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Wordless Wednesday: Grasshoppa

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Donna Black-Sword

Hey Grasshoppa, says Bodine.  Quickly as you can, snatch the pebble from my hand.

Ain’t gonna happen, says Micron.

No, really, says Bodine. When you can take the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave.*

You know what, Master Po-dine? says Micron. The last time I tried playing tennis ball with you I got shredded.

Because you’re too slow. That’s all, says Bodine. You just need to practice more, my young student. Here, try to take the ball from me. 

Food Lady says I can’t eat you because you’re made of fat and gristle and you’d just give me gas, says Micron.  

Hahahaha! Wait, what?, says Bodine. Whatever. You have no competitive spirit, that’s what’s wrong with you, Microbe.  I need a challenge here.

Hey Jager! calls Bodine. Grasshoppa, quickly as you can . . .





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*Kung Fu (1972-75) Back when we had four channels (2, 7, 22 & 45) to watch on television and you didn’t need a remote to change them because that’s what our parents had kids for.  Well that, and adjusting the foil on the rabbit ears.

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Wordless Wednesday: What day is it?

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Donna Black-Sword
Micron pauses to ponder the mysteries of the natural laws. Like gravity, fer instance.

The mighty Micron wishes you a Happy Wordless Wednesday here in the great dog blogosphere. 

Or perhaps for the likes of us as we prepare ourselves for another workday on the cube farm, we would send out Happy Hump Day greetings. 

My cube partner to the due south of my office is Mike. Micron’s nickname is Mike. Micron goes to the office with me every day where we share our general space near cubemate Mike. I talk to Micron throughout the day, sometimes with cutey dog talk. Other times to correct a certain behavior.

The dog spies an anomaly outside the office window that is determined by the ever alert canine noggin as something needing immediate attention. A robust gerWOOF by Micron rings out the alarm. Meanwhile cubemate Mike is talking with someone at his desk.

Mike!, I say like I really mean it. Quiet!

[crickets chirping] 

bwahahahaha. This never gets old. It just doesn’t.

So a Happy Hump Day to y’all today.

Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike, what day is it, Mike? Wuuhahaha.

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Wordless Wednesday: Jagerwarg

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Donna Black-Sword
Text from Dog is on Facebook and Tumblr


I posted this Text from Dog on the Raising a Super Dog Facebook page earlier this week because … well, because it reminded me of conversations with Jager. 

Just change “texts” to “blog updates” and I’m sure this exchange has happened between us.

So like a brick to the head, I have me a not so subtle prompt to include Jager on this week’s Wordless Wednesday post.

Our original co-puppy raiser and Hunt Master of All He Sees, the awesome little Jagerhund certainly has earned the occasional spotlight.

To redeem myself, if only to toss my credibility right back with this next photo, we have our freaky little fellow in full Master of the Hunt gear. 

Um, You say. What is that on his back?

Why, that would be an orc prepared for battle.



Because our fierce fellow is a Warg, of course.  Oh c’mon, you know.  A warg.  From Lord of the Rings, remember? 

Here, does this help? 

War
from LOTR.WIKIA.COM

Right?  You can see it now, can’t you?

It’s ok, just nod your head yes. It’ll get me brownie points with the dog.

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From the Wiki page

In a way they took the place of the more powerful Werewolves from earlier ages. Like so many foul creatures, the Warg may have first been bred in Angband by Morgoth, the result of mixing two animals to produce a true monster. Wargs were said by some to have been very intelligent predators; it is rumoured that they had a crude understanding of some orc words and their Black Speech. Wargs appear in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit in which they attack Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, and the dwarves that are traveling to the Lonely Mountain (Erebor).





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Wordless Wednesday: More hair than Mr. Clean

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Donna Black-Sword
Micron poses at the P&G headquarters to put in his bid as a company mascot.
Mr. Clean ain’t got nothing on me, says Micron, tossing back his golden locks.

The mighty Micron was an honored guest at the Procter & Gamble headquarters in downtown Cincinnati last Friday.  He used his therapy dog wiles on the kids of my fellow P&Gers to teach them about the magical stuff of pet therapy visits. 

And by teach them, what I mean is he got into his usual Zen position (I am One with the carpet, says Micron) and sent out some sort of therapy dog mind rays so kids and adults alike had no choice but to rub his awaiting belly.  One simply cannot resist the Call of the Micron Belly.  I’ve seen this phenomena too many times to discount it, you know.  It’s like seeing a double rainbow or something.

After touring the headquarters, Micron is now inspired to be a company mascot. Pick a brand, I tell him. Eukanuba already has Pawl Griffin as their VP of Canine Communications, so you should be thinking about another product.

We rule out Mr. Clean, because it’s obviously not fair competition for the old guy. And in spite of those pearly white chiclets,  Crest toothpaste is out too. I’m leaning towards the Swiffer family of products, because dog knows I sure go through boxes of ’em at my place.

The dog disagrees. Ah, he’s right of course. Micron reminds me that he has a special, perhaps even symbiotic, relationship with Bounty.  We know that, right?  If you didn’t have the two minute pleasure of seeing the mighty Micron in action on our previous Mutiny of the Bounty post, we have the video at the bottom for ya for an easy click.



That appears to be an ear on top of his head. But I just
can’t figure out how it got there. No really, just look at it.

Hey Bounty, if you want to blow that lame faux lumberjack competitor out of the water, so to speak, we’ve got the perfect product spokesdog for you. Especially since that other brand had their mascot shave his beard to appeal to some neatnik demographic, I’ve completely lost interest in him. Our fella here is much better looking . . . and has a passion for the brand.  
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(Heads up there’s a snappy music score with this. Just sayin’ if your speakers are on) 
 
 
 




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Wordless Wednesay: The Very Hungry Jockey

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Donna Black-Sword
Euka II as my muse

So, I’m thinking about writing a children’s book titled The Very Hungry Jockey.

You know, right? Like how jockeys are on such a strict diet regimen so they can be as lightweight as possible to stay competitive for horse racing.  Just enough nutrients go down the gullet so as not to pass out during a race. Hey, I read Seabiscuit. So I know how this kind of thing goes down, people.

Maybe the sub-title could be Let’s Count Our Fingers.  Because it could be both an educational story as well as a cautionary tale.

Oh hey, I just Googled the title and didn’t get any hits*. Dang, this could be my gateway book into the big time of being a published author.  I’m feeling inspired, y’all.

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*However, my search results did come up with the phrase I’m so hungry I could eat a horse and chase the jockey.  Heh, never heard that one before, not the chase the jockey part anyway. 





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