From Downeast Dog News
I never thought I’d love a book told from a dog’s point of view, but true love it is. Spencer Quinn, a writer from Cape Cod, has written a detective novel series featuring the sassy mutt Chet, and his owner Bernie Little. The pair live and work as private detectives in the desert of southern California. The first in his Bernie and Chet series is Dog On It, completely believable as detective fiction and a fun read, the type of book you can read in the doctor’s office or if you’re a chronic insomniac, at four a.m. No matter what cares or woes you may have, you’ll put the book down smiling after each reading session. – Kate Cone
“Why Fred Astaire?” Spence says.
“We had a top hat yesterday,” says Admin.
“Are we going to have top hats every day?”
“Thinking about it. What would life be like if everyone wore top hats?”
Welcome Nero, Nani & Buddy.
Tags: Fred Astaire, reviews, top hats
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8:54 am on November 15th, 2012
Good morning! Maybe we are just in a nitpicking mood, but…
Chet, sassy?
Chet has an “owner”?
Southern California?
And of course, there is “good read”. heh heh heh
8:57 am on November 15th, 2012
Admin . . YSAS would love to wear a top hat. OTAS, not so much.
I have always loved to watch Fred Astaire AND Gene Kelly. I don’t think we would see Gene in a top hat though.
Good Morning All! Nice review. (“a fun read” . . Arggg)
Today is going to the lawyer’s once again. On the up side LUNCH at the Indian restaurant. Hmmm, I know where it is but I can’t remember it’s name. I should look at the sign.
YSAS is a member of a FBI geek squad today. I hope they let him wear his geek glasses.
8:59 am on November 15th, 2012
Hi OleyHowlers, I must of skipped those other parts. I find that I am skipping parts of writings. Usually the parts I disagree with.
9:00 am on November 15th, 2012
Whoops, I just looked at my mail. Staff, I will be doing things on those kind of things sometime this afternoon.
How’s Maggie?
9:01 am on November 15th, 2012
Good Morning!
Very busy at the busy place.
I love Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly too!
CHH: Hope you are doing well.
G&BB: Positive thoughts going out to your dad. Hugs to your mom, head bumps to youse guys.
BBL!
9:25 am on November 15th, 2012
Belly Starr is on the right!!!! I know Rio likes to keep up with this stuff.
9:32 am on November 15th, 2012
I will never wear a top hat and I wish someone would inform Kate Cone that “read” is a verb.
Good morning all.
9:33 am on November 15th, 2012
Good Morning! Mom and Dad are waiting for radiation treatment #3 then hopefully Dr will come in and say “go home”!! Can’t wait for life to get back to normal so Mom can get pics sent to Melanie and figure out if she can sponsor a checkpoint. Extended hospital stays make you feel bad!
9:36 am on November 15th, 2012
Louise Erdrich, a Native American, won the National Book Award for her novel The Round House.
9:40 am on November 15th, 2012
G&BB, paws crossed.
9:41 am on November 15th, 2012
Trying to imagine Bernie in a top hat. Can’t.
9:59 am on November 15th, 2012
Mom is good. The hospice nurse is coming any minute. Got to go.
10:00 am on November 15th, 2012
Bee, that sounds like a very good book. We are thinking of ordering it for Mom’s Kindle. Have you read it? Has anyone?
10:08 am on November 15th, 2012
A charming review except for one thing…Southern California?
Make that two things…Stover is upset about “read”.
Gus&BooBear, I hope you guys get back home today. Hospitals are hard on both patients and family. Hugs
Wonderful idea…A checkpoint in honor of Native American Veterans, especially the Code Talkers. I told mom we WILL donate since we are proud to say the code talkers are from the Navajo Tribe. One of us, Leonard, is also a Native American Veteran.
10:18 am on November 15th, 2012
Howlers: I have not read the novel. There is a review of it in today’s NYTimes.
10:30 am on November 15th, 2012
When we were at the ww2 memorial dedication, we ran across this code talker, who agreed to be photographed with our son Bob.
10:32 am on November 15th, 2012
MPM: Hope you are feeling better. I know Sammie took very good care of you.
Baseball news: R.A. Dickey, pitcher for the NY Mets won the Cy Young award in the National League. WhoooooHoooooo!
B: Cherry pie?
10:54 am on November 15th, 2012
Terry – our Dad was honored to meet that Codetalker. He was one of the “first class” – that is the very first group of kids selected to try this big experiment. And he loves big cups of Dr Pepper, with lots of ice.
We are going to be holding Mama’s feet down under her work table today so she actually gets some work done! She has been slacking off lately and show season is upon us.
11:30 am on November 15th, 2012
Gus&BooBear: Fingers and toes crossed that the doctor sends your Dad home today.
Terry: Thanks for that picture of a proud Navaho Code Talker and it’s cool that Leonard and Amalia met him too.
🙂 Check out last night’s post for the announcement of our newest checkpoint open for donations: Eagle Island is for our Native American Veterans, especially the Code Talkers!
BearSpiritDog: Hope you are out of the “dumps”.
BStover: I will check out that book. My “to read” pile is getting ginormous
11:46 am on November 15th, 2012
Mutt?
11:47 am on November 15th, 2012
Since when is Chet a mutt?
Still, it was a pawsitive review.
12:03 pm on November 15th, 2012
Hi Wolfie!
I skimmed the review but enjoyed the Plunderer’s reviews of the review much more than the review.
🙂 It’s a good morning when there are pledges in the inbox. SiberH’s Iditarod checkpoint and Rio’s Koyuk (shudder) checkpoint are now well over the $200 mark and loping towards being fully funded. The Native American Veterans/Navaho Code Talkers has already received donations and will fill up fast.
12:30 pm on November 15th, 2012
Update on Pop’s car: we can’t afford to have the engine rebuilt, so the rents will not have a convertible anymore. 🙁 for them. 🙂 for us because they never took us along in that car. Now Pop has to drive the huskymobile every day. He doesn’t think that will last long either.
12:49 pm on November 15th, 2012
OleyHowlers: Sorry to hear about the convertible but at least the huskies are happy. I hope the Huskymobile lasts longer than you expect.
1:22 pm on November 15th, 2012
Glad the review was positive, but Oley said it all in the first post of the day.
Have a good day G & B’s folks. Hope you can go home later today.
Amalia, Get some work done!
Barb went to the Moosical this morning at Ben’s school. Very cute, the kids had worked hard and it showed.
Lunch time.
1:22 pm on November 15th, 2012
Funded!…Am I fully funded yet?…snort!snort!
1:52 pm on November 15th, 2012
Staff for Dawson . . (snicker) check your SDD.
So, that Indian restaurant I couldn’t remember the name of??? It’s Thai Garden.
SNORT!
Still . . delicious food.
Poor YSAS is not on the geek squad. He’s just a normal FBI agent. 🙁
He still gets paid though! 🙂
1:55 pm on November 15th, 2012
For G&BB’s parental units.
(I chose this one because of the name of the guitarist)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PkSrvtwKao
2:04 pm on November 15th, 2012
The ravens got fed today – wheat bread soaked in bacon grease and some sausage stuffing. It didn’t last long.
Rio: No! I might remind you that this is not a race…and the Native American Veterans checkpoint is ahead of you in donations!
WhoooHooo! Go Code Talkers! Go Snowhook!
2:19 pm on November 15th, 2012
Staff for Noswad, check your SDD.
I gotta (heh, heh) find something. Wish me luck. There is something going around Facebook that reads (verb) “Nothing is lost until Mom can’t find it.” Zoe has told me to forget that. She can’t find anything anymore. Both of us will put books, cups and papers down and then spend the next two hours trying to find them.
Here’s a picture of YSAS as part of an FBI group. Someone wanted to know if the large finger in his ear hurt. Snicker.
2:20 pm on November 15th, 2012
GAH!! The Ravens are eating better than I do.
2:42 pm on November 15th, 2012
Melanie: We can never get enough pictures of YSAS. Do you have one with him on a horse?
It has stopped snowing, the sun is shining hard and all is bright white.
Saw some pictures of New York under the debris from Hurricane Sandy. I am hoping that those that need help can get it. But what about all those new homeless people? You can’t clean up that mess and build new houses in a couple weeks even if the insurance comes through.
2:52 pm on November 15th, 2012
Finger!…heh!snort!heh!…Clarkson has a great big Finger in his left ear…chorkel!…I bet he planned that.
2:53 pm on November 15th, 2012
Melanie!…Can you tell us which show he is working on as an FBI Agent who gets Fingered?….snorkel!
3:00 pm on November 15th, 2012
Yah Rio – it’s not a race. (but the Natives are winning. tee hee)
3:06 pm on November 15th, 2012
We here are ready for snow. Now that Barb is her nice little safehouse she doesn’t mind the snow and wind. It used to drift so badly out in the country that she was afraid I could walk over the picket fence. No worries here. It is supposed to be in the 50’s here for the next week, so snow is unlikely. Could reach 60 on Turkey Day.
We haven’t done our donations yet, so please remind me. I know we send the check to Rebecca, but where do we tell Dawson where we want it to get applied? I don’t think we have her email, but we do have her detective sister’s address.
3:07 pm on November 15th, 2012
Dawson, yes, I have a picture of him on a horse. Will find it after I rest.
Riö, this is on the series “Zero Hour”. I don’t know if it’s on yet, or if it’s still in production.
Must rest now . . .z zzzz
3:13 pm on November 15th, 2012
Barb&Maggie: You can get my address from dishlickers or from my sister.
I have to go out in the sunshine. It is a beautiful day.
3:25 pm on November 15th, 2012
Zero!….Hour! Coming soon in 2013! To find his wife, one man will have to unravel one of the greatest conspiracies of all time. The countdown has begun! …snort!snort!….Sounds like one of the Charming Mr. Abrahams novels…heh! heh!
4:41 pm on November 15th, 2012
Barb (and Maggie) check your SDD
Dawson, check your SDD
I am back from the Doctors. Dad and I got our flu shots and he had nasty icky stuff removed from his ear. The radio (constantly on) is much quieter this afternoon. Thank Dog.
Going back to catch up on the blog. BBL
5:29 pm on November 15th, 2012
Thanks Staff. Checked and noted.
My buddy Gus is coming over in a few minutes. He has never stayed anywhere without his pack, but we know he will be fine. I will do my part by following him around like a love sick teenager. Barb said she will take some pics while he is here. He is easy, except when he drinks, then our kitchen floor gets a bath! A slimy bath!!
6:24 pm on November 15th, 2012
What can I say Barb and MagPie? Newfs drool. 🙂
Found what I wanted! Hip Hip Hurrah . .
Dog, are we sending messages around the country and our neighbors to the North. It’s a good thing that Wööfie doesn’t have to blur them around, he’d be dizzy by now.
Because The Awesome Dawson requested it . . (he was so much younger then)
6:44 pm on November 15th, 2012
Great pictures, Melanie: both the Fingered YSAS and the horse riding YSAS.
We also appreciated that Terry posted the picture of the code talker, who the Royals met, and son Bob.
Maggie, there is just something about a sloppy
drunkdrinker.6:53 pm on November 15th, 2012
Sick as a Dawg here. The “down in the dumps feeling” of yesterday was a precursor to the Flu.
WB in Lurking mode for a while – Bear
6:55 pm on November 15th, 2012
BearSpiritDog!! Have the OleyHowlers catch you a chicken (or some other small animal but not a skunk) and have your mom make you some soup.
6:59 pm on November 15th, 2012
I’m all caught up on pictures for the auction.
Anymore? Getting bored.
7:14 pm on November 15th, 2012
Thanks Melanie and Staff for helping me with the pictures.
Melanie: Miss Smarty Pants! I’m using your description. It’s hilarious.
7:14 pm on November 15th, 2012
The echo chamber again. sigh . .
So for my own enjoyment.
Where is Zoe?
or
Katy is a lap dog.
7:15 pm on November 15th, 2012
And then there was Dawson . .
Hi Dawson. Did you have a good time in the snow?
7:15 pm on November 15th, 2012
Bear, We are sorry you are sick…Just stay under the quilt for warmth and comfort. We hope you get to feeling better soon.
Enjoying all the photos today.
7:16 pm on November 15th, 2012
Snickering . . Heh, heh, heh
7:16 pm on November 15th, 2012
They are home!! We are doing the happy dance here. Dad isn’t tiptop but we will cure him in no time. All he needs is to sleep with cats and all will be well. He will continue radiation and oral chemo on an outpatient basis, but will have to go back in the hospital the first week in December for the 2nd intraarterial chemo treatment. Don’t think they will be quite as freaked now that they know what to expect.
Thank you guys for keeping Mom’s spirits up. The constant support, good wishes and prayers kept her positive so she could be strong for Dad.
Melanie, it will probably be this weekend before she gets the pics sent. Sorry.
7:18 pm on November 15th, 2012
Jeeze, I keep posting the same time someone else does . . cool.
Hi Siber-H.
The echoing has now gone down a great deal.
7:21 pm on November 15th, 2012
Gus and BooBear, You are exempt from my whining. I am only bored.
My momager duties are done, and I didn’t feel like watching any programs.
I’m reading a “gimee” book. Snicker . . usually a hat is a “gimme” but I get books. Usually from the Royals’ mom. And she’s gotten them from someone or a book sale or . . .
Maybe I should call them rereads? (to rhyme with retreads)
7:39 pm on November 15th, 2012
Hi Melanie!
Gus&BooBear, We are so happy you are home. The next time you visit the hospital it will be easier because you will know what to expect.
7:40 pm on November 15th, 2012
HELLO, HELlo, HEllo, Hello, hello . . .
7:53 pm on November 15th, 2012
Hooray!
Gus&BooBear: Your folks are home! Relax and enjoy.
Melanie: It was a nice walk but the sun wasn’t quite a match for the breeze. Brrrr. Thanks for the pictures of YSAS on a horse (Wheee! He is flying!) and Zoe under Newf (oof!)
8:01 pm on November 15th, 2012
Great pictures. So glad the folks are home G&B. Take good care of them.
Gus is here. Barb felt so sorry for him. He kept his nose glued to the front door for 10 minutes after they left. Then he lay down by the front door and wouldn’t move for another hour. Now he is feeling a little better. Lily cried after they left because she knew Gus would be sad.
8:02 pm on November 15th, 2012
I was texting with YSAS earlier and he was still at work. I asked him if I should hope that he got out now or did he want some OT or Double OT (got to love that union!)?
His text back . . “Sleep”
He’s been going for 8 days straight.
8:02 pm on November 15th, 2012
Bear, I am sorry to hear you are under the weather. Snuggle up under the quilt.
8:03 pm on November 15th, 2012
Clarkson!…A man of many talents!….Woooo!…Looks like he is ready to ride in the big posse in the big film…snort!
Melanie!…Someone here says she will have a few more photos but not till this weekend because it is too dark by the time she gets home…wuffle!…Its also too dark to walk…heh!heh!burp!
8:05 pm on November 15th, 2012
Melanie: My husband is a cutie, but I just gotta say YSAS is SMOKIN’ HOT as an FBI g-man!
8:06 pm on November 15th, 2012
Hey!…Puss N’ Boots’ Maw and Paw are home…woooooo!…I bet they both feel better already…wuffle!
8:31 pm on November 15th, 2012
Bear – take care. Stay warm.
G&BB – good news, guys. Everyone will sleep well tonight.
T&G – I kinda, sorta, maybe thought your mum and da would host the Eagle Island checkpoint.
Chet. Sassy? I Don’t Think So!
It’s that time of year – time for Holiday Inn, the movie, with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby and two ladies whose names I don’t remember. It’s also nearly time for Christmas Vacation, the movie! Yay.
8:36 pm on November 15th, 2012
Prince!…We are finally downstairs relaxing and realized that the next Harry Potter, The Half Blood Prince, is on…grunt!….So we missed the whole part with them on the train getting to Hogwarts. We did see Harry getting his broken nose fixed…grump!…Someone spent too much time upstairs with her mother chit-chatting and now I feel like I’ve missed some important stuff…gruffle!
8:41 pm on November 15th, 2012
Wose, I would tell him you think he’s hot, but he’d just get embarrassed. Snickering here, but I’m not kidding.
BlueKat, I also like “Mixed Nuts”, “A Claymation Chritmas”, and (whispering so hardly anyone can hear) “Ernest Saves Christmas.
There are others, but my brain has gone to mush.
YSAS is on the train home. SO’s job lead was a bust, but she has received a promotion and a move from the store that thought she should get into NJ to go to work. She will now be the manager of a NYC store!
Riö, he is a guy with many talents. Golinka calls him “rubber face”, because he can do many different characters and all believable.
8:45 pm on November 15th, 2012
Soooo!….Who is SO?…snort!…And what job lead?…grunt!
8:48 pm on November 15th, 2012
Mama is grumbling too. With all the good movies on, all Dad wants to watch is reruns of NCIS. Mama likes the show well enough, but this is definitely catagorized as ENOUGH! (Dad just HAS to watch a show that comes on at 9. sigh)
Gus and BooBear – so very happy to hear that your loved ones are home with you. We admire their courage and fortitude.
Barb- we have heard it said that Newfs can be bribed with food. Just in case…
Where is Miss Macy MinPin?
8:49 pm on November 15th, 2012
Netflix!…Our next order will include: The Bishops Wife, Rudolf the Reindeer, Christmas in Connecticut, Meet Me In St. Louis, and some others I can’t remember right now…wheeze!
9:12 pm on November 15th, 2012
Oh! Riö, those are some others that I watch each year. Which Bistop’s Wife do you watch? The old one? The newer one?
SO stands for Significant Other. Seems no one uses girlfriend anymore. She is a recent law school graduate that passed the bar on her first try! Unfortunately, right now lawyers are in the same employment boat as actors.
Well, I’m glad I got to talk to some of youse before I go to bed.
The siren call of
warm bed, snuggly Patsy K
lures me to slumber
TTFN
9:12 pm on November 15th, 2012
Rio: I think that SO stands for significant other. In that Harry Potter film, Harry wants to hear what Draco is saying to his friends and puts on the invisibility cloak and hides above Draco’s seat. He thinks that Draco has joined the death eaters. Draco knows Harry is up there and after everyone gets off the train he knocks Harry down on the ground and petrifies him and then stomps on his face. That’s how his nose got broken. Draco leaves saying he hopes Harry has a good journey back to London and throws the cloak over him. Luna finds him because she’s wearing special glasses and can see “rackspurs” floating around his head. She unpetrifies him and they walk to school.
9:17 pm on November 15th, 2012
Awwww!….Thank you Stover!…snort!….We are enjoying this movie, even though we think it has been edited for commercials…grunt!…Should have watched it on Netflix instead. Oh well, one day I’m sure we will see the whole thing unedited.
9:18 pm on November 15th, 2012
Clarkson!….Has a SO?…wheeze!…When did this happen? Where have I been? Under a rock?…grunt!
9:30 pm on November 15th, 2012
Old!…Melanie, we always watch the old movies, the classics…grunt!…That Marigold Hotel movie Wookie recommended came today and I’m sure at some point this weekend we will be enjoying that one…heh!heh!
9:32 pm on November 15th, 2012
Rio: The movie is on ABCFamily and they show the entire movie including the scenes that were edited out. (Notice that it’s on for three and one-half hours.) Wish I had known that it was on and I would have watched it from the beginning.
9:44 pm on November 15th, 2012
There is only one Bishop’s wife in this house. Cary Grant, David Niven…..
9:46 pm on November 15th, 2012
Unedited!….Very good to know! I must have been mistaken. The Christmas party scene seemed to have been edited….grunt!…Maybe I had taken a quick nap and missed a few minutes. It’s been known to happen…sneeze!
10:19 pm on November 15th, 2012
Dark!…This is a much darker Harry Potter than we have seen in the past…snort!…Not finished with it yet! Is this the Last One?…snort!…I hope Dumbledorfie doesn’t bite the dust. He and Harry are off to do something mysterious again…wheeze!
10:28 pm on November 15th, 2012
OMDawg!…The scene is Dumbledorf having to drink and drink and drink this liquid which causes great pain…snort!…I remember my friend having to do just this sort of thing last year for a test of some sort…grunt!wheeze!
10:29 pm on November 15th, 2012
My two-legged is tired. She has a had a long couple of weeks and very busy days at work. She pulled an all-nighter last night to squeeze a project in, slept for a couple of hours as then wet back into work. She said she hasn’t had time to respond to emails or play on this here blog. She says no Plunderers make her go something, something. On the bright side, when she achieves the combination of busy and tired, I get away with a lot more.
10:38 pm on November 15th, 2012
Rebecca!…Clarkson!…Sleep!Sleep!…wheeze!….Potter is still keeping us up here!….gurgle!
10:55 pm on November 15th, 2012
Sleep…yes, that sounds mighty nice…
11:03 pm on November 15th, 2012
Excellant!…The Half Prince was incredible. Way better than the one we didnt like so much, which was a couple back, when we stopped watching….grunt!…Anyways, it sounds like there is at least one more Potter film, right?…wheeze!
11:04 pm on November 15th, 2012
My gosh – the “big city” near to us is having a huge debate about if the strip clubs should be open until 1 am or 2 am
We say, if these people want to refinish furniture, they can do it whenever they want.
Sheesh
11:09 pm on November 15th, 2012
Headline!…”Israel prepares to mobilize 30,000 reserve troops for possible invasion of Gaza after three civilians are killed in direct hit on their apartment building”…snort!…Scary stuff to try to go to sleep after reading…wheeze!
11:10 pm on November 15th, 2012
I think I will try some sleep also. Dawson I replied to that email and I am the smarty pants, not Melanie who is probably wondering what you meant…
11:18 pm on November 15th, 2012
Israel!…At war. I am ready for the End-Time…wuffle!…I would like to see one more Iditarod and one more Chet n’ Bernie adventure before the whole world blows up. If this is not possible, I am ready to go now. Beau says “Wait!” He is just now enjoying a good life….chuffle!sneeze!
11:22 pm on November 15th, 2012
End!…Beau says I am over-reacting…sniff!…He says the end times are not upon us yet, but he is at watch for them at all times when he is not watching how much food is in his bowl…wuffle!
11:29 pm on November 15th, 2012
Goodnight!…My baseball toys are calling my name and whistling dixie at the same time for some reason…heh!…Goodnight!
5:25 am on November 16th, 2012
Bluecat: One of those women in Holiday Inn is my namesake, Rosemary Clooney.