Comments on: Beyond the fence.

By: LA Mary

LA Mary — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:02:19 +0000

Omega would be good for the watchdog too.

The in-house Brit suggests Cadbury for a chocolate lab. My black lab has the very pedestrian name of Smokey, and that works for me. The golden retriever mix is Poppy and the huge hulking dane/boxer came with the name Max. All in the household acknowledge that Duke would have been a better name. I refer to him as “the blunt instrument” occasionally because he made out better in the physical strength department than in smarts.
Joody, you could call the poophounds schiessehunds (not sure on the spelling of the German word for shit). Schiessleins works too.

By: joodyb

joodyb — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:18:42 +0000

Wonder if Beck paid writing coach/ghost writer enough not to blab, assuming s/he is compromised at some point. i know i shouldn’t say this without having read his book, but lots of these guys write like they talk.
Looks like the chocolate labs get all the great names. chocolate, so universally inspiring! my austrian poophounds should have such clever names. but then, they are poophounds.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:58:45 +0000

LA Mary said, “I’d name a chocolate lab Toblerone or Lindor. Go for the good stuff.”

We named a mastiff Rolex (called Rolie), because if you’re going to have a watchdog, she should be the best.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:52:33 +0000

I will say this: a lot of politicians are going around acting as though they can and will lower gas prices when, the truth is, their fixes (like getting rid of the gas tax for the summer) isn’t going to do diddly squat. At least Obama makes a little bit of sense when he says that a gas tax holiday is a “quick-fix” solution.

I don’t really think drilling in ANWAR is the answer, but if the government and companies keep refusing to invest a good amount of money into researching alternative fuels and/or alternative transportation methods, what else can we do?

Me, I’ve been trying to drive a lot less, but in small-town Indiana, there are no buses and few sidewalks to anywhere where I can buy food, medicine, or anything else I need. At least I can walk to work every day!

By: MichaelG

MichaelG — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:37:24 +0000

Besides, the ANWAR is limited — that is there is only so much oil there. It could potentially help shortages but would not go any near solving shortages. Also if they started out today with full approvals, permits, etc it would be ten years before any of it arrived at the pump.

We had a beautiful golden retriever named Blondie. She was a sweetheart but very emotional. Our yellow naped amazon used to call her from the other room. “Blonnnntie”. Then poor Blondie would come into the bird’s room and the bird (her name is Murphy and she’s 26 now) would cuss her out and make her cry. What a collection of animals we used to have.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:40:33 +0000

LAMary: I knew someone would be able to say it better than me. Thanks.

By: LAMary

LAMary — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:19:11 +0000

I’d name a chocolate lab Toblerone or Lindor. Go for the good stuff.
Joe, one senator alone cannot lower gas prices. Also, drilling in the Alaskan wildlife reserve is not biting the bullet. Rethinking how we use fossil fuel and not considering it our God given right to piss it away is biting the bullet.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:54:34 +0000

Dorothy: Maybe Joe’s upset that you didn’t do your carpentry work to code.
A few years back, when I was developing an interest in herbs (not THOSE herbs, you guys), I considered putting a statue of Saint Fiacre in my garden, because I heard that he is the patron saint of herbalists. Then I found out that he is also the patron saint of hemorrhoid sufferers and v.d. sufferers. Plus he hated women. Maybe I should put him in the garden upside down.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:24:14 +0000

St. Joseph is also the patron saint of carpenters (home builders) and families, so that’s part of the “superstition” too, Jeff. And I did my Catholic duty and buried a small St. Joe statue in SC once the house went on the market (one year ago Saturday, mind you) and it STILL hasn’t sold. We’ve dropped the price a total of $20,000 since last May, too, and still no offers.

Joody — people across the street from us in South Carolina had a chocolate lab named “Reese” for Reese’s Cup.

By: john c

john c — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:15:08 +0000

The “looks like a cult” comment got me to the purity ball pictures. Holy crap! The huge cross and the people approaching it under two gleaming swords?! The girl on her knees before (one assumes) her father?! The dad kissing the head of a pale, eyes-closed daughter, who appears to be either in a trance of unconscious. Yikes!
If any of you see me at one of those things in 11 years with my little Sally, you have permission to clunk my over the head with a milk bottle!