A lean and hungry look

So I know getting a dog is not a good idea for me, but. . . that was before I saw Caesar.

If anyone knows me from the Baxter era (may he rest in peace), I am a sucker for dogs with...problems. I think Caesar here is missing an eye and my heart goes out to him.

Visit to the shelter?

Here is an old pic of Bax. He was blind and I loved him fiercely.

Car Shopping!

So, if it ain't this:

It's going to have to be this:

This:

Or this:

Though I've always wanted of of these (in orange):

Question is, do I wait 'til I get to Morocco or try and find one now?

I have a Wii Problem

So for those of you living in a hole, here in Washington we have over 3 feet of snow. The government has been shut down since Monday. Today is Thursday.

What better time to play Wii with your friends you ask? No better time, I answer. Until you vigorously bowl and throw the controller at the TV, smashing it. Said TV is brand new, the most I think I've paid for anything save my car back in the day. And my house, but you get the point.

Kind friend offers to get the TV for me, and though armed with my credit card and a note, Best Buy will not give him the TV. Le sigh. More snow yesterday. I tried to get out and get to Best Buy. Nothing doing. Sat waiting for the Metro for a half hour. Went home, blinded by snow. Ventured back out, found a cabbie charging exorbitant fees. He got me to Best Buy (for $50, mind you). Closed! I called them, they said they were open, but no dice.

So, day 4 snowed in and I am reading a travel guide to the USSR. Le sigh. I want to go to work.