I'm working from my "basement office" today because our floors are being buffed and poly-urethaned. An adventure. Ruby is with me, under house arrest, as she has already helped herself to part of one of the guys' lunches (a feat she accomplished while Willie and I were walking down the driveway to get the paper).

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There's an odd, bright light in the sky this morning, and a strange bluish tint between the clouds. What could it be? Something to worry about? It seems benign enough but so at odds with our recent weather but it does give pause.

The deer must be on the move around here, as Willie and Ruby have both been very restless constantly wanting to go out and sniff the air.

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Saturday morning ... and please remind me to not eat handfuls of chocolate-covered cherries while Watching Rachel Maddow ... and before going to bed!  And I don't mean the sweet syrupy kind - but nice tart ones - delicious, for sure - and probably marginally good for me (yes, I do believe I could make [. Click to continue reading...

In a moment or two, I'll be taking our Westie Ruby to the vets to have the plaque and tartar scraped off of her teeth.  She's had a miserable and confusing morning, as she wasn't allowed to go "do her business" on her own but went out on a leash instead.  Then, when she came [...] Click to continue reading...

First off, get well wishes to HollyCornblog who is recovering from a bad ankle sprain sustained in a nasty fall at work.  Keep it iced and raised ... and, as we like to say to Willie (and to Ruby - but with much less effect), "Heel!" [sic] Between HollyCornblog and Hope Solo, things have been a [... Click to continue reading...

The King XL FG Ruby is a 40th year anniversary special edition boot, designed to commemorate the iconic career of the PUMA King boot line. Based on the career of Eusébio (the Black Pearl), one of football's greatest players, the edition features the years "1968-2008″ below the King logo and comes in a red colour having two [. Click to continue reading...

Having watched Eusebio score 9 goals during the 1966 World Cup in England, the designers at PUMA decided that he should be the man to help them develop a signature football boot. The process took two years to complete and in 1968 the PUMA King was born. The boot over time would become just as [...] Click to continue reading...