Friday, October 22, 2010

Dogsitting

I had a new roomie this week: Makinzie took Macy (our dog) to Abilene, and Melinda (Makinzie's sister) let me borrow her dog, Annabelle, so that I could work on her behavior.

It worked out pretty well, except for the usual roommate squabbles. You know: who shares what space in the refrigerator, who gets to choose the movie for the night, who can urinate on the floor and when--those kinds of things.

Some highlights of the week have included:

  • Annie learning to "heel" on command
  • Annie barking her head off at the teapot the first time it whistles
  • Annie freaking me out by learning how to use Macy's dog door
  • Annie doing whatever she is doing in the grassy picture
  • Annie learning how to read rhetorical theory






Also, I'm pretty sure that last night when I let her out to use the bathroom before going to bed, Annie was trying to eat a *star*. The moon was full, and in the light I could see Annie repeatedly jumping up and snapping at something way out of her reach. I thought it might be a moth on first glance, but as I went closer to investigate, I could reach no other conclusion except that she was trying to bite a star. I'm sad to report that she did not catch it, at least as far as I could tell. Perhaps I'll find it buried in the couch cushion.

Before I end this post, my apologies for posting multiple pictures of the dog as though I am a strange, lonely bachelor with nothing else to do. I have plenty of other things to do; in fact I'm very busy. Right Annie?

[Annie nods yes].

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Day at the Office

The new officemates are kind of needy--difficult to get any research done.

These are Caedmon and Lincoln, my nephews, on a tour of my office and the campus last weekend.