Westminster Follies

This is Oscar-worthy.
http://video.westminsterkennelclub.org/player/?id=216654

The best part is at 29 seconds remaining, when the best in breed pees on the pennant and then skips away, in gleeful triumph. The handler and judge are oblivious to this defiant gesture.

Also notable this year is that a beagle named Uno won Best in Show for the first time in history, to a standing New York ovation (also first in history). Yay Uno!

And if you have never seen Best in Show by Christopher Guest, I strongly urge you to do so.

Happy Valentine's everyone

I'm accepting cookies, treats, and scritches. I've got a date with a hot lamb later.

Vintage Snow Charlie, circa January 2005

Very negotiable instruments

The Scotiabank's jingle is "You're richer than you think."

Which is ironic, since my staff cashed in 7-year Canada Savings Bonds last year, and the idiot clerk mistakenly gave her $588 too much. Now the bank wants it back. Apparently, she's not as rich as she thought.

Shazam!

Cute With Chris

...is my new favorite distraction. You may have forgotten that I was once featured.

The wax lips were care of L, in honour of a party celebrating the release of Brian Wilson's "Smile."

Suck it Tanya! All your dreams are dead.

Reversible

I have a new coat for winter wandering. It is luxury-wale corduroy and faux shearling...also, it is reversible. The all-shearling side makes me look like a woolly mammoth. The corduroy side makes me look like Jake Gyllenhaal, n'est-ce pas?!