Hound party manifesto, part 2: Why Gus would make a better Prime Minister than Stephen Harper

Item:
1 While he doesn’t LIKE them, Gus does not actually eat cats.* Unlike Stephen Harper.
2 Gus is lazy enough to avoid antagonizing foreign leaders, but tough enough to growl at them if they approach his food.
3 He will encourage agriculture, especially animal husbandry.
4 He is a symbol the country could unite around – who [...]

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Update on recent events

I am waiting for a major piece of news which I should get before 8 PM. I’m not telling what it is, though those of you who are my Twitter or Facebook friends know already, but I still feel it would jinx things (yeah, I know) to write about it before it’s confirmed. [...]

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One square of chocolate

One square of chocolate
will make a Basset Hound go crazy.
Not die, not get sick,
just go crazy, and stay that way
for a little while.
So bear that in mind
next time you leave your purse
with one square of chocolate in it
on the floor.

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Complaining with Kay, Episode 30: Vegetarianism-ism + To Train Up a Child

I go vegetarian, and compare Debi and Michael Pearl’s “child-training” (note: not “child-rearing”) book, “To Train Up a Child” to the work of Cesar Millan, aka The Dog Whisperer.  Also: the difference between puppies and babies, and why eating animals is not NECESSARILY bad.
Link.

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The economics of knitting

I haven’t posted for a day or two because I have ACTUALLY been busy.  Tuesday I taught almost all of my students in one afternoon/evening, because yesterday I sat my friend Jen Wardle’s art show.  Which I will be doing tomorrow, and for part of next week.
Sitting an art show means sitting in the gallery [...]

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Hound Party Manifesto

Yesterday evening I was walking the dogs and we past a local bar that seemed to be holding some kind of function.  It turned out to be a Green Party fundraiser/meeting.
Gus, while he doesn’t like the kind of parties that involve strangers coming to your house and making you stay up late, was taken by [...]

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The simple joys of dog ownership (Warning: Very, very disgusting)

I need to buy a new bike helmet.
If you want to know why, click through.  On second thoughts, don’t.  You really don’t want to know.  Trust me.

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Podcast podcast podcast!

Complaining with Kay, Episode 24.5, Literary Supplement: Lullaby for Gus.
In this episode:
- Melancholy Inventory
- Tie the knot tighter
- Lullaby for Gus
- You don’t have to put on a show.  You’re already my friend.
Link.

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The return!

I’m back!  We spent the weekend at Ben’s parents’ place on Howe Island.  The dogs had a great time, we ate and drank a lot, went on a long boat ride and got totally burned to a crisp.  (Seriously, I think I’m going to get wrinkles about ten years earlier than I would otherwise.)
Madeline got [...]

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I like puppies

My mother-in-law just got a new puppy. He’s a something crossed with something else – don’t ask me what, but he appears to be some type of rough-coated terrier. His name is Howie and while he’s shy with people, he loves being with other dogs and, when she brought him here, he instantly [...]

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