from squeelers to stealers

this article in slate talks about the refin' at the stupor bowl. i stole the 'stealers' pun from from here.

i promise not to complain about the refin' any more (unless i see more good puns. i'm a sucker for the word play) and will allow mr. glenn and my onkel eric to enjoy their victory.

i have more important things to do, like dreaming about my burpday presents (you did remember to start your shopping, right? 16 days left!)

good night betty

i'm a big fan of the strong ladies so i was sad to hear this weekend that betty friedan, author of the feminine mystique and a found of the national organization for women, died.

my poor 'hawks

well, the steelers won with a little help from their 12th man in black and white. you'll note in my ref impression i don't have both eyes closed. gotta keep one eye open to figure out how to screw the seahawks. and look! michael smith of espn agrees with me. but we 'hawks fans have waited (almost) 30 years (and not even dog years!) to get to the stupor bowl so we can wait a little longer for our inevitable triumph.

and on the plus side, at least rick santorum isn't our senator!

ref impression

here's my best impression of the stupor bowl refs.

go 'hawks!

super bowl nerves

here i am blowing off some steam pre-super bowl with my foot long bully stick. i'm pretending it's ben roethlisberger's leg.

busted

my sister ethel is busted on film watching the kitty halftime show during the puppy bowl. for shame, ethel, for shame.

the animal kingdom agrees

in a very important news story, a super bowl picking elephant has picked the seasquawks.

apparently this orange tang is also a sports fan. no word on his pick this year but i'm sure it's seattle.

precocious puppies

puppies caught smuggling heroin. don't tell the dea, but i currently am smuggling about 2 cups of pilfered dog food in my belly.

a true athlete

while i am preparing for the super bowl this weekend i would like to pause and congratulate a true athlete, my good buddy amy m who has qualified for the olympics! she will knit herself into infamy with her socks. don't forget us, the little people/animals (and that's not a crack about my height)!

yes, we're smarter than you.

shout out to my buddy rex, former bomb-sniffer, who found a handy way to skip out of military duty. he got to attend the state of the union address and, according to salon, had the appropriate response, though i myself might have taken the opportunity to relieve myself on the republican leadership, too:

Up in the bleachers, a few rows behind first lady Laura Bush, a single member of the audience decided to lie down throughout the speech. Rex, the bomb-sniffing dog, earned an invitation because his handler, Sgt. Jamie Dana, had survived an improvised explosive device in Iraq. Rex, who lay next to Dana, was meant to represent the enduring bonds that survive the horrors of war. But by all appearances, the dog wasn't particularly taken by the symbolism or the speech. It was a pose that seemed somehow wise in retrospect.

friendly reminder

three weeks to my burpday. get shoppin' gimps.

thank goodness

i'm so glad that representative roach of washington state has decided to tackle the greatest social problem of our time: bestiality. the law was inspired by an incident in which a man died while, um, expressing his love for a horse. at any rate it's about time that someone recognize this, the greatest threat to animals. i myself frequently worry about being sodomized while out on walks or becoming an internet web cam star against my will. seriously, this is clearly a much greater epidemic than the millions of homeless dogs and goddamn cats put to sleep each year. or the thousands of dogs physically abused or neglected. it's a darn tootin' good thing that the sexual abuse of an animal will now be a felony while you can leave your dog for dead outside, allow it to starve to death, or kick it around occasionally and recieve considerably less punishment and probably no jail time. thank goodness some one is addressing the real problem facing animals today.

project much, naked apes?