pumpkin pie for thanksgiving......

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about the 400 dogs seized in MO. dogfighting bust which became 500 as several gave birth. most are on their way to pitbull rescues around the country.

the efforts of all involved in caring for, evaluating, transporting, fostering and working with these dogs have been nothing short of heroic. this is especially true at a time when rescues and shelters are seeing both a downturn in donations and grants and an increase in surrendered and abandoned animals due to the current economy.

people from rescues all over the country went to the temporary shelter where the 500 dogs and pups were housed and stayed a week or a month to help out putting their own concerns on hold and doing what they could.

Pepsi
NovaCare
US Airways
Verizon Wireless
Gatorade
Geico
Heineken
Ticketexchange by Ticketmaster
Motorola
Papa Johns
Pepcid
Philadelphia Cheesesteak Co.
Philadelphia Inquirer
American Red Cross
ReMax
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Snapple
Splenda
Tastykake
Independence Blue Cross
Jeep
Taco Bell
Mastercard
Acme Markets
Budweiser
7-11
AAA
Aflac
Best Buy
Chrysler
Dunkin Donuts
Dietz & Watson

Give up?



Their corporate sponsorship of the Philadelphia Eagles, which has just embraced Michael Vick and his proven sociopathic tendencies, makes them undeserving of your consumer dollars. Coke is better than Pepsi anyway, Krispy Kreme makes Dunkin Donut taste like sawdust, McDonald's beats the snot out of Taco Bell, and so on (you get the idea!). Patronize those OTHER businesses, then send your receipts to the losers who seem to think what Michael Vick did is "okay", in any way, shape or form. Show them that you've taken YOUR business elsewhere, and tell them WHY.

This "signature line" is attached to e-mails reaching a minimum of 3,000 people daily. Please feel free to copy it and append it to your own e-mails, so that number grows, and continues to grow until the message is received. We are all in support of "second chances", and as soon as they figure out how to give those poor, mutilated and killed dogs a "second chance", we will be glad to offer it to to sociopathic and completely remorseless Michael Vick.

a time of beginnings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwEv2YCrSoY

and endings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ

> A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The
parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every
word out of the bird's' mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with
profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by
consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and
anything else he could think of to clean up the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot
yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier
and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hand,
grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes
the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there
was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door
to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's out
stretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with
my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my
inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything
I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. He was
about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in
his behavior, when the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey
did?"

i have always enjoyed the cardinals comings and goings at the feeders. they stand out partly because they are not flocking birds but live year round in mated pairs. i took several pictures of them over the weekend and last week. they are shy birds so the pictures get taken from my bedroom or bathroom window.

i went out this morning and as i was filling the feeders i noticed the yule spinner hanging near them had been knocked down. since it's windy i had been careful to hang it on a sturdy hanger so i was surprised. then i noticed there was a heap of cardinal feathers and a cardinal beak on the ground nearby. i am saddened by the cardinal's passing since i view the regular visitors to the feeder as friends. i suspect a hawk since the spinner was knocked down and nothing but feathers left. i brought in a few and put them on my altar. i hope the mate of the cardinal that was killed makes it thru the winter ok.

more animals

while i was sitting outside in my new glider drinking coffee and watching groucho i had a wonderful experience. first a large great blue heron took to the air from the edge of the pond and flew along between my yard and my neighbor's. he was at fence level for about half the length of the yard then as he gained altitude he circled once and flew off out of sight. while i was still absorbing that two more great blue herons came rocketing up from about the same spot but flew off to the right to a small grove of trees behind the business 3 lots down. then they called out a couple of times - very unmelodically - and flew back around the trees and off in the direction the first one went in. they were just beautiful and it was such a treat to see them that close. when they are flying they look very primeval IMO. we have white herons and egrets around all summer but the great blues not as often.

a diving buddy for joe.....


see more dog pictures

'Recently on the Dilbert Blog, I mused about the seeming randomness of the lyrics of popular songs. And I challenged my readers to submit random lyrics of their own that could be combined into a song.

Lots of people submitted their random lyrics, and German band RIVO DREI put the best ones together, added music, and created a surprisingly great little song.

One of my blog readers took it an extra step and made a music video using nothing but images from the Internet. You might be surprised how well it came out:'

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TiH9dbAsAp0

this is actually a fun little song and video.

enjoy

puppies and sugar will be given to rude and badly behaved children and then the pups will be taken back to the sound of juvenile and parental shrieks as we leave on the motorcycle laughing madly.