Doggy-Dog World!!!

Well, going through all the growing pains that is puppy ownership. Biting, jumping and constantly testing the boundries. I can't wait for the 26th. We enrolled our little youngling into puppy preschool. He learns to how to socialize and some behavioral correction stuff.

So, Premmy is 12-weeks-old now and my God how he has grown! In the four weeks I've had him... his personality has come out, he's grown and he's becoming way too smart for his own good. He figures crap out that I don't want him to figure out. He's got a vet appointment here on Tuesday (Oct. 17) and then he starts puppy preschool the following week. I think he'll enjoy preschool because he really likes to socialize... more with people than dogs. But, that's the vizsla way. He's a good people-dog!!

So, my sister is just full of little nuggets of wisdom when it comes to puppies. She told me to block off the back room because that's where he always went to the bathroom. Well, when I did that, he started telling me when he needed to go out. Voila! I now have a house-trained puppy. So, she also told me to get more toys so that he has different things to keep him busy. I did that Friday night... and his day is now too busy to get into too much trouble around the house. Plus, he seems a lot happier... which is really all the matters!!!

Hmmmmm.... what else is going on out my way? Got into a car accident. Nothing major. So, I made a U-turn at a disadventageous place.... and some high-Schooler clips my tail. Now, I've been thinking about it... how do you hit someone doing a U-turn unless you're doing one of two things: not paying attention; or tailgating... or a combination of the two!!! I dunno... I know that what it boils down to is that I shouldn't have done the U-ie there and that's probably why it would've been all my fault.

Well, that's about all that's happening out here in S-L-C!!! Hope all is well to those who read this.

....'till next time...

Dog Days of Fall...

Cough, cough....

Sorry... give me a sec while I tear down some cob webs and get this fine layer of dust off of my blog....

Thanks...

So, I've been busy with work and that's why the blog has fallen into serious ill-repair. Work, and my girlfriend bought a vizsla for us. I got to name him... it's Premysl, named after Saint Wenceslas of Bohemia. We call him "Premmy" for short. That's him to the right, there, just 12 hours after we got him. He was eight weeks there. He's now 10 weeks and two days!

So, I had him for a week and worked on the potty training... and that's progressing ever-so slowly. However, just this past Thursday, I started with some training and he's got a good command of "Sit!" and "Lay Down!" Good pup. I've also got him trained to sit before I open the front door... no charging out on me unexpectedly (yeah, right!).

But, on an unintentional training note. He has started to show some of his instincts. He is now sneaking up on his toys, going after the pigeons that like to roost on the neighbor's sill and he even points (or kicks) from time to time!

Okay, enough about the D-O-G. Anymore talk and he may wake up... and I need a little peace around here... whew...

So, the fam (less me) spent the last month in China. I wasn't invited. I'm not loved... heh, heh. Actually, I was busy with work so there was no way for me to go. Sounds like they had fun. It was weird, though, being THE only one in whole family left stateside!

And, I'd like to wrap up it up with a shout out to my girlfriend... the same one I mentioned in the first graph. She's beating cancer and well on her way to returning to a normal life. Way to go, hun!

'Till next time...

It's in the Proverbial Bottle!!!

I posted the pic on Aug. 5 ... but I edited it today, Aug. 6. In stead of playing on the "Lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice" idiom, I went for the "Lightning in a bottle" reference. Seems much more apt to me!

And, I wanted to haiku:

From the sky to film
I caught all its majesty
Lightning is deadly

And, to wrap this edit up: I heard as a child that more people are struck by lightning in a year than are drafted into the NBA. Seems to me that those folks are the ones that caught lightning in a bottle, eh?

The only thing that bothers me about this pic is all the light pollution! What an ugly, ugly world we live in when there's an NASTY orange glow at night. Yuck!

Below is the original Aug. 5 post -

So, it's been a while since I updated my blog... sorry 'bout that!

I had to run to my blog though and tell it to the whole world. I caught lightning on film! It's only taken me some 13 years but I did it! I went to a movie on Saturday night (Talladega Nights) and when I left the theater, I saw a lightning storm over the Oquirrh Mountains to the east of Salt Lake City. So, I went up to the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon and took open-shutter pics for like an hour... before I got the one I posted here! I'm so excited!

So, the picture is looking north at downtown Salt Lake City. The high rise buildings of downtown are to the left of the pic while the lights under the lightning strike is where the University of Utah is located!

Yeah for me!

Nothing new here... but only nine days until The Simpsons: Season Eight is released on DVD. Celebrate!!