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  • Despite The Obvious -Pet Tangents

    Despite The Obvious -Pet Tangents

    What is good about having a pet?

    Pets are amazing, animals are amazing and I discussed the obvious here. http://beaglesarebad.blog/2025/11/10/heavy-petting/. Dogs and cats obviously get all the attention.

    Boris

    Many years ago I had a bird named Boris. He was amazing. When I came home from work, he would greet me. He got to the point where he say words and greet us.

    I would get home and read the Washington Post at the kitchen table. Boris would actually turn the pages of the news paper when asked.

    Fred

    When I was a kid, we had a beagle named Fred, Fred was a girl. When my parents gave their little speech about the birds and the bees they used Fred. I had no idea what they were talking about.

    Lucy

    Many years ago on Wednesday nights I would go running with my son as my daughter played volleyball. We would run through this park and I would see this beagle I found adorable. She would run up to me and greet me like I was the anointed one.

    Week after week, I would return to the park and the dog would greet me. A few weeks later, the owners asked me if I would be interested in adopting Lucy. They were watching Lucy for their mother who was now bed ridden. Lucy and I had a long and great relationship.

  • Money Well Spent

    Money Well Spent

    Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).

    I put myself through school and ended up with a student loan.

    It was money well spent.

    I did the same for the kids.

    It was money well spent.

    I bought a new pair of running shoes the other day.

    It was money well spent.

  • Early Morning

    Early Morning

    What are you listening to?

    I’m listening to the fog roll in and the purr of the cat as it sits on my lap. I’m not a big fan of Beethoven, but that’s what the classical station is playing.

    Guten Morgen

  • Dodge Ball

    Dodge Ball

    What was your favorite subject in school?

    Why Did they Teach This?

    Dodge Ball

    OK, half the class line up on this side of the gym the other half on the other side of the gym.

    Here I’m going to release a few balls into the wild you throw them at each other.

    If you get it hit you’re out, if you catch the ball, the thrower is out.

    if you get hit below the belt go to the nurse.

    Greek and Roman mythology

    Yes, I love learning, obscure stuff and almost everything, however, this class was ridiculous. Mrs. Grant, who was older than Ulysses, would walk around and flick our ears if we got the ancient god‘s mixed up. The ancient gods, I’m pointing at you, Agamemnon, didn’t care if they were Greek or Roman. That’s why they called it. Mythology.

    Lunch

    I once got suspended for making a spaghetti sandwich during lunch.

    Grad School Ethics Class

    Seriously, that every corporate charter reads maximize shareholder wealth, and our teacher would bring out yellow faded clips from the Wall Street Journal from the 1950s.

    Grad school ethics classes were not all that effective .