Personal shopper

I’ve been making a list tonight and checked it at least twice.  I’m taking it with me tomorrow for my first-ever appointment with a personal shopper.
At the local Apple store. 
An hour with a concierge to ask those questions and test drive the gadgets. 
My craptastic desktop PC is dropping some hints that something else may be going [...]

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Genius

Okay, I know he’s not a genius.  But Jasper’s been busy this morning as I’ve been sitting here at the PC catching up on things.  (That little unhappiness-of-the-tummy on Sunday that I thought was just something I ate?  By Sunday night it was accompanied by a temp of 101.5F and overall achiness.  I’m better now [...]

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Furry scurry

Jasper and I have signed up for the Furry Scurry next weekend. We’re going to raise a few bucks for the Denver Dumb Friends League while enjoying a morning out in Washington Park with a few thousand old and new friends.
We’ve had quite the week, kind of a personal furry scurry. Little Jasper has had [...]

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Jasper and me

The puppy’s home. I’m calling him Jasper – a name with an interesting heritage* and also a nice mineral. We are both still resting up from yesterday’s epic travels, and I have things to do besides play on the innernets so this will be short.
Jasper is cute as can be, with beautiful [...]

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What the fuss is about

This is my puppy at his home in S.D. this afternoon, after his big road trip to and from the Minneapolis airport, and staying overnight away from home. He was more interested in playing with his brothers than sitting still for a picture or having his hair combed up into a topknot, but L got [...]

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Christmas has been cancelled this week

Northwest Airlines can kiss my grits.  They accepted my puppy for shipping.  VIP shipping, yet.  They literally took his crate from the hands of the breeder’s husband at the Minneapolis airport.
AND THEN THEY DIDN’T PUT HIM ON THE PLANE.
Thank goodness L, the breeder, called NWA to confirm that both puppies they shipped today (mine and [...]

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Like the night before Christmas

It’s early morning. I’ve had breakfast and coffee, read the newspaper, checked my emails and it’s time to head for the shower and get dressed, and then out of here. 
My stuff to take with me is stacked on a table:

Trusty old nylon attache case
Purse
Tote bag with leash, toy, soft old towel, puppy treats, water bowl, [...]

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Thanks again, Bob

I suppose it was too much to ask, that we’d get well into spring before the political ads bloom all over the teevee.  One of the usual Republican suspects fine GOP candidates for the United States Senate here has been running an ad featuring kids saying “Thanks, Bob!” for his support of charter schools when [...]

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Customer service

Thanks to Cambridge Soundworks’ customer service guru, Chris Cooper, for posting a comment below and for being so helpful in our phone conversation. 
I’m OK with the radio I’ve got.  It seems to work just fine.  And now CSW knows I’ve got it.   Chris said that if they can’t fix a radio sent in for repairs, [...]

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Must have been a hard day at the repair shop

A couple of months ago my fancy clock radio went on the fritz.  I blogged about it here. 
I sent it back to Cambridge Soundworks in Massachusetts for repair, via FedEx.  And waited. 
Finally, two days ago a box was delivered to me from Cambridge Soundworks, containing my radio.  Oddly, in the box with the radio was also a [...]

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