Archive for January, 2007

Dual Citizen

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Well, it’s official. TGDF checked her out today, and found a “penile bone.” Earlier this week, I inspected the doodad sticking out of her hooha for any interior structure, but didn’t find anything. I had read about the penile bone phenomenon in my detailed interweb research on hermaphroditic dogs. Go ahead. Google “hermaphrodite dog.” You know [...]

That’s Mister Cooper to You

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

About a week ago, I started noticing a little pink thing sticking out of Cooper’s privates. I thought maybe she had some kind of infection, but she doesn’t lick herself excessively and generally doesn’t seem to care about the mini lipgloss protruding from her hooha. I had to take Lily to the vet today for [...]

Elmo Autopsy

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Not for the squeamish. Here’s a link.

Elmo Rhymes with Hell No

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

The slope It is slippery We generally don’t watch TV here, with the exception of Seahawks away games. So while the rest of the nation knows all about Jack Bauer and lo his many trials and tribulations, we were in the dark. I remember liking the real-time concept when I first heard about it, but then I [...]

Dear Lina

Monday, January 8th, 2007

You are 22 months old! You are learning new words every day. You love language like you love cheese. You practice your new words over and over again, even as I’m settling you into your crib for a nap. Your favorite word has changed from “no” to “Lina.” “No” is now only your second favorite word. [...]

On the last day of 2006

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

I crashed my car into a telephone pole, ate steak, drank champagne, and watched The Godfather. A fitting ending to a year that held such a range of emotions and experiences for me. Happy 2007, everyone! Hope all your dreams come true.