laid there and slept for 4 hours, and then came running into the TV room with his bone, obviously seeming to feel better.
I just found it hysterical that he has come to regard the guest bed as the place where sick people (and poodles always think of themselves as people) sleep.
I've been out of commission for a few days with a cold! It came upon me suddenly, and you can always tell when I'm really not feeling well, because that is the only time I actually allow Andre to cook something. So he cooked for 3 days in a row, so you can imagine how crappy I have felt!
But perhaps the funniest part of this whole illness is the behavior of the poodle. First of all, I've been sleeping in the guest room with the poodle so that I can try to prevent spreading the germs to Andre. So the poodle has been sticking with me, since he's my BFF. Well, at about 3:45 this morning, the poodle wakes me up crying. He is coughing, and he doesn't feel well. So I give him a baby aspirin and lay back in bed with him, and he wants to cuddle and he's shaking and crying.
Well I woke up this morning, I decided that I'd work from home so as not to spread my illness to other people at work. The poodle is still trying to cuddle with me, as I'm working on the laptop and he's crying and coughing. So, I told him "Pepe, you're sick, you need to go to bed and rest." I meant for him to go to his dog bed, which was just across the room from where I was working with the laptop. Instead, he went into the guest bedroom and climbed into the bed, laid his head on the pillow that I was using and his body in the bed, as if he were a human. He laid there and slept for 4 hours, and then came running into the TV room with his bone, obviously seeming to feel better.
I just found it hysterical that he has come to regard the guest bed as the place where sick people (and poodles always think of themselves as people) sleep.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Thursday, 2/5/2009
Today's Topic: That annoying little red-headed girl getting rewarded for her 5th place mediocrity in karate in the Stouffer's commercial
Have you seen this commercial? It's a little red-headed girl in a karate uniform putting a 5th place trophy on the mantle and it says that "Children who eat dinner with their parents tend to feel that they are more proud of them..."
First of all: Trophies should not be given out for 5th place finishes....1st through 3rd is okay, but come on...5th place?
Second of all: The mother is serving her kid a frozen, processed meal that is high in salt and fat...she shouldn't be very proud of herself! It's not like you need all day to cook...I work all day and I come home from work and cook a homemade meal in about 30 minutes....and I'm not alone. Rachael Ray can show you plenty of 30 minute meals, lady. Give your child a real one, along with a dose of realism that 5th place is just mediocre. Tell her to either get serious and bring home the 1st place next time or to quit karate and focus her time perfecting her skills at something she's good at.
But encouraging your child to be proud of a 5th place trophy is pathetic, and so is serving her frozen, processed, fattening crap.
Have you seen this commercial? It's a little red-headed girl in a karate uniform putting a 5th place trophy on the mantle and it says that "Children who eat dinner with their parents tend to feel that they are more proud of them..."
First of all: Trophies should not be given out for 5th place finishes....1st through 3rd is okay, but come on...5th place?
Second of all: The mother is serving her kid a frozen, processed meal that is high in salt and fat...she shouldn't be very proud of herself! It's not like you need all day to cook...I work all day and I come home from work and cook a homemade meal in about 30 minutes....and I'm not alone. Rachael Ray can show you plenty of 30 minute meals, lady. Give your child a real one, along with a dose of realism that 5th place is just mediocre. Tell her to either get serious and bring home the 1st place next time or to quit karate and focus her time perfecting her skills at something she's good at.
But encouraging your child to be proud of a 5th place trophy is pathetic, and so is serving her frozen, processed, fattening crap.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Wednesday, 2/4/2009
My favorite quote of the day: "You couldn't find your backside with two hands if the lights were on!"
This quote was by Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) to the SEC panel that was there to get drubbed for not realizing sooner that Madoff was committing fraud. He was especially incensed because the first witness in the hearing was Harry Markopoulos, a whistleblower who contacted the SEC several times over the past 9 years letting them know that Madoff was committing fraud. Markopoulos provided them with all sorts of numbers, and statements showing how he knew that Madoff was lying. But they never listened. Markopoulos himself was quite entertaining to watch testify...full of witty repartee!
This quote was by Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) to the SEC panel that was there to get drubbed for not realizing sooner that Madoff was committing fraud. He was especially incensed because the first witness in the hearing was Harry Markopoulos, a whistleblower who contacted the SEC several times over the past 9 years letting them know that Madoff was committing fraud. Markopoulos provided them with all sorts of numbers, and statements showing how he knew that Madoff was lying. But they never listened. Markopoulos himself was quite entertaining to watch testify...full of witty repartee!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Tuesday, 2/3/2009
Today's Topic: Daschle....shouldn't he know that consulting fees are taxable income?
I do believe Tom Daschle did the honorable thing by taking himself out of contention for the Health Secretary today. I can get that he didn't realize the use of a car and driver was taxable income, but what about the $80,000 in consulting fees? When you receive money in exchange for a service, should it not dawn on you that you're getting paid? And when you're getting paid, shouldn't you realize that you need to pay taxes on the income?
Worse yet, after you spent as many years in the Senate as Daschle did, writing tax laws, shouldn't it be no surprise to you that money you received in payment for services is taxable?
This whole situation just smacks of tax evasion. I can't believe that Daschle could be that stupid, so the only thing that I can conclude was that he was just trying to get something over on the government - the government that provides him free health care for life, as a former U.S. Senator.
I do believe Tom Daschle did the honorable thing by taking himself out of contention for the Health Secretary today. I can get that he didn't realize the use of a car and driver was taxable income, but what about the $80,000 in consulting fees? When you receive money in exchange for a service, should it not dawn on you that you're getting paid? And when you're getting paid, shouldn't you realize that you need to pay taxes on the income?
Worse yet, after you spent as many years in the Senate as Daschle did, writing tax laws, shouldn't it be no surprise to you that money you received in payment for services is taxable?
This whole situation just smacks of tax evasion. I can't believe that Daschle could be that stupid, so the only thing that I can conclude was that he was just trying to get something over on the government - the government that provides him free health care for life, as a former U.S. Senator.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Monday, 2/2/2009
Today's Topic: Neil deGrasse Tyson
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100145890
I was listening to NPR this afternoon on the drive home and heard an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. I've seen, heard, and read many interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson over the years and I've always been fascinated by what he has to say.
But today was the first time that I realized just how funny Tyson is. I guess I noticed before that he was funny, but this was the first time that I realized that someone this intelligent and this technical usually isn't THIS funny.
So hats off to Neil deGrasse Tyson for showing that intelligent people can not only relate to "mere mortals" but can also be extremely charming and humorous!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100145890
I was listening to NPR this afternoon on the drive home and heard an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. I've seen, heard, and read many interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson over the years and I've always been fascinated by what he has to say.
But today was the first time that I realized just how funny Tyson is. I guess I noticed before that he was funny, but this was the first time that I realized that someone this intelligent and this technical usually isn't THIS funny.
So hats off to Neil deGrasse Tyson for showing that intelligent people can not only relate to "mere mortals" but can also be extremely charming and humorous!
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