We gave the dogs a special treat today: raw bison bones. This made them very happy.

If happy dogs make you happy, click on each picture for a bigger version. If they don’t – well, suit yourself.

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…the weather was unseasonably hot, even for the South. Looking at the almanac now it appears the high temperature on that day wasn’t a record, but I confess that I was fooled. Perhaps being stuffed into a suit in an antebellum mansion had something to do with my perception. Perhaps being the focus of dozens [...]

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Like the picture says – 13 years, 12 seasons, 1,018 regular-season games and six playoff series. That’s a long time to wait for a playoff series victory.
I watched the Nashville Predators’ Game 6 win agains the Anaheim Ducks in a treehouse overlooking Lake Charlie, the name I gave long ago to the little pond at [...]

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Wow, look – somebody in the major media is picking the Nashville Predators to finally pick up a playoff series victory this year!

Since he put his email address up there at the end of the video, I felt compelled to write to Mr. Buccigross. Here’s what I sent him:
Hi John,
I’ve been a Nashville Predators fan [...]

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CIA’s ‘Facebook’ Program Dramatically Cut Agency’s Costs
“The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.” – Kurt Vonnegut

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When I transfered to Austin Peay State University in 1998 one of my first orders of business was to select a major, since my former pursuit of a radio-TV-film degree wasn’t an option there. With the exception of history, nothing sounded interesting – so history it was. My current work in poker touches on that [...]

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“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m sorry to inform you, but Grace Potter and The Nocturnals will not be performing tonight.”
That was the news the crowd got at Exit/In on Halloween night as the band was supposed to be coming out to play. The air in the room sank and a few people actually began to gather [...]

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I’ll never get used to hearing, “This is obviously no reflection on the quality of your work.”

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