Chetspeak on Sunday
We were in a conference room at a hotel near the airport, and everyone in the audience – maybe not quite as big as it had been at the beginning, when Bernie had tapped the microphone, a painful sound for me, pounding like drums right next to my ears, although no one else seemed to mind, cleared his throat and said, “Can, uh, you hear me all right?” a terrific start, in my opinion – was a private eye, on account of this was the Great Western Private Eye Convention. We’re partners in the Little Detective Agency, me and Bernie, Bernie’s last name being Little. I’m Chet, pure and simple, and we’d been in business for almost as long as I could remember, although we’d never been to a convention before. “Not our thing,” Bernie said, so that was that, until Georgie Malhouf, president of the Great Western Private Eye Association, offered Bernie five hundred bucks to give a speech.
“A speech?” Bernie had said.
“Twenty minutes, tops,” Georgie Malhouf told him. “Plus questions.”
“I’ve never given a speech in my life.”
“So what?” said Georgie Malhouf. “There was also a time in your life when you hadn’t had sex. Did that stop you?”
That one zipped right by me, but the point was: five hundred bucks.
– from The Dog Who Knew Too Much.
Welcome Buster & Daisy; Rigby.
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8:47 am on July 21st, 2013
Chet skips over the details and gets to what is important. $500.
Good Morning All! I’m thinking about getting out of bed. Maybe . .
Need to get ready for the four hour trip home. Might have to nap on the road.
HOH, is that dream RV ready to roll yet?
8:56 am on July 21st, 2013
Hi Chet!
Good morning all.
9:00 am on July 21st, 2013
Rio: Thank you. I’ll check out Copper. I’ve been watching King & Maxwell on On Demand. I think that this is the first season.
Staff: Love the Phoebe. Have you seen her wag her tail? According to my bird book, they do that.
Rose: What is your favorite Van Gogh painting?
Melanie: Hopefully it is cooler for your trip home.
9:09 am on July 21st, 2013
Good morning. Happy Egg Day. Love Chetspeak, thank you Spence.
Barb can identify with Bernie’s problem with public speaking. Barb does not do that. Never did seminars when she was in business. She can chat with anyone, any where, as long as there aren’t more than two or three people looking at her.
9:38 am on July 21st, 2013
Gooood morning,everyone! Chetspeak,we love it! And Egg Day. Life is grand in our opinion. The Old Fart brought the pontoon boat down the river so now all his toys are in one place and the family is loving it. Will probably keep it up for a week and call it a mini-vacation. Yes, Melanie, it is road ready, I’m just not.
Have a special Sunday ya’ll.
10:08 am on July 21st, 2013
This morning’s sighting or the rare, brown-nosed, TN long-tailed black bear!
12:35 pm on July 21st, 2013
For Rio:
Spencer arrived a little past noon. He was wearing tan shorts and a white polo shirt. We talked about Iggy, and how he bounces up to the window. We talked about whether he likes New York City ( he does like to visit) and he likes the architecture of Wash DC, but not the weather. Rosie is now based in DC and loves her job with Buzzfeed.
We talked about the book tour for Sound and Furry, and how book titles happen. We talked about the Iggy Chronicles, and what is next for Chet and Bernie. On those counts we were sworn to secrecy, but we can say that there are going to be some happy Plunderers at tour time. He said book tours are fun in that he gets to meet his readers, but that they are also grueling and exhausting marathons of airports, hotels and bookstores.
We brought some of Melanie’s books for OFA to sign. She said we couldn’t have him sign them to us. Spoil sport.
OFA and the Storyteller talked about back surgery, OFA noticed how much taller the Storyteller is now.
We talked about mowing lawns and OFA says he likes doing that, and also mentioned that he has a back back style leaf blower that he gets a kick out of using.
Pearl and Audrey are well, but the heat does bother them, so he didn’t bring either of them to the show.
His whole family was home on the Cape for the Fourth of July and he has lots of company scheduled for visits this summer. That’s what happens when you live on the Cape.
As he was starting to leave, someone who knew him from many, many years. She asked what he was doing these days. Bet she didn’t know she was talking to a genuine celebrity.
And then he said his final farewells and strolled off towards his home, his puppies and his overgrown lawn. But he said he would come see us at the show next year, and that now our visits are a tradition.
Ok Rio – is that a full report?
12:37 pm on July 21st, 2013
Game!…hmmmphff!….Someone here is getting ready to leave for the game…grunt!…I will have to listen to it alone with my little headphones. She charged up her camera and says she will try to get a few good shots…snort!
12:41 pm on July 21st, 2013
Report!…Now that’s more like it…snort!snort!…I wish there were be more quotes in there though, as in exactly what he said….grunt!…Also I would like to know if he won the tennis match or not…sniff!…The Tour sounds interesting. I wonder who the lucky ones will be this time…grumble!sniff!
12:42 pm on July 21st, 2013
Gone!…sniffle!…Well, someone just picked up her Rockies bag and left for the game…sob!sob!…I am all alone with Beau and her mother now…grunt!
12:46 pm on July 21st, 2013
Bee, We watch King and Maxwell too. This is the first year for the series. Jon Tenney played Brenda’s husband and FBI agent on The Closer for several years. Rebecca Romijn seems to have good chemestry with him. Her real life husband Jerry McCoy did a guest appearance last week on the show.
Great report T & G Mum. Hey, we were wondering, since you are Royals, if you have any news on the royal baby?
1:13 pm on July 21st, 2013
There were so many fine looking folks’ pictures on this here blog yesterday. Who is more handsome, Spence or the Storyteller? I think it is a tie. Melanie looks beautiful, but that’s no surprise.
We had a church group of volunteers come out to the kennel yesterday. They helped paint dog houses. We got about half of them painted. Whew! As I was painting I was suddenly swarmed by bees. Yeep! A bee landed on my bottom lip and immediately started stinging. After three stings I was finally able to get it off my lip. It took everything I had not to say the four-letter words that came to mind in front of the church group.
Dawson’s executive decision is a good one. Every Plunderer should have have a passport.
G&BB: We here are twirling at the thought of you coming north to Alaska! Woo and hoo!
Rio: I’m so glad your friend gets to go to the game today.
1:13 pm on July 21st, 2013
Thanks Barb. I really like Edger on King & Maxwell. I’m going to watch more episodes later so I’ll see if I can spot Jerry McCoy…not that I know him. I’ve never watched The Closer.
Excellent report Tupper’s Mom. I, of course, would have said that that book title should not have happened. Grump!
1:16 pm on July 21st, 2013
T&G: That was a great report. My Lady tells me that OFA is such a nice guy.
Last night under the quilt Beau and I resumed our sleeping arrangements from the night before. Kat joined us so I was able to be a pillow for her. Luna stopped by to explain the procedure to her. We each had a Slim Jim for breakfast and another five minutes later.
1:19 pm on July 21st, 2013
Chet: You know what is Important…Keeping the Little Agency in the black.
G’Night to Liz in Oz…Good Morning to the rest of youse.
Although, we may have Lurkers in other parts of the world in different Time Zones too.
Good Call, Hounds. A Special Sunday it will be.
Tennessee Long-tailed Black Bear, You must get in touch with Siber-H to plan a special project.
SnowBella: OUCH! Fat Lip!
You have pointed out some Intriguing posts from yesterday.
Going now to check them out.
Wose & B: Our Favorite Van Gogh Painting is Starry, Starry Night. We also like the Self Portraits.
Royal Mum: Excellent Report! You are now privy to exclusive Insider Information. The only thing youse were missing was your Official Plunderer Passport to be pawprinted by OFA. Sob. Maybe next year.
Speaking of which…Staff & Dawson: Money was sent to Snowhook yesterday via PayPal. We sent more than requested for this valuable item.
In the News: PayPal accidentally credits man 92 Quadrillion.
Are you kidding me?
Barb&Magpie: With nothing to watch on TV but summer reruns, we can use some good suggestions.
Melanie: Have a Cool Trip home.
Rio: Looking forward to Photos from the Game.
1:23 pm on July 21st, 2013
Spence, Thanks for Chetspeak and for Chet!
T&G Great report! Thank You!!
The black bear is so cute and fuzzy.
We are watching the finish of the Tour de France and then we will watch the Rockies game.
GO ROCKIES!! Rio’s friend is there. I hope she can get some photos.
1:34 pm on July 21st, 2013
Does the rare TN long-tailed black bear attend the SiberH School of Earth Excavation & Technology?
1:38 pm on July 21st, 2013
Tenzing, I’ll give her free lessons. The girl must have really big feet….bigger than mine.
1:45 pm on July 21st, 2013
Back-dating the Passports. Yes!
Tenz, Beau & Kat: It’s a good day to relax under the quilt.
Macy: A very kool orange kat yesterday.
1:45 pm on July 21st, 2013
BSD, There are several good summer shows that we enjoy. They may all be on TNT. The one that Bee mentioned, King and Maxwell is good, and Major Crimes which is a spinoff from The Closer is also very enjoyable. The other one we like is Rizzoli and Isles, which is on Tues. night. Psych might have a summer run. It is very tongue in cheek humor but we like it.
Yesterday we had the first sweet corn of the summer. Stopped at a farm stand and bought some that was just picked yesterday morning. Melt in your mouth good. Had salmon and crab cakes and Caesar salad with fresh picked Romaine lettuce. What a feast. Tonight, more corn, zucchini drizzled with olive oil and Italian seasoning then grilled, and chicken on the grill.
1:54 pm on July 21st, 2013
Siber’s comment about big feet reminded Barb of a book she recently bought at the library book sale. A Chinese woman wrote about the histories and cultures of her grandmother, mother and herself. Her granmother was born in 1909 and at that time they still bound girls feet (the tradition was stopped a few years later). A girl’s feet were bound at age 2 and were not allowed to grow. The ideal was what they called “3 inch golden lilies”. Anything over 4″ long was considered undesirable. The feet were so small that the women were in constant pain and could only hobble. At a girl’s wedding the new mother-in-law would lift her dress and check out her feet. If they were not little then the new bride was subject to ridicule from the guests. Yikes!
2:04 pm on July 21st, 2013
BStover,
The Eastern Phoebe that hangs around here wags her tail. This Say’s Phoebe is a very suspicious bird and when it sees a human it tends to hold very still (with a bug in its beak) and give you the stink eye. I try to give it some space.
I got another picture of the babies today. Four!
I am getting rid of the humongous ottoman that I bought to go with my love seat. It is the same size as the love seat! I really wanted a footstool. I should have known anything called an ottoman would be gigantic. I am taking it to live at a friends house! YAY! I will have room to lay my quilts out on the floor again!
2:07 pm on July 21st, 2013
A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT HERE IN CHEVY CHASE!!!
DRUMROLL PLEASE. THANK YOU.
This is to let everybody know about the latest addition to our family here in Chevy Chase and to the blog. As of yesterday, “Kisamore Teddy Roosevelt Ruff Rider” of Chevy Chase has joined our family. Teddy is an eight week old golden retriever puppy. It may take Teddy a little while to find his blog voice, but I can assure you it will be a strong one, as Teddy is a real trooper. He is also eager to begin as an agent in training for Commander Rio.
We are very, very excited, although it will be a grand adventure. While we got Wookie in his later puppydom, about eight months old, he was more-or-less fully grown at the time and housebroken, although without much other training. This will be the first time that we have ever started with a real puppy and all that that entails. He is an incredibly adorable fur ball and more details and pictures will be forthcoming in due course.
But here, coming at you is Teddy of Chevy Chase…
2:08 pm on July 21st, 2013
Well, maybe just one more picture, if you insist.
2:20 pm on July 21st, 2013
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw.
He is soooo cute! OMD! Just like a teddy bear!
2:20 pm on July 21st, 2013
I’m in love with Teddy of Chevy Chase.
2:21 pm on July 21st, 2013
WoooHooo! A Big Blog Welcome to Teddy Ruff Rider!
Wookie’s Dad: Those photos are just too 2Cute. Looking forward to hearing from Teddy of Chevy Chase. We can see Wookie doing the Paws Up.
Barb&Magpie: Thanks for the TV Tips.
Your Menu is making me Drool like a Newf. Off to check out the fridge.
2:25 pm on July 21st, 2013
OMD! How cute is Teddy. Wookie will be so proud that y’all have decided to give another puppy a great home. Please post more pictures!
2:27 pm on July 21st, 2013
YARK!!! YARK!!! YARK!!!
We are so happy for Wookie’s family!
He is adorable.
Welcome to the Blog, Teddy!
We know Wookie is beyond happy for you guys.
sniff, sniff, sniff
2:37 pm on July 21st, 2013
I have no doubt that Wookie played a paw in finding Teddy for his folks. That little Rough Rider has a great smile.
2:49 pm on July 21st, 2013
Wookie’s Folks: We have plenty of time on paw since Commander Rio said helping Wolfie with baby Jase was off limits. But, having been puppies before—and doing so successfully, we might add—we would be happy to help you with Teddy. We could teach him everything he needs to know about being a dog. Just said the word.
2:50 pm on July 21st, 2013
That is the cutest puppy ever! Teddy will be a great addition to the blog. You did Wookie proud. There are a few happy tears here.
2:55 pm on July 21st, 2013
I want a baby Teddy of my very own or I’m pretty sure I am going to be in a bad mood.
2:59 pm on July 21st, 2013
Mom wants a baby Teddy also.
I can’t wait until Rio sees Teddy.
3:06 pm on July 21st, 2013
SiberH: If your mom gets a baby Teddy maybe she can speak to my Two-legged about the benefits of me getting a baby Teddy of my very own. My Two-legged thinks the world of your mom so I think she’ll be easily swayed.
If yesterday was the day of good looking folks on this here blog, today is the day for adorable photos with the brown-nosed, long-tailed black bear, Staff’s baby birdies, and Teddy.
3:47 pm on July 21st, 2013
Belle Starr, I will break this to you gently. I am not letting my mom have a baby Teddy and your two-legged is not letting you have a baby Teddy.
We can all be aunts and uncles to baby Teddy.
3:49 pm on July 21st, 2013
Awwww. We are so very happy for Teddy’s family in Chevy Chase. You have big paws to fill, little one, but somehow we think you are up to the task.
And somewhere over the Rainbow Bridge, a golden tail is wagging.
3:56 pm on July 21st, 2013
SiberH: I don’t understand this Not Letting concept of which you speak. Tenzing says antsanduncles means all of the love and pride with less sponsibility.
I bet Wookie is passing around Slim Jims on the other side of the Bridge and recieving head bumps of congratulations.
4:34 pm on July 21st, 2013
Belle Starr, Tenzing is a smart boy.
I understand Not Letting. You don’t see me driving around in a Porsche 911, do you?
4:42 pm on July 21st, 2013
Wookie’s Mom & Dad: Congratulations on the addition of Kisamore Teddy Roosevelt Ruff Rider of Chevy Chase. His name seems to fit his giddy-up personality. He’s an awfully cute furball.
HOH: Darah seems to be filling out…or maybe the hair is just growing longer. I see she has perfected the tongue hanging out look to get whatever she wants.
Staff: Four babies! That’ll keep the parents busy.
Snowhook Bella: Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Dam! Dam! Dam!
4:43 pm on July 21st, 2013
Wookie’s and Teddy’s Mom and Dad – Congratulations on your new little one!
4:48 pm on July 21st, 2013
Good afternoon!
Wookie’s Mom and Pop! Teddy is the most adorable golden I’ve seen. I know that Wookie is very proud, and right now is looking over the Rainbow Bridge watching you all get acquainted! Please, more pictures!! Such a cutie!
Bear and HRH B: My favorite Van Gogh is Cafe Terrace at Night. I actually have a linen bookmark with a reproduction of that painting mark my place in a book right now.
Talk about two handsome dudes! OFA and the Storyteller lookin’ good. Storyteller looks so happy, and young.
Gus&BooBear: Whoooohoooo! Your folks are going to love Alaska, and Rebecca, and A.J., and all the Snowhook dogs! I am so excited for your mom and pop. Bring lots of layers!
Rebecca: Ouch!
Belle Starr: I would like a Teddy of my own too!
Staff: Great pictures, and the birds are beautiful.
Rio: I hope your friend is having a most excellent time, and that she is taking many, many, many, pictures!
5:13 pm on July 21st, 2013
Wose: That isn’t the four-letter word my Two-Legged wanted to say. Her bottom lip is swollen and she looks funny, but my Four-legged says I am not to tease.
SiberH: True you aren’t driving a Porshe 911. You understand Not Letting first paw and still have gone on to live a full life. Does this mean I will be okay if I don’t get everything I want?
5:20 pm on July 21st, 2013
Belle Starr, Life will be good even if you don’t get everything you want. Sometimes our moms do know best. (she made me say that)
Rockies lead 2 to nothing in the fourth.
5:28 pm on July 21st, 2013
Teddy! You are a cutie. We need more pictures.
Staff, you are famous in your part of your state. Those birds have chosen you you you!
5:30 pm on July 21st, 2013
SiberH, of course the Rockies are ahead. Rio’s friend is there.
6:32 pm on July 21st, 2013
Belle Starr: I am very familiar with those four-letter words. I have said them many, many, many times in my life. Mama Luna is right…no teasing. Your two-legged must be in a lot of pain with that swollen lip. Imagine what you would look like with a swollen lip. (teehee)
6:37 pm on July 21st, 2013
No teasing and no baby Teddy of my very own? Haven’t I suffered enough?
6:41 pm on July 21st, 2013
Teddy you are one handsome young guy. Welcome. Siber, will blur Darah to you for lessons in engineering as she has only taken down one fence (around the fish pond) so far.
Hopes Melanie gets home safe. the bee bit lip heals ok, and da boids fledge without problems.
See, it has been a special Sunday!
6:56 pm on July 21st, 2013
How come nobody said it was National Ice Cream day!?!?!
6:59 pm on July 21st, 2013
Belle Starr: I wish my suffering was as great as yours!
7:00 pm on July 21st, 2013
HRH B: Where have your travels taken you and Charlie today?
7:10 pm on July 21st, 2013
Wowser Rose: How did we miss National Ice Cream Day? Mom looooves Moose Tracks!
7:22 pm on July 21st, 2013
HOH: I just heard on the nes that President Reagan declared July National Ice Cream, and July 21st as the day. I love Rocky Road. July’s almost over….better start loading up!
Hmmmmmm: I wonder if the Giant knows this. Isn’t ice cream his favorite food?
7:24 pm on July 21st, 2013
Many things I want to reply to and the one that I am going to reply to tonight?
Teddy. Franklin has already claimed kinship. He is named for Franklin Roosevelt, so he knows that he and Teddie are related.
(I’m not telling the Pack that I want a Teddy)
The ride was long and hot until I hit MA. Rolled the windows down and felt that cooooooooooooolll air. Lovely.
I probably won’t be around much tonight. I’m ready for bed as soon as my laundry is dry. Traffic was (bad words that Bella wanted to say). New Yorkers and New Jerseyittes don’t get along when they merge. Forty minutes and then 20 minutes at different merges. Sigh.
7:24 pm on July 21st, 2013
Rockies win 4 to 3!!
7:30 pm on July 21st, 2013
Of course the Rockies won. Rios friend should be in negotiations with them as we speak.
7:33 pm on July 21st, 2013
Princess Sam: The Rockies should throw in a pillar in her corner office to sweeten the deal.
Wose: I can’t prove it, but I have suspected for some time now that ice cream runs through the Giant’s veins.
7:35 pm on July 21st, 2013
I have it on good authority that new items have been added to the MMSB. After spending qaulity time with Professor B, I have grown to appreciate the finer things in life.
Teddy has floppy ears like me. I wonder if we’re related.
7:41 pm on July 21st, 2013
Charlie and I are still in Amsterdam. I’m reading Van Gogh’s letters to him.
7:44 pm on July 21st, 2013
Charlie: Ears be damed, we are all related!
7:56 pm on July 21st, 2013
Happy Egg Day, and sorry we are so late to the party. We love that opening to TDWKTM.
Wookie’s Family: We are thrilled for you! Teddy looks like a great boy, and Wookie is smiling down on his family.
Lots more to say, but we have had a very long, full day, so we can’t remember.
8:02 pm on July 21st, 2013
Oh, we remember one thing we want to tell you. Mom and Pop found this poor little girl in the middle of the street today. People in that neighborhood sai that she’d been “hanging around” all week, and nobody knew who owned her. Mom hopped out of the car and scooped her up. She took her to the Humane Society. Hope her owner finds her…
8:11 pm on July 21st, 2013
Tenzing: I wonder what flavor is running through the Giant’s veins….
8:14 pm on July 21st, 2013
I think the Rockies should offer Rio’s friend Season Tickets for next year. They’ll be sure to win every game that way.
8:27 pm on July 21st, 2013
Howlers, That cute little Shih tzu has to belong to someone. How can people say she has been hanging around all week? If Barb sees a dog off leash she is there within i minute! Gah!
Glad you finally made it to the party!
8:32 pm on July 21st, 2013
Show is over. (And it was a GOOD one) Van is all packed up. Feet are sore. But we are back in our hotel room, a/c on full blast, jammies on and eating marvelous, decadent junk for dinner.
Does it get any better than this?
8:44 pm on July 21st, 2013
Wose: Do you think I could convince my Two-legged to let me have a shih tzu? Any not just any ol’ one. I have a particular one in mind. My Two-legged cant say no to a rescue and my Giant can’t say no to my Two-legged. Speaking of the Giant, I think he probably had boring vanilla running through his veins. He’s not sparkly like me and my Two-legged. We love him anyway.
Golinka: I think you have the secret to life figured out.
8:48 pm on July 21st, 2013
Gah! That last comment was from Belle Starr. She will see this as just one more reason she should have her own Ipaw.
9:19 pm on July 21st, 2013
Even with your own ipaw, caca occurs. Nighty night.
9:23 pm on July 21st, 2013
We will second that. Caca occurs. Nighty noodles.
Tomorrow we will check to see what Rio has to say about Teddy. That is one darling boy! We mean Teddy.
10:16 pm on July 21st, 2013
Home!….My friend is home and showered…snort!… She opened her Rockies 20th Anniversary box, pulled out the Tulo bobble head, it dropped on the rug and his head broke clean off… gasp! Sob!sob!sob!….This is horrible because it was looking like she wasn’t even going to get a bobble head there for a while, even though they left really early for the game and were in line in time to get one…sniff!…But this is a story for another time because I do not have all the facts yet – and she is too tired to tell me everything…grunt!
10:17 pm on July 21st, 2013
Ahem!….Teddy Roosevelt Ruff Rider of the Kisamore family…snort!….Report for Special Agent training the moment you are house-broken…grunt!
10:36 pm on July 21st, 2013
Golinka, no it does not! Congrats on a good show.
Teddy…awwwww, who’s a cutie pie? Good job helping, Wookie.
Belle Starr, you have a bad case of the “I wants”.
Can’t remember if we posted this one before. It makes me think of my sweetie pie, Mr. Redbone Hound.
10:46 pm on July 21st, 2013
Miz Macy – well Ah nevah! An Ah nevah will!
You shore are one sassy little miss, ain’t cha?
11:14 pm on July 21st, 2013
Redbone Hound: I’m laughing!
11:16 pm on July 21st, 2013
Whodunnit!…heh!heh!…We are having a good time watching that Whodunnit show…snort!…It is very corny, but we seriously cannot figure out who the real killer is, so this is intriguing…heh!…Plus, the characters are very likable too…guffaw!
11:18 pm on July 21st, 2013
Brother!…Redbone is always very entertaining…chuffle!…I wonder if he has any spare Shine lying around…sniff!
12:45 am on July 22nd, 2013
Macy: Belle Starr has a bad case of the Iwants which resulted in me breaking out in a rash of Iloveyoubutitsnotgoingtohappen. She particularly wants baby animals. I’ve tried explaining that baby animals grow up to be not baby animals.
Nighty nutter butters.
1:37 am on July 22nd, 2013
Wolfie: Please ask your mom to check her SDD.
2:04 am on July 22nd, 2013
OH MY GOODNESS, TEDDY IS THE CUTEST PUPPY I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!
Sniff. Sob. Well done, Wookie.