Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Miscellany
mr_ed: In an effort to post something - anything - so that another day doesn't go by blogless, I'm going to toss out some random stuff
Tucker: You took Jaeger away.
mr_ed: Well, yes. And that's not random, just something I didn't want to take time to get into. Jaeger's on what MaxFund calls a trial adoption. He's a sweet, sweet, good dog, and we hope his new home works out.
Tucker: Good dog, no. Works out, yes.
mr_ed: The 10 most popular names given to cats and dogs (in the U.S.?) have been announced by an insurance company.
Tucker: You don't give your animals popular names. So we're not popular.
mr_ed: I don't know who named you Tucker, but it wasn't me. Happy 100th birthday to UPS, which started out (according to Wikipedia) as mainly a Seattle opium delivery service.
Tucker: And then there's Starbucks.
mr_ed: Right. Seattle has spawned at least two drug-delivery businesses. Happy 56th birthday to (Melvin) Wayne Osmond, older brother of Donnie and Marie and one of the original Osmond Brothers singers.
Tucker: Any famous people?
mr_ed: Donald O'Connor, star of the Francis the Talking Mule movies.
Tucker: Eh.
mr_ed: Count Tolstoy? Ben Gazzara? Jack Black?
Tucker: ::shrug::
mr_ed: Roger Tory Peterson?
Tucker: Inventor of the field guide?
mr_ed: Mmm, yeah, I guess you could say that.
Tucker: He was a genius!
mr_ed: Oh?
Tucker: When Siberian Huskies move to a new area, they need to know what animals to chase.
mr_ed: Don't you just chase everything?
Tucker: When we get home we have to tell the others about it.
mr_ed: Oh noble hunter, can't you just show them the carcass? (If you catch it, of course.)
Tucker: ::scowl:: There's usually not enough left.
mr_ed: Ah.
Tucker: And if there was, somedoggy else would run up and try to take it, and it would get all torn up, and then everydoggy would have it.
mr_ed: And what's the point of that?
Tucker: Right. We couldn't fight over it that way.
mr_ed: But if you ... never mind. Today is also the anniversary of the first publication of Scientific American magazine. Which keeps us informed about genetics. Which is interesting.
Tucker: ::yawn:: I'm going to sleep now. Sweet dreams.
mr_ed: AND this is the anniversary of the "I have a dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by Martin Luther King, Jr., Ph.D.
Tucker:
mr_ed: Tucker?
Tucker:
mr_ed: Okay, good night then.
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4 comments:
Ringo - So, if Jaeger finds a new home, then i can come live with you , right?
Tucker - Sure! I'd like ot have another Husky to play with!
mr. ed - That's a great idea! Why didn't I think of that??
(sheri and harley - winking with sly grins on their faces)
Well ... another Sibe might be okay. But we have to get rid of puppy first and see what happens.
Ringo: (singing) mr. ed had a dog and Ringo was his name-o R-I-N-G-O, R-I-N-G-O, R-I-N-G-O, Ringo was his name-oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
mr_ed: Our fence is too low for a young, athletic dog.
Jaeger jumped it easily, but fortunately he only wanted to come out front and get a ride before I backed out of the driveway.
Siberian Huskies are completely unreliable out of their yard - they're born to run, and that's what they do.
And that's why I have a 9-year-old Sibe. :-) I wish I could help Ringo, but it would hard.
-- Ed
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