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We started with two dogs and traded one back in - she wasn’t a bad dog - she was just ridiculously lazy. We’re back to two of them and I forgot how much I missed having dogs. I moved away from my parents house years ago and that was the last time I had really spent any length of time around a dog. My last pet was a bit of a nut job and was banished to an outdoor existence after tearing the house apart for the last time - certain members of my family did not want to put the dog outside or place it in a kennel when we left home. She had a “bit” of separation anxiety and proceeded to destroy anything she could find - you know - dads shoes, any scrap of paper she can grab, the Christmas tree.

Our dogs live in a massive backyard and have plenty of room to roam. Violet, the dog we got in the trade deal, is a little skittish (still) and won’t roam far from the kennel area. She’ll get used to it in time but its a change of environment. She has a unique and disgusting habit - she burgles turds. Yes, after she or the other dog leaves uhh… waste behind she will collect it and place it in her dog house. Apparently, she has been doing this for years. I really don’t know why a dog would collect turds aside from eating them which is a bit odd - dogs normally go for cat crap, horse crap, pig crap, cow crap, and well - essentially any other crap but their own. You may not notice it when you look at the dogs in this picture but Duke and Violet are trouble - I just don’t know how much trouble they are going to be - yet.

I’ve got a few videos of the two dogs in action and they may only be interesting if you really like dogs. You may want to check them out because you can see the scale of the yard that I get the “opportunity” to mow.

Then again, you may just watch the videos if you’re bored and you’ve got a high speed internet connection. Whatever reason - here they are.

It is quite hard to find humor in my life here but there are a few things that make me laugh - daily - in Iraq. I took a few photos today of some things that make you laugh or just say huh? So, without any further delay, here they are.

This is a random bumper sticker stuck on a random room - and it makes me laugh every day. Its a shame this isn’t a real trailer park because we’d have overweight slobs sitting in kiddie pools drinking PBR all day long.

This sign has always seemed a little odd - as if we didn’t pay quite enough to the contractor to get it right. I thought about it for a while and the angle of the walker makes it look like they are trying to sneak across the road. Caution - people sneaking across the road! BEWARE!

For reference - here is a normal crosswalk sign

I looked a little closer at the image and noticed why he was sneaking

Damn, that guy is some brand of mutant! Look! He’s got lobster claws for hands! It’s no wonder he’s trying to sneak across the road - I now know why we should exercise caution - you don’t want to piss of a guy with lobster claw hands!

Look! It’s an oxymoron. You’ll see a sign that says “high noise area - hearing protection required” within two feet of “Silent Power.” uhhh…. yeah…. This is one of the MANY diesel generators spread across the base. I’m sure that most of the middle east gets their power in the same fashion and I’ve got to wonder what happens to them when they run out of oil - solar power?

Here is a shot of the sun setting - finally! It can also be used as a metaphor for my trip finally coming to an end. I’ve got less than 2 days left here and then I start the long trip home - I can’t wait to get back.

I extremely cynical and sarcastic and springing from these two vital parts of my psyche comes my sense of humor. I was browsing through my daily group of websites when I came upon a story that led to and idea - one that I knew would lead to a subpoena - if not leading to an arrest.

Comcast, a company many of us love to hate for their outrageous prices, deplorable customer service, and bandwidth shaping, has been placing green networking boxes in the yards of residents in areas where they are upgrading their systems. Traditionally, the equipment in the boxes would be buried but the devices create heat and must have access to some form of circulation. This is all fine and dandy. What they haven’t been doing is asking the homeowners for permission to do so. Now, I am unsure if they are placing these boxes on the private part of the property or if they are doing it in places where they and the city have “right of way.”

If they did it on the personal part of my property I don’t think I would complain to them or the city - I would simply have a little fun.

I would grab the keys to my car and scoot off to the closest Home Depot. While there I would purchase a couple of 2×4’s, two sheets of 1/4in plywood, and a few backs of Quickcrete. Have you figured out where I am going with this nefarious plan?

I would simply make “concrete shoes” for their box. I’m sure that when the equipment failed for the first time it would lead to consternation and lawsuits. I really didn’t damage their equipment - I simply beautified it! Its a shame that only the most hilarious of my ideas would land me a subpoena.

Someone played this last night and I laughed the entire time. The lyrics are absolutely absurd and completely off the wall - its my kind of humor. Watch, enjoy, and be prepared to have this song stuck in your head for the next week - kinda like those damn unicorns at candy mountain - I’ll never forgive you for ruining my ears with that schlock.

Most of you suffered through the television writers strike - that is, if you’re the type of person that watches television. Late night shows were struck hard as they had to rely on the creativity of the host to get some laughs. One of my favorite late night hosts is Conan O’Brien - he’s just silly - and he makes me laugh. I can’t give you an overall synopsis of the writing during the writer’s strike because I simply don’t know. But, I can show you this clip because there was some comedy gold during the strike. Watch, enjoy, and laugh.

If you’ve never heard of James May (Top Gear) or Gordan Ramsey (Chef) - this video is not for you. If you have heard of them, you might get a laugh or two out of it as I did.

Here is a funny article I found over at cracked.

Enjoy!

Some one out there made the dubiously bad decision to name a trolley to be built in Seattle the South Lake Union Trolley. If you were to look at the acronym its the SLUT… they changed the name but from here on out most people know it only as the SLUT. This is so freakin awesome - they even have t-shirts! I’m going to ride the SLUT when it gets finished. I only hope that I don’t end up with some awful venerial disease.