Summer of Death

The morning show crew at KROQ in LA has dubbed this The Summer of Death because so many celebrities have passed away just since June.


Of course there's MJ:




Farrah Fawcett, whom I think got a raw deal since her death was overshadowed by Michael's:




Before Farrah there was David Carradine,




There's also Ed McMahon,





Walter Cronkite,





John Hughes,






Karl Malden,






Football player Steve McNair,






Guitarist and inventor Les Paul,




Author Frank McCourt,




Actor Patrick McGoohan,




Model Naomi Sims,





And most recently conservative columnist Robert Novak.



Just to name a few.


We've also experienced a Summer of Death in our house. The other day we came to find out that a brutal murder had taken place right under our noses.


There was blood stuffing everywhere.




The killer even returned to the scene of the crime to finish the job.




Another victim in the Summer of Death.

R.I.P. Hedgie

You were a good hog.

image credits here and here

Breed Specific

The pit bull (Ginger) in this video acts exactly like Blue! He licks my neck like it's made of gravy and also tries to fit his big ol' butt and the rest of his 70 pounds into my lap any time I'm sitting down.



This is a funny video, as the news anchor and the SPCA rep are asking for someone to adopt the dogs, but the dogs are just too wound up to "behave."

I can't get the video to show up on the post, only snapshots. Just click this link to see the adorable and hilarious dogs.

Visitation Rights

We introduced the little bugger to the big dogs yesterday.



We had him in the crate to start with just in case, although neither big dog is small-critter aggressive.

He wasn't scared at all, and came running over to the other two, wagging his tail.




After a little while, we let him out. This was much better, as they could now sniff each other full force.

And even give a few kisses.

And sniff some more.

And practice acting possessed to confused onlookers.

I love that the chihuahua is bullying the pit bull.

The pup lost interest before Coco did.

Blue's attention would wander every now and then too, but that's pretty normal for him. After all, he's not the sharpest tool in the shed. Trains of thought get lost in that big noggin of his.




Ralph and the boys like the name Rhino for the pup. (Cinnamon Carl says it reminds him of rhinoplasty.) The name came to Ralph after watching the animated movie Bolt, which features a hamster sidekick named Rhino with serious delusions of grandeur. Pretty funny, actually, although I still like Moose better.