Thanks, L.A.!
PAW AND ORDER: #5 on the L.A. Times bestseller list.
http://projects.latimes.com/bestsellers/lists/2014/08/24/
Welcome prospective pal for Chet and Iggy.
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9:03 am on August 22nd, 2014
Greetings!
Zeusikov , The next time I am awake at 3:00 in the morning, I will keep you in mind. I hope you are all nice and settled in your forever home, and are making friends with T.C.
Everyone have a fab Friday!
9:05 am on August 22nd, 2014
And for the Royals, I hope you rake in the BIG, BIG, bucks!
9:22 am on August 22nd, 2014
Good morning, Wose and everyone! Good news from LA LA land 🙂 Go OFA.
Looks like another scorcher here today so we will take dips in the wading pool and sushi pond then take that lovely water into the house for mom.
Like Wose said, have a fab Friday.
9:24 am on August 22nd, 2014
Good morning from the wet, soggy Day 4 of the Really Long Shew. The weather is supposed to clear up later, so we will sit back and enjoy a slow morning followed by a wild and crazy Friday night. We hope.
Our little moth friend was not here this morning. Maybe she was just waiting for us to recognize her as a Hawk moth.
Have a grand day everyone.
9:59 am on August 22nd, 2014
Well done Spence.
A friend and I went to see the new Woody Allen movie, Magic in Moonlight, yesterday. It was good. (I really like Colin Firth.)
Good morning all.
10:06 am on August 22nd, 2014
FIVE!…Wow!Wow!Wow!…snort!
10:07 am on August 22nd, 2014
OFA makes 2 stops in LA Land and now is #5 on their Bestseller List. WoooHooo!!
Wose: You Are First! and with a Fabulous Friday greeting (which we will follow to the letter btw)
About those letters…sorry to hear a couple of yours are broken.
Macy’s Mom> Have a Good Day at Camp.
Royal Mum: We do believe you are right…that Beautiful Sphinx Moth was just waiting to be recognized by the Storyteller. What a Wonderful Omen for you both!
And, Thank you to Staff for the photo last night.
HOunds: We know your mom won’t mind the water in the house one little bit. Your Comfort is all that matters to her. 🙂
B: We are looking forward to seeing Magic in the Moonlight. It has gotten good reviews, but we value yours above all.
10:07 am on August 22nd, 2014
Vlad!…Very funny Spencer!…snorkel!…See facebookie post on the right!…heh!heh!
10:11 am on August 22nd, 2014
Gasp! Spence, you didn’t. You did?
10:17 am on August 22nd, 2014
That does look like an authentic package being mailed to the Kremlin. We can only hope this doesn’t put OFA in the same position as another writer of international renown.
10:25 am on August 22nd, 2014
I wonder if Spence is hinting at some international intrigue in the next book.
Maybe Nattie will be involved…….
10:32 am on August 22nd, 2014
WhooooHoooo!
Number 5 on the LA times bestseller list and world peace through Chetspeak diplomacy!
10:33 am on August 22nd, 2014
Happy Fab Friday, everyone!
Congratulations to OFA !!!! #5 on the LA Times Bestsellers List. WOOOOOO WOOOOOO!
Wose, T.C. is no longer scarit of me, but she still does not want to be friends. I want to be friends with her more than anything in the world, except for gettng a stick of butter.
10:40 am on August 22nd, 2014
Zues!…snort!
10:42 am on August 22nd, 2014
Zeusikov, Grizz’s younger sister to eat eat sticks of butter too.
BTW: what had you up at 3:00 this morning?
Please tell T.C. I said hello.
10:43 am on August 22nd, 2014
THAT should be” used to eat sticks of butter” Egads!
10:44 am on August 22nd, 2014
Wose, I am the protector of this house. So, although you may think I am fast asleep, I am always alert and ready to jump into action. A total professional.
And ya’ never know when someone leaves the butter out by mistake.
10:57 am on August 22nd, 2014
Rose!…Tippity-toe over to your SDD and check-it!…snort!
10:59 am on August 22nd, 2014
BBL
11:01 am on August 22nd, 2014
To pick up on what I was speaking of yesterday and to what Diane was responding to, I found this site that shows (and explains) the Old English thorn, eth, and ash:
http://bookhaven.stanford.edu/2013/08/eth-thorn-and-ash-they-flunked-the-screen-test-for-our-alphabet/
11:06 am on August 22nd, 2014
Hello Everyone and Happy Friday. I just finished catching up on the saga of the Hawk Moth (Twilight Zone music! Cool.)
I hope the poor pit bull can somehow be liberated from the people who are “maintaining” him/her in such horrible conditions–better than being a fighting or bait dog, but just barely.
Ms. Pretty is refusing food except for a few very choice morsels and only if she is hand fed (which allow me to get her meds down). I’m beginning to wonder if she’s manipulating me…
11:11 am on August 22nd, 2014
Hello Everyone and Happy Friday. I just finished catching up on the saga of the Hawk Moth (Twilight Zone music! Cool.)
I hope the poor pit bull can somehow be liberated from the people who are “maintaining” him/her in such horrible conditions–better than being a fighting or bait dog, but just barely.
B. Stover–Oooh! You got illustrations of both eth (which I describe so badly) and the thorn. Cool source.
Wose and Zeus–I’m having trouble following the butter narrative, but where butter is concerned I guess a little confusion is worth it (entire sticks, huh?)
Ms. Pretty is refusing food except for a few very choice morsels and only if she is hand fed (which allow me to get her meds down). I’m beginning to wonder if she’s manipulating me…
11:17 am on August 22nd, 2014
Hi Diane. I’m worried about Ms. Pretty. Why isn’t she eating?
And, if we are returning to last evening’s posts, I must say that most of the dogs at the dog events we attend are pit bulls. The reason for that is that most local rescues are of puts, since they are so often abandoned, and left roaming, by their terrible owners who got them for all the wrong reasons. Anyway, all of the pits at those events are extremely well socialized with other dogs.
Sibes are bred to pull sleds Way Up North. Does that mean that they cannot be acclimated to warmer climes, and non-active lifestyles (or at least non-active as compared to sled teams)? Speaking from much experience: no.
11:31 am on August 22nd, 2014
Mr.Staff sent this to me. He saw this group yesterday at the Bluegrass Festival he is attending this weekend. He said “they even played a dog song”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwBhuLcxSng#t=12
11:46 am on August 22nd, 2014
I am loving this song!!!! I can just hear Pop singing along. Heh!
12:00 pm on August 22nd, 2014
RIO! I have tippy-toed and responded.
12:27 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Staff: Excellent bluegrass picking.
BStover: Thanks for that additional link on the alphabet. What you two are talking about is starting to make sense. I remember seeing books that had the long s (that looked like an f) in my Grandpa’s bookcase.
12:42 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Staff: Great song!
12:44 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Congratulations Spence!….#5 on LA’s best seller list
Spencer’s note to Putin is funny. I hope he really mailed it, but Natasha says Putin does not have a sense of humor
12:52 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Staff, Love the Bluegrass link. I like that group and would go see them live. I’m going back later to play more of their videos.
1:19 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Howlers, You mentioned Sibes being bred to pull sleds, so that is in their genes. May be why they like to run and many can’t be taken out off leash.
When I walk Maggie, she alets and pulls on her leash if she sees a squirrel or bunny. Pays no attention to birds. If I try to throw her a ball to fetch she looks at me like I am nuts. Yes, she is a farm collie who has acclimated to suburban life, but her natural tendencies are still there. So I still say it’s in the genes.
1:26 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Zeusikov’s Mom–thank you for your concern. Ms. Pretty actually will eat, but only certain things that are soft and hand-fed (a stick of butter would probably go down a treat). She doesn’t seem to be interested in kibble, even softened and combined with cottage cheese (although she does pick the curds out and eat them). I’m giving her another day to get the anaesthesia out of her system. If that doesn’t work we’re probably having another visit to the v e t.
I finally got around to reading the note to Putin–really cool, but why not get it translated also? Maybe the raw quality of the note (plus pawprint) will do the desired job of attracting his attention.
1:33 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Speaking of Mr. Putin, did y’all see this cover of The Economist a few months ago? (Strangely prescient…)
http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/economist-putin.jpg
1:54 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Barb, I guess what I am saying is that yes, they may have been bred for certain jobs, and that may be still in their genes, but I still say that training is necessary to bring that out or not.
Then there is Zeus. As a husky, he is not bred to be fearful of other dogs, or try to attack them. Yet, because he was never socialized previously, he doesn’t know that. He had to learn how to be a pack animal. He is still learning.
2:26 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Well! THAT was a wasted trip. Mom mixed up her wonderfluffing appointment dates (it was yesterday) and now will be looking like a shaggy dog until Tuesday.
Now going back to read the posts and check out the links…..
2:44 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Siber – is not true Vlad has no sense of humoring. You have seen pictures of him vith no shirt? Now THAT is funny!
3:12 pm on August 22nd, 2014
The Bill’s player Bryce Brown has a wife and 10 month old daughter along with the pit bull. He came to play for the bills new this season. Maybe if it works out he might get a house. That would be so much better for that big dog and living in an apartment.
If his wife had let go of that leash yesterday, I am sure that dog would have torn us to pieces. It was terrifying.
3:22 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Natasha, I agree. Putin without a shirt is funny. He really thinks he is hot…BARF
Mollypop’s Mom, I am sure it was terrifying and it makes me angry for you and LouLou. I am wondering if the law can’t get the dog’s owners on all the barking the dog does. Here, the humans would get a warning and if it happened again they would be in court.
3:26 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Dawson! Check Your SDD! Big News!
3:35 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Siber dear – do not vorry. Some day Vlad vill be hot. Very very hot. He vill also have red suit, horns and a tail, but vill not be vagging. Oh no, it vill not.
3:37 pm on August 22nd, 2014
BSD – how mysterious. We want to know the big news too!
3:42 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Bear, Ditto to what Tupper’s Mum said.
3:52 pm on August 22nd, 2014
News!…BIG NEWS!…sniff!…How come I do not have any SDD’s right now with BIG NEWS innit?…grunt!
3:53 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Nattie!…Spit-Putin!..snort!…You are so right, he will not be wagging that red tail…heh!heh!
3:53 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Ditto here
4:06 pm on August 22nd, 2014
news? Sis? cough it up.
4:12 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Rio – we think you might have big news too. Better check.
4:12 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Hey! No fair!!! What about us us us?
4:13 pm on August 22nd, 2014
And me me me !
4:20 pm on August 22nd, 2014
I suspect Dawson is taking a nap. I have to go get ready for my mini TOGA. BBL
4:25 pm on August 22nd, 2014
I was all excited. I went to the library and thought I was checking out the brand new Andy Carpenter. Got home and started to read it, and it is the one from last year. I had told the library assistant I was looking for the one that just came out and he said, yup we have it – Unleashed. Drat!
4:28 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Checked!…No big news in my SDD box…sniff!
4:38 pm on August 22nd, 2014
I’m stuck in the house today because it is raining. It is boring. I want to hear some BIG NEWS to enliven my day.
4:53 pm on August 22nd, 2014
The Big News is that my Paw and Order is on Canadian soil!
Oh my gosh!
Dare I hope to have it tomorrow?!
No…It will be sent to Vancouver PO then sorted.
It will have missed the last airplane up here by then so
Friday they will send it to Fort Nelson and they will sort it. (Best case scenario -Yippee!!!)
Or it will arrive too late for them to sort so it will stay the weekend until Monday morning when they open again.
Or (worse case scenario) they accidentally send it to Newfoundland!
5:01 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Dawson!…I bet Vlad gets his book before you get yours…heh!heh!
5:03 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Dawson, do you realize today is Friday? Do you mean they won’t sort it until next Friday?
5:42 pm on August 22nd, 2014
WE are back….LOL at the blue grass song, HOWL,we want out dog back! WE the black Canadians held mom down all day and gave her LOTS of love and black hair on her tie-dye dress 🙂 Also love the book to Putin (so like Rasputin), yep, red tail and horns…mmm?
News? NEWS?
6:08 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Rio: Does your hanging by the tail recon tell you anything more like if your Friend has packed essentials for you such as your bow ties, all your baseball toys, your warm soft bed, and your favorites of Beau’s toys?
6:17 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Everyone here, including the POP is singing…I want my daaaaawg back. WE love it. Just what mom has said country music was about for years but now we are hearing it in bluegrass form. (whispering) Did y’all know mom was in a bluegrass band in so cal in the ’70’s? She played guitar or autoharp.
6:25 pm on August 22nd, 2014
T.C.: Oh! I thought it was Thursday. Even though I had an appointment today, Friday. The brain must’ve shut down early tonight. That means I will have all weekend to anticipate the “drone scene”.
“I want my daaaaawg back”.
7:07 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Mr. Fireslippers knows how to pick ’em. I Want My Dog Back. WOOORoooOOOOO!
Vladimir (sounds-like-a-vampire) Putin. If Chet & Bernie are on the case His Time May Be Up very soon!
A Race Between Packages! PAO to Canada. PAO to Putin. Place your b*e*t8s now.
7:11 pm on August 22nd, 2014
HOH: Your mom in a bluegrass band? This jazzkat thinks that is very impressive.
The blogkats would join y’all in a hearty yowl, but CHobbiti would never stand for it.
7:16 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Wolfie is up top. I have been missing him.
7:22 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Love that toe tappin song, Staff. Barb thinks she must have been a mountain gal in another life. Oh, and a pioneer women, too.
We also have been thinking about Wolfie, wondering how Cody is doing in rehab, and how little Jace is dong as well.
7:31 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Wose: Funny you should mention Wolfie.
Like Barb&Magpie, Wolfie and Jace have been on our minds of late too.
7:55 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Confess!…Alright, who sent me a Todd Helton Retirement Gnome?…snort!…Confess now! As I will find out and thank you profusely anyway!…chuffle!…What a GREAT SURPRISE! No card, no note…grunt!…Return address from someone I do not know…heh!heh!…Nice touch that.
8:07 pm on August 22nd, 2014
OK – we were just told by a customer that she only buys her jewelry from “real Indians…you know, the kind with feathers”
I swear to dawg. You can’t make this stuff up.
8:09 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Golinka!…Unbelievable!…snort!…But when you deal with the public you can expect the very worst…heh!heh!
8:10 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Rio, heh, heh, heh!
8:13 pm on August 22nd, 2014
I can send you some feathers. I have had a bluejay molting and found a few feathers. Would that do?
Oh, and I found some vintage hat feathers in the closet I am cleaning. I could send them.
Mr.Staff says the Spinney Brothers are a big hit at the bluegrass show. They had a request to repeat the Dog Back song this afternoon. The did.
I want my Daaawwwg back. He is faithfu, he is true.
8:14 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Jeez, please read right by the errors. grump.
8:17 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Tupper’s Mama:
I am speechless. And I am never speechless!
8:18 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Royal Mum- People can be so clueless (and) rude.
8:20 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Staff? Where are the Sppiney Brothers from? I really like them.
8:21 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Staff again? Do you know if they have recorded any CDs?
8:22 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Friend!…Whoever you are we here love you and owe you big-time…snorkel!…Very unexpected. My friend had come to terms with not getting a Todd Gnome and now we have one!…WOWOW!
8:23 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Siber-H: the Spinney Brothers are from the Annapolis Valley of Noba Scotia, Canada. I googled them. Lots of info on their site.
8:24 pm on August 22nd, 2014
GRRRRRR, That should be NOVA SCOTIA.
8:27 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Rio, You owe me nothing.
8:29 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Amalia, Where do these people come from? And how do you keep from saying WTF!
8:31 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Wose, I was wondering where Noba Scotia might be.
8:33 pm on August 22nd, 2014
I am getting ready to go to my big bed, where there are no baseball toys in their perfect places.
Zeusikov: If I am awake at 3:00am, I will look for you on this here blog.
Thieves!: Where is my most sparkly VBBF? And Mama Luna? I need my mama to grab me by the scruff. And who is taking care of Rose, the pup, not me.
8:34 pm on August 22nd, 2014
B&M: Noba Scotia is where I was born.
8:41 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Noba Scotia, land of the summer camp for crazies.
Sleep tight, all!
8:49 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Wose: Maybe You only require Six Hours of Sleep-Time.
Remember between 3 and 4 is the Hour of the Wolf.
Zeus knows, and so does Siber-H.
8:53 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Mr.Husky, Here is their website…
http://www.spinneybrothers.com/
8:54 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Wose, Thank You! I will check out their website. That is cool that they are from Nova Scotia.
8:56 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Staff, Thank you for the link!
9:02 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Rio: I sent you a SDD. Wasn’t that important? Picky. 😉
9:06 pm on August 22nd, 2014
This is one Mr.Staff was playing before he left for his fun weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAjAR0FEv0Y
He likes to play stuff really loud while he is doing the dishes.
9:14 pm on August 22nd, 2014
CHobbit!…I almost mentioned your SDD out here and then I thought maybe it was not something you wanted shared for some odd reason…snort!…CHobbit is coming home to Alaska on August 26th…snort!…She is cutting it close. Let me tell youse!…heh!heh!
9:22 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Staff, I like that bluegrass song also. There is an awesome version of Fire On the Mountain done bluegrass style on that same youtube webpage.
9:22 pm on August 22nd, 2014
A Friend: Your Gift to Rio’s Friend was so nice. Sniff.
Staff: Soon youse will have us all Converted to Blue Grass Music!
And, Mr. Staff Doing the Dishes? He is definitely a Treasure and one to keep.
9:30 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Wose, Bear has a good point. If you are going to bed at 9:00 and need only 6 hours sleep, that means you will be waking up at 3:00. What if you stay up a little longer?
9:41 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Friend!…I have some photoz for youse….heh!heh!…This is the best she could do because it was dark before her camera battery re-charged…grunt!…She cut-off his name at the bottom…sniff!
9:43 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Sibers!…Here is Todd Helton with some SiberH friends…snorkel!
9:45 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Bobbles!…Here is the extent of my friends collection of bobble-heads…chuffle!…It is growing but not very quickly. She prefers quality over quantity…heh!heh!
9:57 pm on August 22nd, 2014
OK Rio, I am very confused. Isn’t Todd Helton a ball player? What is he holding in his hand? Is that some kind of fishing rod? And why is there a horse saddle at his feet? Why isn’t he in a uniform like the guy next to him?
9:58 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Wose: From your scruff to my mouth…you are securely held in my mama love. I am showin my fangs to that damn darkness so it knows I mean business. Anyone in the kennel will tell you don’t mess with mama. In car you were wondering, I’m mama. The Thieves are going to blur Belle Starr by later. She has packed plenty darkness-be-gone sparkles.
9:59 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Todd!…Retired ball player – lives in No. Colo on a ranch and loves to fish…sniff!
10:01 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Wow!
A true friend of the Pug comes through, big time! It is fitting that Rio’s friend, one of the Rockies most faithful fans, has a Todd Helton gnome.
T&G: !!!
10:09 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Thanks Rio, that explains everything. Now I can sleep tonight. And it is a cute gnome.
Night all.
10:12 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Rio, LOL 🙂
10:14 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Hat!…I actually think Todd probably has a hat just like that…heh!heh!…The gnome is cute. The man is really handsome and dignified…chuffle!
10:32 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Your friend has a nice collection, Riö. The latest Tod Helton really adds to it. Is that a bobble-head pug front?
10:33 pm on August 22nd, 2014
in front…
10:40 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Maskers!…The First and In Front…heh!heh!…I am always first in my friends eyes. Didn’t you know?…sniff!
10:41 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Me!…Then Todd. Then Tulo!…grunt!…Totally perfect.
10:45 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Authors!…Now, if one day someone becomes smart and creates Bobble-Heads of Authors, then this would change my batting order completely…grunt!…I’m pretty sure who I know would be first if that ever happened…wuffle!
10:52 pm on August 22nd, 2014
We have been having a good laugh with our neighboring exhibitors about that “real Indian” remark. One said that we should have answered “Sorry ma’am, but you have been misinformed. You have been buying jewelry from turkeys.”.
Snort.
And whoever the Friend of Rio is, you have our vote for being a VNP – a Very Nice Person.
Good night all. Tomorrow is another long day.
10:57 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Golinka!…It says a lot about you if you can laugh at the remark…snorkel!…Now you are prepared for the next jerk that says something along those lines…snuffle!
10:58 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Friend!…Thank You! Thank you for making the experience “complete” for my friend…snorkel!…Whoever you are, and I do hope you let us know, you are a very special Pal and we are amazed at your thoughtfulness and your generosity…sniffle!…Thank you so very much.
11:48 pm on August 22nd, 2014
Golinka, did the idiot at least buy something? Did Leonard have any feathers to show her?
I want my dawwwwwwwwg back! Everybody howl!
ZZZZZzzzzzzz
12:11 am on August 23rd, 2014
MTMP, Nice to hear from you
Wose, sending you some light. Hope it finds you feeling better.
We miss Wolfie too.
Tomorrow is TOGA time. Probably gone all day. You all stay healthy and happy or I will tell Luna about it.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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