They let me sleep in until 6:30 this morning, which was appreciated. On the walk, they were both very eager to go a long way. Perhaps they've got an inkling of how hot it will be later on or something.
While walking, I spotted an older lady across the street walking a smaller dog (I didn't have my glasses on, so I couldn't see what kind of dog, except that it was dark brown). She called a hello to Buddy and Buster, then said something that was apparently a warning... she said something about a dog at the house I was passing. Just as she said it, a very large dog (I was watching the pugs too carefully to see what type, but I think it was a German Shepherd) jumped out of nowhere, thankfully behind a fence, and started barking at the pugs. The pugs reacted like only little dogs can. Buster wanted to play, and ran back and forth up the fence barking happily at the dog. Buddy stood his ground and stared down the other dog, growling deeply. The dog across the street started barking too, just to join in. It took me a minute or two to get the pugs going again, and then Buddy took the first opportunity presented to paw at the ground and show what a macho pug he was.
Is there such a thing as dognip? Buster found a patch of lawn that he really liked and he snuffled it and rolled around in it while Buddy basically stood there and rolled his eyes. It took forever to get the puggie away from that patch of lawn.
One more note on corked bats. They apparently don't help all that much. It's very unlikely that Sosa would have gotten any of his home runs just because of a corked bat... if he ever used a corked bat in a game before. I tend to agree with Harold Reynolds on Baseball Tonight. If Sosa had known he was using a corked bat, he would've tried to get the bat back instead of jogging right past the barrel of the bat without picking it up on his way back to the dugout. He didn't act like someone who was guilty. I was slightly amused by the juxtaposition... right after hearing the news about Sosa's bat, the next thing to come up on the TV was the Sosa/Giambi home run ad.
I was confused when everyone on Sportcenter kept referring to "The Pine Tar Incident" and Tim McClelland's role in it. When I finally looked it up, I know why I didn't know about it. It happened in 1983, when I was a Mariners fan but had no idea about anything else in baseball. It was 1989 before I started actually paying attention to other teams except as guys that showed up to play the Mariners once in awhile.
I didn't watch the heroes and villains show last night. I did read the list over on Peter David's blog (it's in the comments). I found I wasn't much interested.
Speaking of villains, some folks in the blogosphere have pointed out that Clinton was saying the same things about Iraq to justify his continued bombing. Yeah, so? Clinton lied, so it's ok that Bush lied? I'm not sure what the issue is here. If Clinton was such a nasty dude to lie to justify bombing, he should have been impeached for it. Oh wait... he was impeached, but not for that lie. The Repubs let the more serious lie go unquestioned because it's FAR more important to impeach a president for lying about his sex life than for lying to start a war. Whatever.
Everyone keeps bringing up the mass graves being found in Iraq as justification for Bush Jr's war. I will again point out that those mass graves are the direct result of Bush Sr telling the Iraqis he would support a popular uprising then turning his back on them when they needed him most. Yes, Saddam killed them, but Bush Sr caving to the UN at the worst possible time, and after giving his word, gave Saddam the excuse.
On a happier note, read this article which compares the current Iraq situation to Post-WWII Japan. It's quite possibly the most optimistic view of Iraq I've seen yet, and the comments kind of line up with what Salam Pax has said in his blog. If the Bush administration will actually work towards a positive end, maybe this will be the result. Cross your fingers, and pass on this article in the hopes that it will lead to something better.
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