lost dog
September 30th, 20085500 block of Morgan Avenue South around 7:30am this morning
70 pound yellow lab
very friendly
goes by the name "Truman"
his family misses him
so far so bad
September 30th, 2008Just back from Vegas late last Sunday, wife is out of town all this week so I am flying solo with the kids, literally hundreds of things to get done at work, totally strung out.
I left the yard gate open last night (as well as the garage door with all my bikes and equipment available to the world to walk away with, nothing lost).
With my wife out of town I have not been able to walk the dog around the neighborhood like I normally do so I let him out back this morning to get his relief.
30 minutes later it was time to load up the kids in the car for day care and I realized the dog was gone. Gone.
Put the kids in the stroller and took a few laps of the block to see if he was just poking around the alleys, no sign.
Put the kids in the car and drove around the neighborhood for an hour looking for him. No sign.
Toddler Smithers is telling me that we have to find him, Baby Smithers is shouting about something unintelligible. Driving and looking, looking, looking. No sign of the dog.
I gave up and brought the kids to daycare, came back to the neighborhood and looked some more, still no luck.
So here I am at work checking the home voice mail every 20 minutes hoping to hear something. The dog has a chip and a vet tag on his collar.
Hopefully someone will call.
I was in a bad mood yesterday, today is not going to be much better.
let Sarah be Sarah
September 29th, 2008Apparently it’s “gotcha journalism” when a voter asks a question to a vice presidential candidate and the answer is in direct opposition to the presidential candidate’s stated position.
What a joke. If this country votes these two into office then we all deserve what we get.
Let that lipsticked pitbull off the leash John McCain, bring on the landslide.
Pre-race excuse
September 29th, 2008If I get beat by anyone this Sunday it’s because I am old. If I get beat by anyone who is the same age as me it’s because I have two little kids. If I get beat by anyone who also has kids it’s because I am a better parent than they are. You guys may as well just let me win because I deserve it more than all the rest of you anyway. I would never say this to your face because I am far too modest.
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I got nothing to say today…
September 29th, 2008…due to the fact that I am royaly cheesed off about everything.
Singapore Grand Prix
September 29th, 2008Things go very wrong for Massa and Ferrari.
Jack Cafferty on Sarah Palin
September 28th, 2008Pulls no punches.
I don’t really understand how anyone still thinks that Palin is an asset to the McCain campaign.
cross practice
September 28th, 2008I was worried how I would feel after a week off the bike. Turned out I felt OK.
Cyclocross practice for me is more than just getting a good workout and trying to be smooth over the barriers. It’s also about how I feel after the effort and the next day.
I am going to get a real good idea how I feel after a crash tomorrow morning.
I came in too hot to a barrier on the backside of the course and stacked it really good. Landed on my left side hard on the ribs. I almost knocked the wind out of myself and had to lay there for half minute or so before I could get going again.
Very sore now.
I have cracked ribs in the past and it does not feel that bad, but I am sure that I will feel pretty sore in the morning.
40 years old now, we’ll see how fast I bounce back.
Cyclocross has hurt me pretty bad in the past, I hope this is the worst I get this year.
