Gonzai Gallery

Let's see if my photos feel like working now...

( A whole lotta doggie photos. )

Had to get up an hour early so I could move the remaining items of furniture and pack away CJ, then waited for the floor guys to make sure we're all on the same page, then went to the doctor. Stopped for breakfast on the way and didn't notice until much later that they shorted me $4. The doctor gave me a cortisone shot in the shoulder, which, by the way, hurts. CJ barked at every pedestrian & motorcyclist the whole way to work, then once there, she knew where she was and she wanted in the office. And Sam & Sky wanted out to see her. Not now, gang. So all 3 dogs whined and cried at length. Meanwhile, when the floor guy originally came to the house, he told us he couldn't do anything about some of the stains (the last cat had issues and used pee to express them.) We told him we had figured as much, don't worry about it. He calls me on the cell to tell me he can't do anything about the stains (didn't we cover that already?) and left a voice mail. The phone is now ringing, over and over again, that I have a voice mail. I deleted the message and deleted the notice 3 times and it still keeps ringing to let me know I have a voice mail. 'scuse me while I smash this thing...

On a Camry, MD plates: 

K9SRGR8

I heartily agree/approve.

And pretty much daily life at the office.

Stopped by PetSmart today to pick up some dog food, and in the process met a very friendly Dachshund. So I got down on the floor and he licked and sniffed and I said 'Who's a good boy? Are you? Are you a good boy?' And the little boy holding his leash, maybe 4, answered "No, he craps in the house."

Ah, truth.

Off work today, just doing the voice mail thing from time to time. We're supposed to be dug out sometime this afternoon, so I can work tomorrow, pick up terri_osborne at the train station and then it's Farpoint time! Watching 'Sophie's Choice' right now, first time I ever have. Started with Leverage -( Minor Leverage spoiler ). It's rather weird today, though, because the ice and snow is coming off the house in huge chunks. Huge noisy chunks. Freaks out the dogs.

They're everywhere today!

The deer returned to our yard this morning - 4 of them, 3 of which were big or bigger. I'm thinking bucks, but I wasn't close enough to confirm. The fourth was playing more than eating and pretty small, I'm thinking last year's fawn. They were scared off not by me trying to photograph them, but a neighbor closing a car door. Oh well.

Finally brought the camera to work for a piccie of poor pathetic Sam...and he is cone-free today. Oh well redux.

While wrestling with CJ this morning, I put my ear to her tummy. Her little digestive system sounds like a Geiger counter in a power plant. Wonder what she ate besides kibble today...

I haven't decided between the (free) dog show Saturday, or the World of Pets Expo Sunday. The weather will likely decide. Meanwhile, however, I noted the Expo include a seminar entitled "Speed Dating for Guinea Pigs". I guess what comes naturally doesn't come naturally for GPs?

Last night, I'm driving home on the Beltway during rush hour. At one point there's a sizable strip of interstate with no lights and a 12 foot strip of grass between the highway and the sound barrier. And bouncing along that strip, start stop left right where to next?, are four deer. I can't even figure out HOW they got there. And it's not a good place for them. Leaving aside the high probablility of smushed Bambi, they're almost the same color as the asphalt/dead grass/sound barrier and at dusk, with no lights? Rush hour? Highway? I was envisioning 10 car pileups. Yikes. Please, Bambi, somewhere else!

On a less dangerous note, I discovered today that Towson University's campus police have their own K-9 unit. For real. Maybe 15,000 students on a suburban campus and they need/can afford a K-9 unit?

Found via The Daily Dish:



CJ does this with ice cubes too. And she's grownup. Just not mature.

Couple of good piccies...

The every day



and the more unusual (nearly extinct unusual), a baby Amur leopard