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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Speaking of Candide
My favorite line from Candide, when they arestanding in the cooking pot:I’m homesick.For where?Anywhere but here!
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Van Cliburn 50th Anniversary
Just back from class, where no one ever heard of VanCliburn (mentioned it because this is the 50th anniversary of his winning the first Tschaikovsky Competition in Moscow, one of our few international happy moments in 1958, since they had sputnik and we didn’t, and other diplomatic deals were not working). As it turned out, […]
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Member of the Tribe
Not a GSD, but clearly an honorary member of the tribeThe K9 above is Brutus, a military K9 at McChord. He’s huge - part Boxer and part British Bull Mastiff and tops the scales at 200 lbs. His handler took the picture. Brutus is running toward me because he knows I have some […]
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Toy Sale
If any of you are looking for a fetch toy, Duluth Trading right now has the flying dog quoit on sale (pack of two for $8.99). Go to www.DuluthTrading.com and click on the “sale” link. And if any of you are wondering, no, I don’t have any stock in that company.