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.

Color

I just removed the Dr. Horrible banner, and now I think that the page is missing some color. I don't know what I'm going to do about that, but don't be surprised if the page changes a little.

Howdy

Hey there. Haven't talked to you or heard from you in a little while, so I thought I would drop you a line.

The Caribbean trip was great. I didn't get as many pictures as I had hoped. We were too busy having fun. Climbing Dunne River Falls, Scuba Diving, playing mini-golf with the kids, or video games in the arcade. We had a great time, and I met some really nice people. The food was pretty good, and I enjoyed some of the shows in the lounge. Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten the pictures off of the camera. The only down side was that I got sick one evening. Nothing too bad, but it did put me out of commission one night on the ship.

Keeping really busy with work. Everyone is taking vacation, and my own stuff piled up while I was gone, so I'm definitely dealing with a small mountain here. That said, I took some time to meet with Michelle, Hardin, and JD for sushi(Can you believe that Barry didn't want to come?). It was the first time I had ever had sushi, so I let JD pick. I liked it. Maybe not my favorite food, but it was pretty good.

My kids sure were excited for school to start. They were ready to see their friends. They were also excited to meet their teachers. My daughter is so excited to be a "grader" and to be wearing her school jumper. My son is impatient to go to the school library and check some books out. I guess we didn't go to the bookstore or library enough this summer.

Hoping things are going well for you. Take care,
Don

(P.S. Yes, this was cribbed from an email I sent. I realized that it was mostly generic, and figured I could remove the recipient related material and slap it up here for a really quick update.)

Flirting

Over the last few weeks I have found myself in restaurants without family or friends more frequently then I have in the past. Usually, I'll take a book to read while I am waiting for my food. I don't know what made me notice, but I was being flirted with. Yes, I know that many waiters and waitresses do this to increase their tips, but it was still not something I had noticed, at least not directed towards me.

Maybe it was the eye contact. Maybe it was the comment(not mine) about complicated relationships. I don't know what it was that made me notice it, but I have noticed it on a few other occasions at different restaurants since then. I know it's not serious. It's just for fun, but it's something of an ego boost. I'll say this. It's much better then the tired, lackluster service I frequently get when I go out.

And from their point of view, it's probably worth it. I know I tip better. I'm sure I am not alone.

Dr. Horrible

--Begin Blurb--
(From the Dr. Horrible web site)
ONE WEEK ONLY! AN INTERNET MINISERIES EVENT!

"Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog" will be streamed, LIVE (that part’s not true), FREE (sadly, that part is) right on Drhorrible.com, in mid-July. Specifically:

ACT ONE (Wheee!) will go up Tuesday July 15th.

ACT TWO (OMG!) will go up Thursday July 17th.

ACT THREE (Denouement!) will go up Saturday July 19th.

All acts will stay up until midnight Sunday July 20th. Then they will vanish into the night, like a phantom (but not THE Phantom – that’s still playing. Like, everywhere.)
--End Blurb--

I just found out about Dr. Horrible today. A few of the people I follow on Twitter had just watched Act I and Act II and twittered about it. After work, I decided to tune in. I am glad I did. The links are going to be up this week only, so if you would like to see it, go there now and be sure to go back on Saturday.

Update 2008-07-25: Just heard from San Diego Comic Con that there will be more Dr. Horrible.

True Words

Daughter: One of the worms (in Worms 2) has the name Exterminator.
Me: So is he going to exterminate the other worms?
Daughter: No. He just has a long name. (Runs back to watch her brother play a little more)

Fortune

Looks like I got Vince's fortune in my Fortune Cookie. "Your love of music will be an important part of your life."