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NO-CARB DIET FOR 2024

No C-heney
No A-shcroft

My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That’s almost $21.00 in dog money. - Joe Weinstein

You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, ‘Wow, you’re right! I never would’ve thought of that!’ - Dave Barry

If your dog is fat, you aren’t getting enough exercise. - Unknown

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. - Andy Rooney

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. - Rita Rudner

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. - Robert Benchley

What a babe! Thanks to Harvey Manfredjensenden for the pointer. I too am deeply shallow, Harvey; but I don’t travel in such rarefied circles.

Semiotics for beginners…. There it was, 1976, Berkeley, Liz Lyon was still with Steve but she’d leave soon for the Sorbonne taking all her knowledge of French movies, razor blades, and eyeballs with her. She had brothers who ran nuclear subs in the Pacific and a glorious way with cats. Was it her sense of of humor that hooked me up with her old UoP room-mate that bicentennial fourth of July at the Marin County Fair? I dunno, but I got two wonderful sons out of it and I haven’t seen Liz since she left for France. Thanks Liz, wherever you are!

For those who agree with me that the Boston Globe is chicken shit, let me suggest Annoy.com as an alternative.

It’s been said that it’s not the dates on your tombstone (i.e., 1932-1999) that are important, it’s the dash that counts.

Caught this in the comments at the Worthwhile blog, a web publishing exercise that seems to transcend the quotidian blog-blather.

There I was, in the Boston area, and I chose to sit indoors on the most beautiful day of spring. Others made wiser choices.

Is there really such a thing? What is Halley talking about here?

Can’t say enough about this experience, and can’t express deeply enough my gratitude to David Isenberg for pulling it together.

I met many interesting, remarkable there… Russ Nelson, Heath Row, Skip Malette, Tom Mandel, Bill Bennett, Judith Meskill, Isabel Walcott, Bob Frankston, Martin Geddes, and David Isenberg to name just a handful. I’m shy — really, so it’s not that easy for me to bust through it and establish credibility and form a new relationship over coffee between sessions. But these people, like most of the people from the online community that I’ve been fortunate enough to meet in (ugh) meat space, these people were open and welcoming and generally if I had spinach in my front teeth they were kind enough not to make fun of me. Even Bob Frankston.

I think it was Dave Winer who said, “Being kind to each other doesn’t have to interfere with being true to ourselves.”

I took a few bloggy notes, but couldn’t keep up with the depth of the material while blogging so I left the blog journalism to our professional: Heath Row. Heath did his usual stellar job of conference blogging here. Martin Geddes also did a fine job of capturing the content. Read these two blogs and you’ll have a good handle on the WTF!?!

My contribution will be a few dozen photos, most of which I hope to have photoshopped and available this week. You can see some of them here already.