Just returned from a quick vacation

Winter Park, CO. My flight was late because United failed to tell the flight crew that this flight was ON TIME!!! There was some snow in Denver this morning, but oddly enough, everything was on time. As it turns out, the Denver airport is equipped to handle snow. Shocking, I know. Result, DELAYED.

We did not get back in time for me to pick my girls up from the kennel. So, as I write this, there are two dogs missing me, and me missing them. This is the first post I've ever written without at least one dog at my feet. I had a white knuckle drive over a snow covered mountain pass this morning and each switch-back and slow turn got me closer to my girls. I had a big night of wrestling and snuggling planned, but it was not to be. I'd call customer service, but I think that it would only make me more angry. I just want to be with my damn dogs! I pick them up at 8 tomorrow. We'll have an abbreviated wrestling/snuggling session before its time to go back to work.

All creatures, GREAT and small

Why are all my recent posts focused on what happens on the couch? Maybe I'm living vicariously through my dogs. Couch time would be fun. Tess is taking good pictures now too! Word on the street is that she is still annoying though.

Naps

Molly and Tess are nap nest thieves. They must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Sunday sunbeam sharing

It looks like we are at capacity.

The Aggies will not be winning the Big XII

I just told Molly. Even added that we would not beat the hookems.

Yep, morale around here is at an all time low. Molly is still mad about last year. Don't think for a minute that the hookems have forgotten about the cheap shot at the end of the game at the last meeting.

Good news for Aggie fans though, our band is favored by 27. GO BAND!!!

Updated: Good guys: 38 vs. Bad guys: 30. Nothing like some blatant dog exploitation to fire up a team. Speaking of blatant dog exploitation, I know one girl who will be getting an extra bone tonight...On another note, after the game on the way back to home base, we walked past my old haunt, the Langford architecture building, past the sculpture in a courtyard there. It never clicked, but guess what kind of dog is also memorialized for the ages on the campus at Texas A&M...you get 3 guesses and the first two don't count.

I can't believe I've never realized that until today.

BREAKING NEWS: Tess takes a good picture...

As always, Molly looks like she knows what she's doing. For poor little Tess, this is a first.

I've cracked the Comcast customer service code

Recently I switched to DirecTV, but I kept my cable internet. Needless to say, this move required about 5 or 6 calls to customer service to get everything straight. One call to cancel my tv service, one call to correct a faulty connection, one call verify that my bill was credited accordingly and on and on. I'm an honest guy and generally not too argumentative with those folks who answer the phones. I would always follow the prompts on the automated system to properly direct my call.

"Due to a high call volume, wait times may be longer than normal."

Yea...you say that all the time! "For trouble with your service," you can press "1"...if you want to wait on hold for 30 minutes to an hour chained to your speaker phone.

This is where I turn dishonest...I opt for option 3..."to upgrade your service, press 3." Oddly enough there is never a wait time when Comcast thinks you want to spend more money. The people who answer always speak fluent English, they can help you with whatever it is you are calling about and wait times vary from 5 to 10 seconds. Please be patient.

Just a little tip for those of you who are Comcast customers. Did I mention all the HD channels DirecTV offers...with even more on the way? If you are thinking about making a move, I'll send you an invite and we both get 50 bucks off...

Wrong in more ways than I can count

So, the Houston Chronicle is apparently advocating Golden Retriever abuse on their website...and I have proof!

Apparently you can upload pictures of Golden Retriever abuse and they will publish it on the front page of their website.

Exhibit 'A'
Exhibit 'B'
Exhibit 'C'

Y'all know how to work the internet, so I won't include an address for you to send your letters to the editor condemning this behavior. Someone posted similar photos last year too!!!

I want to meet that Exhibit 'C' dog and the owners because they really understand how important it is for a young boy to have a dog (even if the owners were too lazy to go to another Wal-Mart to find the Batman costume.)

New toy at work

So yea...turns out you can scribble right there on your computer screen. Pretty cool.

Should I write my grandmother?

Bless her heart! Everyone needs to meet my Big Momma. She has a way with words. 80+ and still giving me a hard time about my correspondence frequency.