Self-indulgence time. Michael said that I could post one picture of my dog, Barley (’cause he drove me to drink) on this site. B Dawg is mostly black lab and about a year old. I rescued him in April from Miami-Dade Animal Services, as featured on Animal Police Miami on Animal Planet. I haven’t exactly mastered my little Nikon Coolpix, which I purchased just to take pictures of Barley, so the picture ain’t great, but it shows Barley’s personality.
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The photo kind of makes him look like he was sculpted out of brass.
Crap, can you delete the double comment before Froomkin gets back? :>)
Professor Bartow: I actually managed to figure out how to delete one of your 2 identical posts. All that Fortran programming in the 1960s finally came in handy, giving me the confidence needed to figure out movabletype!
Oh, sheesh, I wish Barley was sculpted out of brass, my arms wouldn’t hurt so much from playing with him. I fear you are picking up that he needed a bath when I took the pic — and that Barley Wan Kenobi is such a master of the force that he can get me to walk him so much that he hasn’t plumped out like some labs do — yet?
Awww…great *puppie bloggin* !! We just love Friday Cat and Pup Bloggin…plus we’ve done some Cat-Food Bloggin too! (Fishes)
Kinda breaks up the week with some nice shots of our FAV family members…The Fur-Kids!
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Karen: Thanks! I love my little (70 pounds and growing) guy. And your comment means that Michael certainly will be OK with my posting a dog pic.
And Barley is as sweet as he is cute!