Halloween Pets

I was talking with Corey Wetzel the other night and laughing about people putting clothes on their pets...and how weird it is. Corey's pit bull Leo will never don a preppy looking doggie sweater I am sure!! And he was quick to tease me for Peanut's winter coat! (I am not the sort of person that puts clothes on my dogs, but Peanut is small enough that he hates going outside for our walks in the winter because he freezes so my grandma made him a fleece coat for Christmas one year!) Anyhow, imagine how funny it was to me when I clicked over to people.com to kill a few minutes and saw a link to reader's halloween costumes for their pets.



This one definitely takes the cake (...er, sauce?), for the most creative costume!! The dogs owner was even quoted saying that she made the costume herself in just a few minutes time and has won quite a few prizes!

As for the "scariest cat" category, this one wins for sure!! Cute costume, and the cat is really pretty, but he/she looks seriously pissed! (Kristin - I think this cat is scarier and more "pisthed" than even Pepper!!)

Once again, a scary cat! Only, rather than a man of God we have...Lucifer! The cats owner wrote in along with the picture that he and his wife enjoy dressing up their cat because they are "weird like that". I'll say! I have always thought it was a little weird to put clothes on a dog, but I have to say I think it's even weirder to dress up a cat.

Check out those teeth!! The owner wrote in saying that a vampire costume was perfect for her dog because he has a slight overbite and those teeth always stick out like that. Too funny!!

This costume might make small children scared of Elmo. Afterall, it does look like he's trying to devour the mastif that is "wearing" him.

Dog the Bounty Hunter

Enough said!

This little guy was described as a 5 month old mini wiener dog that gets into so much trouble that the owner could not pass up the costume because the hat said "BAD DOG". This has Peanut written all over it! I just may have bought the costume for him had I seen it. And i've got news for the owner: they had better hold onto that costume because those mini wiener dogs don't grow out of that "BAD DOG" stage!

A wiener dog in a hot dog costume. Not that original, but this one is funny just because of the look on his face!

"Very funny, my costume is" says Yoda Dog!

And again, this gator costume looks as if it is just going to swallow this tiny Yorkie!

Biker dog. He's even got the perfect "attitude" and facial expression that matches most of the biker dudes I know!

007!

So after looking at the pictures yesterday, there were many more, I got to thinking that maybe I should dress Peanut up as something. I don't think Missy the puppy is quote ready to be subjected to the traumatic event plus she's pretty ornery and gets out of things. Peanut is smaller and easier to manhandle. Here are my ideas:

1. I take the shirt that Lana bought him once that says "Bitches Love Me", put a heavy metal bracelet of mine around his neck with his collar, and the sunglasses from my Build-A-Bear and make him a "Bad Ass"

2. My second idea I find absolutely HILARIOUS, but I have to warn you that it is a little off-color. I am going to take one of Jake's tube socks that is missing it's mate and cut out holes for his legs and tail. Slide the dog into it and he can be Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers because he's a "wiener in a sock"!! (Remember the infamous stage show in which Flea went onto stage wearing nothing but a tube sock on his wiener?) I thought it was so funny and I laughed until I was doubled over in my chair and crying, but others have not seen the humor in it. One lady told me she thought that a lot of people wouldn't get it therefore causing it to loose the humor.

Post Turtles and Poppycock!

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who's hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our president. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Obama is a 'Post Turtle''.
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was.
The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle'. The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain. 'You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, and he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, and you just wonder what kind of moron put him up there to begin with'.

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The following picture was taken by a friend of Jake's while on a retreat in the UP. This is not a joke...

The green sign attached to the tree says "THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE" and the sign in the yard is of course an Obama/Biden sign. Coincidence? I think not!

Political Ramblings

It's no secret that I am a pretty staunch Conservative. I came out of the womb singing the praises of the Republican Party and I have never once been ashamed of that. I voted for George W. Bush, and I am proud to say that. In fact I have a mental countdown going ticking off the days one by one until I was of age to click on his name in the voting booth. People can talk all they want about how the blame for the state of our economy is all the current president's fault, but I have just one question...

Can you honestly say what anyone else would have done in the same situation? It aggravates me to no end to hear people talk about whose fault things are and such. It wouldn't matter who was president, the majority of the American people would complain no matter who was voted into office and what their policies were.

That being said...I read the following article on CNN.com this morning:

Commentary: Liberals let loose on Palin and Joe the Plumber
SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- I thought liberals were supposed to be good-hearted, open-minded and non-judgmental.
Tell that to the angry Left's favorite piñata, Sarah Palin. As far as liberals are concerned, Palin can do no right just as Barack Obama and Joe Biden can do no wrong. In fact, Biden is catching more passes than an NFL wide receiver.
As Palin herself pointed out in a recent CNN interview, imagine if she had been the one to imply that electing Obama would invite calamity. Biden does it, and the media shrug.
I also thought the Democratic Party was supposed to go to bat for the little guy, the everyday Joe the Plumber.
Tell that to Joe Wurzelbacher, the Ohio resident who got his 15 minutes -- and 40 lashes -- because he dared question Obama about his tax plan. Obama insists that the plan would raise taxes only on those Americans earning more than $250,000 per year. It was then Obama made his clumsy "spread the wealth" comment.
What was Joe thinking: that we live in a democracy where everyday Americans who pay the salaries of elected officials can dare question their policies? That just isn't done.
To prove it, the elites who run the Democratic Party -- along with their surrogates in the media and organized labor -- went after the plumber.
We now know that Samuel Joe Wurzelbacher owes back taxes, doesn't have a plumbing license (he told the Associated Press he doesn't need one because he works for someone else's company), and may not be registered to vote.
Commenting on a CNN.com story, one condescending reader wrote that Joe the Plumber should pipe down and "get back in my bathroom and unclog the toilet."
Even Biden and Obama got in a few licks. Biden quipped to Jay Leno that Democrats wanted to take care of "Joe-the-real-plumber-with-a-license," and Obama sarcastically asked supporters, "how many plumbers do you know making $250,000 a year?" The implication being that Joe the Plumber isn't who he pretends to be.
What worries me is that the Democrats aren't what they pretend to be.
Obama supporters like to talk about how the Democratic presidential nominee has lived the American Dream. So why is it to so hard for them to conceive of a situation where someone dreams of earning more money a few years from now than they earn today. Has Barack Obama consumed all the social mobility this country has to offer, so there isn't any left for the rest of us?
Now, the Obama-Biden boosters have refocused their attention on their earlier irritant, Sarah Palin.
The latest media template is that the vice presidential nominee is a drag on the GOP ticket. Pundits detect a backlash, not just among Democrats who love to hate Sarah Palin but also among women, independents and seniors. They cite polls showing Palin with an unfavorable rating of 50 percent.
So what? We're in the post-Clinton, post-Bush era of polarization where any politician with a pulse -- Sorry, Joe Biden -- will be loved by half the country and hated by the other half.
It's surreal. Before McCain put Palin on the ticket, he was getting 200 people at campaign rallies, and now, when he appears when Palin, he gets 20,000. Yes, definitely a drag.
McCain oversold it when he said Palin was the most qualified vice presidential candidate in recent history. Better than Dick Cheney? Could she be worse? Obama might have paid Biden the same compliment if his running mate hadn't already told supporters that Hillary Clinton would have been a better choice.
Then there is the faux-scandal that the Republican National Committee shelled out $150,000 in the past several weeks on Palin and her family for campaign wardrobe, accessories, makeup, etc.
Many Americans don't see why it's a story. Fellow hockey mom Page Growney of New Canaan, Conn., asked The Associated Press, "What did you want to see her in, a turtleneck from L.L. Bean?"
Still, we're told, this tempest in a Gucci bag has some Republicans worrying that shopping sprees at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue might undermine Palin's everywoman image. To think, just last month, the criticism was that Sarah the Moose Hunter wasn't sufficiently sophisticated or glamorous. Now her wardrobe signals the hockey mom is high-maintenance.
Just how many more caricatures -- some of them contradictory -- can we expect the left to throw at Sarah Palin before time runs out on this election?
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ruben Navarrette Jr.
(...and also shared with those of Kianne E. Allen!)

Now I must admit that I have taken part in the "Obama-is-the-anti-Christ" banter. But, in my defense, I began that long before everyone else. I have read the Bible. I took part in an in-depth study of the book of Revelation. I do have to say that the similarities between Obama and the anti-Christ are uncanny. BUT, Obama is not the only candidate I have poked fun at. I refer to Joe Biden as the "puppet" and I have replayed the SNL skits where Tina Fey impersonates Sarah Palin as "bubblehead" and laughed hysterically with just about everyone else in the country.

I know that there are going to be slanderous things said about anyone who runs for any sort of office. My point is...why can't it just STOP!! My greatest wish for any election is for people to stop caring about a vice presidential candidate's baby is up too late (isn't it up to the parents to determine what is best for the child), or where they shop (Would you feel more comfortable with a VP who shopped at thrift stores or Wal-Mart?), or how much their damn glasses cost!!! (By the way, my glasses were quite a bit more expensive then Sarah Pain's...does anyone give a hoot? I didn't think so!)

I think this election is more important than most people realize. And I hope everyone makes the right decision. AND I hope that people don't bitch about the person they elect. After all, the president is still a person...and people make mistakes.

I realize that this post jumps around a bunch and really have no stimulating value

Quote of the Day:

Quote for the day: 'Whatever you give a woman, she's going to multiply.

If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby.
If you give her a house, she'll give you a home.
If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal.
If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart.
She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.'

So - if you give her crap, you will receive more shit than any one human being can handle.

**Funny that I should get something like this today, considering the conversation Jake and I just had while I was at lunch...**

Insurance Woes

A few months ago I was told by my dentist that I was going to need a root canal and then a cap on my # 30 molar. I would have rather broken every bone in my body. The dentist just so happens to be one of the SCARIEST places I can imagine. Seriously, if some maniac-psycho-killer like in the Saw movies were to torture me, the could just get out a dentist chair and a couple of those scrappy tools and you would have me begging for mercy.

So I was referred to a different doctor, and endodontist that specializes in root canals located in Fort Wayne. I had a friend drive me there because I was too scared to go by myself. I handed over my identification and insurance cards once I was in there. At the end of the appointment I told the receptionist that I had no idea how much my insurance was going to cover, so she had me pay the standard 20% of the total up front. A week later I get a paper in the mail from the insurance company telling me that I have not had the insurance for a year yet and they do not cover any dental procedures except for routine cleanings until you have held the insurance for 1 year.

Oh shit! That's expensive! My parents offered to pay for 1/2 of the bill, which was gladly (albeit guiltily) taken. And I made the decision to live with the uncomfortable and sometimes unbearable pain of the raw tooth until December when my insurance would cover the procedure. When I talked to the insurance company they informed me that before they would cover any part of any so called extensive procedure, they require a predetermination estimate from the dentist's office.

Then I get another unexpected letter from the insurance office. Apparently they received the predetermination estimate from the dentist's office and they are only going to cover $60.00 of the total bill. (The total bill is nearly $1000. And this is after I already paid the $1100 for the root canal.)

So here is my question...

Why the hell am I paying for insurance that is basically worthless? I can afford to pay $70 every 6 months to have my teeth cleaned. What I can't afford are the unexpected $2000 bills. I understand it is something that needs to be done, but for crying out loud...why am I paying for the dentist to drive a Land Rover? Seriously!

I guess I am just going to have to keep putzing around in my sad Jimmy or even sadder Malibu until all of my dental problems have been resolved before I can get a new car.

So I am exaggerating just a little. But I am sure that there are way more people out there that have the same problem that I am facing. I have even considered asking for cash for Christmas to help me pay for this thing! And I think I may just cancel my dental insurance altogether. It would be cheaper to pay for my bi-annual cleanings outright than to pay out of my bi-weekly paycheck for the coverage that has proved itself useless to me.

Touche!

WHAT A DAY!!

A customer of ours, who is also part of a Civil War Re-Enactment group stopped in this afternoon to have a radio programmed. For some reason or another he was pulling a Civil War cannon along behind his vehicle. My boss told him there would be no charge for the programming (which is a bit of a salty charge), if he would shoot it off a couple of times. Well...

He let us shoot it off!! And let me tell you, after the week I have had

shooting off a cannon REALLY relieves the stress!
Bill the Boss shot it off first, the Scott the radio tech also got to shoot it...
but I was not sent a picture of him.

Holy...COW!?!

MIDDLETOWN -- A Middletown woman is accused of being disorderly in public -- while wearing a cow suit.
A police report filed about the incident said Michelle Allen allegedly chased children in her neighborhood while wearing the suit on Monday evening.

Allen also urinated on a neighbor's front porch, the report said, and was warned by officers to go home and stay there.

Allen was charged with disorderly conduct after an officer found her causing traffic problems on North Verity Parkway.
The officer's report stated that Allen was verbally abusive to him on the trip to jail and smelled of alcohol.

The report did not speculate as to why Allen was wearing the cow suit.

A coworker emailed me this article yesterday afternoon, causing me to once again wonder why nothing "interesting" ever happens in Auburn!