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Likes: Playing Tug-of-war, stealing the blankets, and the big-blue kayak, oh and SNOW!!!!
Pet-Peeves: Stupid people who think pitties are mean! "Voldemort the Vacuum," Mom's electric toothbrush, mom's electric foot spa, the electric hairdryer. I'm starting to see a pattern here.
Favorite Toy: His favorite toy is a purple ball that makes gurgling noises. He destroys it on contact and I have to keep replacing it. You can see it, in all its glorious predestruction intactness, and the beginnings of its destruction in his DogsterPlus photo album.
Favorite Food: Croutons and greenbeans, provided they have butter on them.
Favorite Walk: Through the woods behind the house. Okay ANY woods, anywhere. The best part about it, for him I'm convinced, is the satisfaction of causing never-ending amounts of exasperation by wrapping his 30-foot lead around as many trees as possible.
Best Tricks: He can sit, roll-over, lay down and play dead, "Get in the Boat, "give paw," "go to bed," down-stay, and now he gives kisses on command (usually after a "give paw.")
Arrival Story: His first mommy is a busy musician and has to go to New York a lot, so she let us take him home.
Bio: Birthday: October 16, 2003
Forums Motto:
There are rules in war. Orders that Soldiers must obey. I fear I might have violated one, or all of them.
In my war against the Fuzzy-Tailed Rodent Luftwaffe (FTRL), I had never once taken one out. That changed significantly the other day. I got one. Got him good too. Mom came home to me standing at the perimeter with the dead enemy dangling from my mouth. She ordered me (as she is the Commanding Officer as well as my chronicler and editor) to drop it. As it is my lawful duty to obey her order, I did so. Reluctantly, I might add.
And she was left to wonder, did I kill him in battle? Or did I find him wounded and suffering and dealt the final blow? There is sometimes a fine line between being a Soldier and being a war criminal. Whatever the circumstances, we will never know. There will be no Nuremberg this war.
Regardless, there's been a lot fewer of the FTRL hanging around. Now that they know that mercy is not something that can be expected here, they're a tad bit more careful of whom they send into battle.
Mom's been seriously derelict in her duties as my typist and official war chronicler. But I've got something to say, so I'm forcing her to take some time to put it into words for me.
Although we play Soldier here in my diary, and retell for you the events of my unofficial conflict with the Fuzzy-Tailed Rodent Luftwaffe and the Varmit Cong, we'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that America is currently at war.
There are no victory gardens or war bonds this time around. The Home Front hasn't mobilized at all. In fact, most of us just go about our daily lives, occasionally listening to news reports about how bad things are, how hopeless the whole situation is, what Congress is currently griping about, and how messed up the military is...etc., etc., etc. The news likes to emphasize that kind of stuff (mom should know, she worked for the New York Times for near a decade.) They'd rather tell you about some sort of scandal, or mistake, or crisis than focus on the valor, the sacrifice, the dedication of our Soldiers, Sailors and Marines currently risking their lives for freedom. We're not sure why. But with what little impact this insignificant diary may have, we'd like to ask you to take a moment on this coming Veteran's Day to think about the men and women in uniform, past and present, who have answered the call of their country, whether you agree with that reason for that call or not.
Take a moment. Google Lt. Michael P. Murphy (USN), Cpl. Jason L . Dunham (USMC), and SFC Paul R. Smith (USA) and learn what valor and sacrifice for your country truly means.
If you see a Veteran from WWII or Korea-- thank him. If you see a Vietnam Vet-- welcome him home. And when you see a current service member or Vet, let him or her know that their service was not in vain. Because no matter what you think about the current war, you need to remember that the only reason you can just go about your daily business like nothing is going on is because he or she defended your ability to do so with all of their might.
And then consider that maybe you owe them more than that. It is a debt that cannot be repaid.
The Soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the Soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. Gen. Douglas MacArthur
After 2 1/2 years commuting 2 hours each way to DC to a job she really didn't like all that much, mom finally found a job that's at least a little closer to home and that is in the exact field she's wanted to work in all her life. It's a dream come true for her.
Unfortunately, the office is for work only--really important work. So, unlike her last office where she could spend her lunch breaks on dogster, she won't be able to do that in her new position.
Hopefully, she'll be able to come on at night at home or maybe on the weekends, but she won't be spending much time here as usual.
She'll try to keep the diary updated from time to time, but I doubt there will be many forum posts. And she'll try to acknowledge and give out rosettes, but if you send me one and I don't get back to you for a while please don't be offended.
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