The new puppy — what should we name him?

We’ve done it now. We have a new puppy. He is half Blue Lacy and the rest is Border-Collie and Lab. Meet … whatisname. Any name ideas? Send ’em my way! (I’m thinking Mojo, actually. What do you think?) He’s 7 weeks old and came from a litter of 10. Lookit those feet! And that blaze! He’s unbelievably cute! I can’t believe we are doing this!

The Good, The Bad, and the Pretty … er, Weird

I saw The Good, The Bad, and The Weird last night at the Alamo with Cryptopolis. This was a Korean film based — obviously — on the The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, but the setting is Manchuria during Japan’s occupation of Korea. There’s a mix of 19th century and 20th century technology in a Chinese setting, so it had a Firefly feel to it, especially the train robbery scene.  That was the most Read more…

Eastern screech owl

We learned they were eastern screech owls because of the owl website that had sound files of their calls. These screech owls have a rippling sort of hoot that is kind of shivery. I hear them even in the daytime out at the farm where I ride. The parent owl showed up as the sun started to go down. She or he flies back and forth between the trees on the edge of the yard Read more…