http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here at theskinnyonbenny, we try to avoid politiacally sensitive topics. Not because we shy away from controversy, but because we generally find political topics to be really, really boring. But recent news got us to doing a little reading, and that led to a little research, so in ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1208 Those of you who are further removed from our lives probably saw this coming. We turned into some sort of crazy cousin parent offspring to pageant moms. I thought of this as I made my mental checklist for stuff to take to the dog parade on Saturday: string. check. ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1202 I start with this tweet from my feed for two reasons. First, it's spot-on. Second, it relates to the story that unfolds herein. Although, come to think of it, if you've read the title of this post, and the tweet, you can pretty much fill in the ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1180 Sunday is the Krewe of Mutts, which regular readers will recognize as the Mardi Gras parade in Baton Rouge for dogs. This year's theme is "The Good, the Bad, and the Furry." My best costume idea is to dress the dogs like WW2 American soldiers. Then, I'll have Vanya ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1178 At the risk of jinxing it, we've had nothing but lovely weather this month. A little rain, but nothing like usual in the winter, and the usual post-rain cold weather has so far failed to materialize. We've had some cool mornings, but in truth, it's been warm enough ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1175 Of late, I've been crippled with fear of posting to my blog. The topic that came right to mind was the outrageously good football season that we were having, but when it comes to football fandom, I hold superstitions, and that ridiculous part of my brain doesn't allow me ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1170 I've got a story from our travels in Russia that I think more properly belongs here in my (poor, neglected) blog than it does over in the adoption journal going on in the family-oriented section of my website. We spent yesterday walking around Yaroslavl, and we found a crowded open-air market. ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1165 Yesterday morning, I was behind a car at a stop light, and there was a little black dog with his head sticking out of the passenger side window. And I shit you not, the dog was wearing goggles. I tried several times to get a cell phone picture, ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1161 I'm just a little bit tired of hearing/reading that the SEC is down this year. Don't we have three teams in the top 10, including two teams that are clearly better than everyone except each other? Isn't the current national champion trying to hang on to fourth ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1157 Wrong number this morning. "May I speak to Mary?" "I'm sorry. You have the wrong number." "Oh, I'm so terribly sorry. I hope I didn't wake you." It was 8:00 AM on a weekday. "No, I'm in the car, it's fine." "Well, may you have a wonderful day, and God bless you." Isn't ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1141