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Friday’s follies
Nom nom nom First cut for a Friday (the 13th! again!) morning . . . Be sure to keep up to date with the North Korean missile launch via Henderson’s posts. Obama went to Germany during the election, and...
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Black Friday
That's funny, the damage doesn't look as bad from out here. MORNING LINKS. ITEM: That didn’t take long: President Obama apologizes for his “Special Olympics” remark on the Tonight Show last night. In...
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Picnic blogging
Up in the mountains for a picnic After four years of living in Colorado, Sandra and I decided it was time to do some local sightseeing. So we packed up some soda left over from our large BBQ, stopped...
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Behold the mighty huntress and her prey
Winnie on the hunt For the last three or four days, Winnie has spent much of her waking time standing out by this portion of the fence, staring along the side of the garage. She was trying to actually...
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More gratuitous dog-blogging
I’ve got a new camera (a Nikon D-5000) and have been trying it out. This (above) is Howling Wingnut, known simply as Winnie. And here’s her sister, Barking Moonbat, aka Marti (short for Martian —...
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Gratuitous dog-blogging
As regular readers know, my wife and I have four Miniature Pinschers (or MinPins, as they’re commonly known). Here’s where they were all curled up together a little while ago. ..bruce w..
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Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Deacon thirsts for your blood. Actually, he’s a sweet old dog, though a bit crotchety and prone to barking. He turned 16 back in December, is mostly blind and hard of hearing, but still has a great...
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VLSB blogging: T-2 days
Got up this morning while it was still cool and worked on cleaning up the smoker and the grill a bit. Now I have to get some degreaser to clean up the deck where I was cleaning the grills (and,...
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VLSB blogging: T-19 hours
Last batch of brisket has been in smoking since about 3 pm this afternoon; I plan to take it out around 11 pm and put it in the oven. At that point, I’ll let the smoker rest until early tomorrow...
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Deacon (1993-2011)
Sandra and I didn’t expect to end up with a new dog of our own when we took her sister Betty Jo to look at MinPin puppies in December 1994. The owner of the puppies, John Batchie, was a house painter...
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