Category Archives: Dogs

The Trouble with Peeps

By Frank Paynter | Published: March 23, 2008

We had a little Easter basket on the dining room sideboard — jelly beans, a chocolate/coconut “nest,” a couple of large chocolate bunnies for ear nipping on an Easter afternoon, and of course a few Peeps. If I lived alone, there would be no Peeps in the basket, but Beth has a taste for them [...]

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Simple foolishness…

By Frank Paynter | Published: March 12, 2008

Life in the country provides room for expansive expression. Walking with the dog I often find myself singing. The lyrics don’t matter and the tunes are either my own or oldies that emerge from my mind to match my pace. Walking on the road with Molly, singing something like “Nooncy nooncy bow-wow, doggy-doggy doo…” to [...]

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Voyage of the Beagle

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 13, 2008

Photo by Chris McGrath, Getty Images — 2/12/2008 Since its introduction at the Westminster Kennel Club show in 1877, the noble Beagle has never until this year won a Best in Show award. Congratulations to Kathy Weichert and Leah Bertagnolli, breeders of Uno, or more formally “Ch K-Run’s Park Me In First,” this year’s top [...]

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Real Estate Standards, Real Estate Search

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 12, 2008

I sense a move in our future. It will be a well considered move if it happens. There are some things you don’t give up to improve your position in residential real estate. For the last eighteen years it has been our good fortune to be able to walk out into virtually a private park [...]

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Delayed gratification…

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 23, 2007

Molly may be somewhat spoiled.Â She has more toys than I had when I was her age.Â Tonight she spotted a plushy bear on the piano that we intend to share with her on Xmas.Â Â I explained that yes, that was her present but she would have to wait.Â We had a lengthy if one-sided [...]

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Corporate Meat

By Frank Paynter | Published: November 26, 2007

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Ali G, Noam Chomsky, Posh Spice, and the Great Extinction

By Frank Paynter | Published: November 12, 2007

So. I watched Noam Chomsky explaining away the myth of American democracy with a bow to Robert Dahl’s theory of Polyarchy. Then, as often happens when YouTubated, I found myself watching Ali G’s interview of Professor Chomsky, an interview that explored relationships of many words as only Ali G might be expected to connect them. [...]

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