Today, we overslept, and everyone was rushing to get dressed. Since I work from home, normally, I wear shorts, but today, I was attending a memorial service for a friends mom. So I was wearing slacks and a button down shirt and getting a tie and sports coat out of the closet, when my daughter comes in to the bedroom.
Megan: I thought today was a school day.
Me: It is.
Megan: Then why are you dressed like a minister?
Friday, September 26, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Stray - part II
Today the phone rang. The gentleman on the other end of the phone line said he had seen our sign about a lost and found dog. I let him describe the dog, and then told him where we lived. I would have driven over there, but we were hosting a birthday party, and I couldn't leave. I gave him our address, and he said he would come over. Before he got off of the phone, he told me that the dog's name was Jake, and that he was a very friendly dog.
He is a very friendly dog. I was pretty sure that this was the owner. He showed up about 35 minutes later. Anyone who would come that far for a mixed breed dog was probably the owner. When he went into the backyard, there was no doubt.
We had decided that the dog should be named Houdini, because he had gotten out of our backyard, or out of our garage, or out of his leash. We had taken him to the vet, because we had our own dog, and were spending time around him. I also had trouble believing that anyone would not be out day after day looking for signs, so more then a week after the dog coming into our possession, I didn't think we would ever find the owner.
I'll admit that I was getting a bit attached to him. I was the own who fed him and walked him most days. The walks were some nice alone time. He responded very well to me. We were working on getting him used to sleeping in a crate, because if we were going to keep him, we were probably going to transition him to being an indoor/outdoor dog.
He is a very friendly dog. I was pretty sure that this was the owner. He showed up about 35 minutes later. Anyone who would come that far for a mixed breed dog was probably the owner. When he went into the backyard, there was no doubt.
We had decided that the dog should be named Houdini, because he had gotten out of our backyard, or out of our garage, or out of his leash. We had taken him to the vet, because we had our own dog, and were spending time around him. I also had trouble believing that anyone would not be out day after day looking for signs, so more then a week after the dog coming into our possession, I didn't think we would ever find the owner.
I'll admit that I was getting a bit attached to him. I was the own who fed him and walked him most days. The walks were some nice alone time. He responded very well to me. We were working on getting him used to sleeping in a crate, because if we were going to keep him, we were probably going to transition him to being an indoor/outdoor dog.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Ike hits Galveston
I used to live in Galveston, so I remember many of the places that I am seeing on the tv. I have been following the storm via twitter, and saw someone say that a pier had collapsed. I searched, and was trying to find video or a story which said which one. One of the first videos that I found was supposed to be about the pier, but most of the video was following someone who had not left the island. Here is the web page for the story.
bear on the beach
bear on the beach
Large Hadron Collider
I hadn't realized that the Large Hadron Collider was so close to being online. This is a cool bit of science. Webcam views can be seen at http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html. Information can be found at http://science.howstuffworks.com/large-hadron-collider.htm.
I know there was a lot of controversy over this as some people believe it will destroy the Earth by dropping a microscopic sized black hole into the center of the earth. My understanding (admittedly very little education in this area, but I have read a little) is that the microscopic black hole would have to have the mass of a mountain in order to not evaporate. We're smashing protons together. I think we are pretty safe for now. That does remind me of a conversation that I had a while back. If such a black hole did fall into the Earth's core, the resulting black hole (after the earth had been devoured) still wouldn't destroy the solar system, like some people claim. Since it's original mass was the mountain+the earth, it would most likely orbit the sun and still have the moon orbiting it. Quite a site for some future ET, don't you think?
I just love watching the webcams. It feels a little voyeuristic, but I think it's fun to see such dedicated people at work.
I know there was a lot of controversy over this as some people believe it will destroy the Earth by dropping a microscopic sized black hole into the center of the earth. My understanding (admittedly very little education in this area, but I have read a little) is that the microscopic black hole would have to have the mass of a mountain in order to not evaporate. We're smashing protons together. I think we are pretty safe for now. That does remind me of a conversation that I had a while back. If such a black hole did fall into the Earth's core, the resulting black hole (after the earth had been devoured) still wouldn't destroy the solar system, like some people claim. Since it's original mass was the mountain+the earth, it would most likely orbit the sun and still have the moon orbiting it. Quite a site for some future ET, don't you think?
I just love watching the webcams. It feels a little voyeuristic, but I think it's fun to see such dedicated people at work.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Stray
My son calls him Dog, because we don't know his name. My daughter calls him Blackie, becasue that's the color he is. My wife calls him Dude, because that's what she says when she's trying to get him to stop jumping on her. And I want to call him Ike, becasue that's what was on the news around the time that we found him.
Ok, I really don't want to call him anything. I want his owner to come get him.
I say we found him, but that would be inaccurate. My wife was at church on Wednesday. She is leading a Wednesday night dinner and short simple circle worship. I begged off, because I had too much work to do. When she was leaving, she saw this large black dog, and she was worried about it getting hit in the road. So she called and asked me if she could bring it home until we find the owner. I very reluctantly agreed.
Reluctantly, because we live about 25 miles away from the church. I didn't see how we would find the owner. He didn't have tags. We thought he might be chipped, but when my wife took him to the 24 hour vet hospital, no chip was found. We have a big enough yard, but our fence is crap. Keeping him out there the first day, he broke of some of the rotten boards, and got into a neighbor's yard. And from his behavior, I think he is used to being an indoor dog. That's pretty amazing for a dog that's probably close to 80 pounds, with a tail that is constantly swinging back and forth at about 50 miles an hour.
He's a great dog, from what I have seen so far, and I can't imagine that someone doesn't miss him terribly.
The above picture was taken right after Tammy gave the dog a bath.
Ok, I really don't want to call him anything. I want his owner to come get him.
I say we found him, but that would be inaccurate. My wife was at church on Wednesday. She is leading a Wednesday night dinner and short simple circle worship. I begged off, because I had too much work to do. When she was leaving, she saw this large black dog, and she was worried about it getting hit in the road. So she called and asked me if she could bring it home until we find the owner. I very reluctantly agreed.
Reluctantly, because we live about 25 miles away from the church. I didn't see how we would find the owner. He didn't have tags. We thought he might be chipped, but when my wife took him to the 24 hour vet hospital, no chip was found. We have a big enough yard, but our fence is crap. Keeping him out there the first day, he broke of some of the rotten boards, and got into a neighbor's yard. And from his behavior, I think he is used to being an indoor dog. That's pretty amazing for a dog that's probably close to 80 pounds, with a tail that is constantly swinging back and forth at about 50 miles an hour.
He's a great dog, from what I have seen so far, and I can't imagine that someone doesn't miss him terribly.
The above picture was taken right after Tammy gave the dog a bath.
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