Happy Thanksgiving

Almost Turkey Day

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, I was searching email cards. On this journey I came across some pics that made me chuckle and thought I would share.

First off, if you need something to wear you can make a fashion statement with this Turkey Hat for you or or your loved one.

Don't want to leave your dog or cat out of the fun? Try this!

Sarah, still wish you won, but no Turkey Pardon will be better.





The best ever Thanksgiving show made for TV has to be WKRP. You can catch the whole eposidoe on Hulu. Warning-you will laugh and may laugh a body part off.

www.hulu.com/watch/322/wkrp-in-cincinnati-turkeys-away

New Idiot Award

Recently I have been trying to keep away from work related posts and just have fun with the blog. The reason is I have been trying to detach from work and do and think about other things. However, after closing this case out and two weeks have gone by I have to share it.

Dog owner "I don't know whats wrong with my dog"
Me- "Try feeding him some time you stupid f%#@K!"

I am happy to report after daily food and water the dog is doing much better.

Good Old Shoot Out Movie

Not many people I know enjoyed the Boondock Saints the way I did. I have been looking forward to second one and got to see it this weekend. It picks up in Ireland where the MacManus family is tricked into coming back to Boston over the brutal killing of a priest. It is a mindless movie with lots shoot em up fun.

As much as I was looking forward to the MacManus Brothers coming back for revenge, Julie Benz steals the movie as Special Agent Eunice Bloom.

The Dude

One of my all time favorite movies is the Coen Brother's The Big Lebowski. I don't know how I missed them on you tube but glad I saw them now. The first one has an Animal reference I once thought only an animal control officer would find funny. The second one is based on the small yet funny role of John Turturro as the great bowler Jesus Quintana. They are a must watch if you like the movie.

Queen Sophie

I needed to get a new dog bed this week and found this one.

Seriously!!! This thing looked a lot smaller in Cost Co. Oh well. As you can tell, she is enjoying it and less area I have to vacuum.

Car Jacked

Found this story while reading Animals Behaving Badly's Blog. I had to share it for those of you who do not look at the blog. The only comment I have is it cracked me up, but would scare me to death to have to run the call.

The young bear that got trapped in a car near Florrisant. (Teller County Sheriff's Office)

As the bear rummaged around the car causing extensive damage, the door closed and it couldn't figure how to get out. (Teller County Sheriff's Office )

The car alarm was blaring, and there was a light moving around inside.

A couple in the Colorado Mountain Estates subdivision near Florissant thought someone was trying to steal their car early Wednesday.

When deputies from the Teller County Sheriff's Office responded at about 2:30 a.m., they discovered a young bear in the car.

The bear was as surprised to see the deputies as the deputies were to see the bear, said Mikel Baker, spokesperson for the Sheriff's Office.

One of the two deputies took some pictures of the bear, opened the car door, and the bear was gone in a flash, said Baker.

According to Baker and Teller County Sheriff Kevin Dougherty, this bear — like so many others — was

After deputies opened the car door, the bear was gone in a flash. (Teller County Sheriff's Office )

very smart and had learned how to open car doors.

But as the bear rummaged around the car causing extensive damage, the door closed and it couldn't figure how to get out.

The light the couple saw moving in the car was the dome light of the vehicle, which momentarily wrapped around the bear's head, said Dougherty.

Baker said that bears are extremely hungry as they prepare for hibernation. No food should be left in a car, she said, as bruins, with their keen sense of smell, will detect the food and try to get inside.

In recent years, one bear practically destroyed a car after yogurt was left in it. Afterward, investigators found yogurt smeared throughout the car, said Baker.

Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from my all time favorite vampire.

One of the few modern women to make Paladin's Girl Friday

http://thereluctantpaladin.blogspot.com/2009/10/girl-friday-10022009.html

The Ancient Celtic Festival of Samhain

One the Eve of Samhain, the 31st October, ancient Celtic peoples believed that the veil between this world and other more mysterious realms was at its thinnest. This was a time at which creatures of the other world were at large. Witches would fly on their broomsticks, or ride on tabby cats transformed into black horses, around the countryside. Fairies and hobgoblins would also roam the earth, adding an extra air of glamour, and fear to the peasant population.

At this dark time of the year there was much divination to shed light on what the New Year would bring. Bright fires were lit local high points across the Scottish Highlands, and communities could become quite competitive over the size of their bonfires, competing with the neighbouring communities whose fires would be visible for miles around. Whoever threw a stone into the embers of the fire would learn whether they were “fey”, or destined for great misfortune in the year to come. If the stone lay broken, or was missing, in the morning then there was much to fear in the year ahead, whereas an intact stone was a promising sign.

Your Animal Control Officer

Work has been crappy and just in a mood. This was sent in to Dear Abby years ago but still holds true today.

I am your Animal Control Officer. I am not the dreaded "dog catcher" or the "murderer" you call me.

I'm not the one who allows your pets to breed, then dumps the unwanted puppies and kittens on roadsides and in shelters. I'm the one who must find the tiny animals before they die of starvation, exposure or disease and, as an act of mercy, exterminate them. It hurts me to be forced to kill hundreds of thousands of animals each year, but because of your irresponsibility, I have no choice.

I'm not the one who abandons unwanted animals on the farm roads, telling myself some friendly farmer will surely take them in and give them a good home. But I am the one who picks up the frightened animal who waits in vain for its beloved master, wondering why it has been abandoned. I am the one who must help that friendly farmer trap, tranquilize or kill that animal because it has begun to roam in packs with other abandoned hungry animals, killing livestock, fowl and game.


I am not the one who breeds and fights dogs in the name of "sport." But I'm the one who fights the breeders and participants, and must pick up the dead and dying animals that have been left behind.

So, remember the next time a stray dog bites your
child, your trash is dumped and scattered, your pet is
lost, stolen, poisoned or hit by a car, and it is the
Animal Control Officer you call not the "dog catcher."


The next time your pet is picked up, or you are cited for neglecting or abusing it, remember that I am only trying to get you to fulfill your responsibility to your pet, your neighbor and yourself.

Do not scorn me. Respect me, for I am the product of your irresponsibility. I love animals, and I care.

Birthday Cake for Joey

My little buddy Joey just turned 9 this weekend. (Happy Birthday once again Joey!) He had one of the most unique cakes I have ever seen. It is topped with all lego Starwars Stormtroopers.