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Dog Whisperer

I had shortened the walk because Miles, Samantha and Django were not behaving all that well I thought. But as we walked passed the barking Beagles down the street a woman stops her car and asks,
"Do you watch Dog Whisperer?"
"Yes."
"You look like Ceaser with all those dogs following you. Great job!"
"Thanks."

GSSChamp Proof

Georgia Single Speed Champions

Verge Classic Collection
Sport cut jersey
short sleeve - raglan

GSS Logo: Winged shield with Georgia flag and 16T cog
Background: Blue argyle with red/white/blue stripes

LIVE on the web

June 25, 2008 Wednesday night around 7 PM EST a LIVE webcast of Dan and Mack performing at Violette Restaurant. I have no idea what to expect...
Dirty South TV

Miles will be watching
   

Chew Toys

Puppies like to chew on things. Every day there is a new collection of thoroughly gnawed sticks and pine cones on the deck. The ropes, balls and chew toys in the house are gradually eroding away too.

Last night Miles chose to sleep in the garage with the other dogs rather than in his crate. I thought things were fairly puppy-proof out there so it would probably be OK. Unfortunately the cycling helmet had been left on the weight bench and the salt-flavored pads and straps were too much to resist.

Time for a new helmet...

Miles Smiles

While Rachel is in Tempe AZ training for her Teach For America job (in Baton Rouge LA), I am keeping Miles.

Miles smiles

in the shade

Wounded nose

Several days ago Miles was tormenting grouchy old Samantha, and she let him have it with a pretty good bite on the nose. It didn't even phase Miles and he continues to jump on her and wants to play. Meanwhile Samantha has retreated to the furthest corners of the yard and tries to ignore the puppy.

Flora and Fauna

No, not the fairies from a Disney movie, just the plant and animal life found in my yard this morning.

Lily

Mimosa butterfly

Miles

Samantha and Django

Energy Crisis?

Even if we found a new, free, clean and renewable source of energy today and completely replaced the need for oil and fossil fuels, the world will still be in deep trouble. Even if people were not fighting over oil it would probably be something else, maybe water, topsoil or another finite resource.

The real problem is the exponential growth of the human population. It was in 1800 that human population first reached the one billion mark. In the span of my lifetime alone the human population will have almost tripled, from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 7 billion by 2011. The World population

I have no doomsday predictions but population growth rates exceed the economic growth thus poverty, famine and malnutrition are still not eliminated even in the "developed" countries. Traditional affluent conservatives will remain skeptical but the math seems undeniable, something will have to change.