http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com babblings! Wed, 30 Mar 2005 03:19:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 An open letter to Mattie, that other Airedale, the “Golden Dog” with whom I graciously share my space: “My dear dog, I pose to you a question – What IS the difference between a dog and a hound? The answer – A thousand years of evolution. Respectfully yours, Barnaby ... http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=42 Opinions are like tails, everybody has one. http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=41 The good people at PoodlesSkirt tell me that soft and sensible, yes, but what about stylish? I have seen the spring shirts and I approve, despite some initial misgivings regarding the Hawaiian theme. Barnaby H. remains thoroughly chastened. http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=40 The PS Corporation has approached me to act as a consultant for the new spring line of clothing. I value my time and sent them packing with only this advice: “Something soft, something sensible.” See what they came up with, but for heaven’s sakes don’t hold me ... http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=39 I was worried that the PoodleSkirt stripes would make me look fat. The company assured me that this would not be the case. I trust them implicitly. Of course I do, they pay me to do so. Payment takes the form of rawhide bones and… there ... http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=38 Consider this. “Barnaby” is not a diminutive. It is a full name and CANNOT be subdivided (Hold your tongue—a “Barn” is a thing for chickens…) The name “Mattie,” on the other hand, is short for “Mathilda.” And yet who in their right mind would call ... http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=37 Have discovered that Ms. Maureen uses the name “Mattaby” as a password when she sits at her “glowbox” (my disparagingly clever term for that device the computer). I will have you know that in this house there is a “Mattie” and there is a “Barnaby.” We have no ... http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=36 Birds again. This time, the impudent blue jay. The birds scattered the moment I appeared on the scene. One of them had the gall to “titter” as I paced back and forth beneath her branch. I will not brook this sort of mockery. I find ... http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=35 Blizzard today. Mattie ran about like the great clod that she is, kicking up such a fuss and a good deal of white powder. What she owns in beauty (yes, yes, ANYone can win the lottery, it’s true) she lacks in finesse. The old girl doesn’t know ... http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=34 Resolutions were made to be unresolved. The Weaver boy’s delightful little sister crossed over onto our property bearing biscuits. Perhaps you are not unaware that when I am scratched under my beard just so, I am as putty in the child’s hand. But as I crunched upon ... http://barnabyblog.poodleskirtpet.com/index.php?p=33