Flamino's Roost

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Do dogs ever go hoarse???

Good hell!!! Why is it that the neighbor's dog won't shut the hell up...EVER??? I like to think working in the flower beds or my garden around the house is a very nice and relaxing venture...But, when two of the neighbor's three dogs (collies I think) will not for even the love of pirate-ninja jesus stop barking...what's a man to do?

Now just stop right there...no matter how obnoxious they get, no matter how frayed my nerves are...I don't do anything that may have just popped into your frakin' head! Now just sit your ass back and I'll tell you exactly what I do...absolutely nothing!!! I just go about my weeding or mowing or whatnot and try to ignore the incesent barking. I resist all temptation to yell obscenities, throw objects or just anything in general that may further encourage these hell hounds to bay. Thank god for an iPod.

Now, to be completely honest, of the three dogs, there is one that I do on occasion engage. She (I think it's a she...I've never really checked though) is the mellow, non-barker of the pack. She is sweet and seems to want nothing more than a nice pat on the head. The extent of my interaction with her is the occasion scratching under the chin when she jams her face through the fence. It's one of those fences that has the bigger wire squares...seems to work great for the neighbors grape vines that are now covering the back third of the fence, so, she gets a good deal of her muzzle through the fence. Whereas the ring-leader does nothing but bark, and the follower joins in, the third dog, she just whimpers for attention. So her, her I like. The other two...well, I'd just rather they didn't sit there and bark while I'm in my own back yard, just trying to relax in my garden.

And now all of this, all of this brings me back to my topic, why can't a dog go hoarse dammit, why???

Monday, July 14, 2008

Miss Venezuela crowned Miss Universe; Miss USA trips -- again!

Thank you CNN for brightening my day with stories of poor unfortunate and sometimes tragic beauty queens! I really don't think there is much I can add to this, but I'll pick myself up off the floor and give it a go...

When I read about poor Miss USA, all I could think of was Sandra Bulloch a.k.a. Gracie Lou Freebush during the interview portion of the pageant..."I know we all secretly hope the other one will trip and fall on her face--
Wait a minute! I've already done that!"

And now compare that with a quote from the CNN article "Tension got under the skin of Crystle Stewart of Texas, the second Miss USA in a row to fall down during the Miss Universe pageant."

The SECOND Miss USA to fall down during the Miss Universe pageant. Not the first, but the SECOND!!!

"During the 2007 Miss Universe contest in Mexico City, Miss USA Rachel Smith also tumbled during the evening gown competition and became an unintended star on You Tube, where the video was shown over and over again.

You just can't make this shit up....lol!

Again, thank you CNN and more importantly, thank YOU Crystle Stewart and Rachel Smith for bringing just a little more joy and laughter into this world!

(http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/miss.universe.ap/index.html)