Tag: life
group name: animalcrackers
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March 05, 2006 12:28 PM EST --
This is the third and last of my "Distinguished Gentleman" pieces. We have reached the end of the rainbow and there was no pot of gold.
I wrote before about the less than ideal living arrangement . . . more
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March 16, 2006 09:04 AM EST --
I need your help, fellow gatherers.
I have this friend, who shall remain nameless pending court action, who is disgusted by one of my household rules.
Dogs do the dishes. Buddy gets my plate when I'm . . . more
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April 02, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I call to my two cats, Mao and Cheddar. And they come running.
I called "Baby Fooooood." Sure, they know the words, "Baby Food." They're cats. . . . more
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May 22, 2006 05:06 PM EDT --
My baby boy Buddy is a killer. No tiny bird is safe within the confines of my yard.
In the past week, I have caught him with dead birds five times. Now when I let him and Boopy out the door it's a . . . more
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February 10, 2006 02:43 PM EST --
He walks slowly through the wastelands of New Mexico. His eyes, though locked in a gaze ahead, see all. He's constantly poised for his defense. He glances at his watch. Wait, he doesn't have a . . . more
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February 13, 2006 10:48 AM EST --
Anna G. published an article that was written by a man named Richard Biby.
It is called "Just a Dog." This got me to thinking about my dogs, Kira and Sasha.
Are they "Just dogs" to . . . more
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March 12, 2006 09:32 AM EST --
My father-in-law was a tyrant who hated cats. He ruled the household with an iron hand. He wasn't a bad man, just a controlling one, and he felt he knew what was best for everyone. . . . more
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April 16, 2006 08:37 AM EDT --
My girls were young, preschool age, and we had experienced a lot of loss by that time. It was the transient kind of loss, divorce, living with their grandmother, then moving out on our own.
We were brave . . . more
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June 26, 2006 12:10 AM EDT --
In the circuitous way of life, I have wandered back home. In reviewing the things in my life that I wanted to change, it became clear there was one change that was completely within my power. In the five . . . more
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February 06, 2006 04:58 PM EST --
Ben the Wonder Dog
We got him the year the twins turned three. Lively two were wearing us thin and they needed a wrestlin' dawg. This one was . . . more
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April 27, 2006 05:35 PM EDT --
I will never, ever be able to enjoy my beautiful backyard now. I've enjoyed sitting out there often, especially at twilight, watching the starry skys and the fireflies. It has . . . more
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March 14, 2006 11:48 PM EST --
While I take the time to feed a colony of perfectly sane feral cats - I've noticed that the wild strays are oddly free of neurotic behaviors.
This leads me to believe that our cats pick up all their . . . more
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February 23, 2006 12:37 AM EST --
Recently, I published an article about the dog next door. I call him "The Distinguished Gentleman."
A large collie who's owners have chosen not to include in their . . . more
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March 14, 2006 02:56 PM EST --
Spring training has just begun, here in New Mexico, and already we have had our first casualty.
A ninja dog has to work hard to keep on top of their game. My dog Buddy's cat-like reflexes don't . . . more
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April 18, 2006 10:42 AM EDT --
For April 18, 2006
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Ask yourself who is creating the expectations you must adhere to, the big to-do list, the astronomical standards. Why, it's you! Dare to chuck the . . . more
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March 24, 2006 04:49 PM EST --
Dear Bryan, I have to tell you the truth, as I see it. I'm a bunny. A Honey Bunny to be exact. I'm no run-of –the-mill bunny either. You see, I'm an actress. . . . more
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June 15, 2006 08:30 AM EDT --
Hey there Gatherers, this is Boopy! We need to talk.
My friend, Stephen Schneider or Sebastian Stephens or whatever he's calling himself this week has really lost it.
He's written so much about . . . more
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June 16, 2006 06:52 PM EDT --
Hi fellow gatherers! It's me again, Boopy.
Mr. Schneider has left the building. He's not available for comment. I've taken over.
My story here yesterday got TWICE as many readers. Mine got . . . more
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April 10, 2006 10:37 PM EDT --
He looked at me. That cat. I looked back. "Meoooww".
"Meoooww yourself." I let him out. He looked at me.
That cat. I looked back.
"Wwoooem".
"Wwoooem . . . more
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August 09, 2006 10:07 AM EDT --
One of my customers ordered the new Avon Thinner Digital Precision Body Fat and Hydration Scale. Aimee lives alone, in a second-story brown stucco condo facing the west lagoon. I spent an hour with her . . . more
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