Sleepy Sam Speak

It's been a while, but Sam provided me with some very quality sleepy speak the other morning when I bid him adieu. 

Me: Bye, I'm going to work!
Sam: I wish we had a puppy.
Me: Really?  What kind of puppy?
Sam: The kind that's good for playing.
Me: What would you name it?
Sam: Either Business, or Excited!

I plan to hold him to this conversation.  We are going to get a Corgi named Business and a Basset Hound named Excited:

I hope this means he'll stop talking about wanting a cat.

A business idea

I'm too lazy to start this, but you should take this idea and run.  Syd and I said years ago that what the average office needs is way more puppies.  What the world needs is a business that will bring a basket of puppies to offices, and the workers can play with them for an hour or so to relieve stress and build camaraderie.  The puppies would be pups in need of good homes and be available for adoption.

Seriously, how great would it be if this showed up in your sad little cubicle?!

For an extra fee, the business would also bring ice cream sundaes. 

Back to work in my critter and dessert free cube now...

A photo of a smiling fluffy corgi puppy

This seemed like as good a way as any to start off a Friday.

True story: I was walking home past the dog park and saw the cutest corgi, and said "Hello, Mister Corgi!" through the fence and he smiled at me and then took a massive crap and even with waste coming out the back of him he was still freaking adorable.  These are truly remarkable animals.  

Happy New Year, Readers!

To my beloved and dedicated readers - Happy New Year to you all! Did you have a nice New Year's Eve? Did you raptor yourselves? I did not, as I still am not allowed to drink due to my brain sads. I did, however, have a truly delightful evening of movies and pizza and laffs with my dear friend Sydney. She and I have spent each New Year's Eve together for five years now, and if the world doesn't end on December 21, I hope we'll continue that tradition this year as well! As thanks for her loyal friendship, I dedicate this photo of a puppy acting as a bookmark to her.


So helpful! So fuzzy!

Corgi news!

Two small pieces of corgi news for you, dear readers. Buzzfeed has just posted a video of some confused corgi puppies. It is very, very good:



My pal Marla has a corgi (lucky lady!!!!!), and he recently participated in an all-corgi holiday parade! CAN YOU IMAGINE?!?!?!


What a world!

Friday at last!

Let's celebrate with a dance.



What are you doing this weekend? I will be watching the Preakness Stakes. Fun Ophelia fact: I once was part-owner of a racehorse. He was, as my friend Paul put it, a "psychotic asshole."

Via

Something magical happened

Last night I was walking home, and something magical happened to me. I was waiting at a red light, lost in stressful thoughts, when I felt something softly brush about my ankles. I looked down, and what was it? It was the floppy ears of a basset hound, gently knocking into me as he enjoyed his evening walk.


Thank you, Mr. Hound, for brightening my day! I immediately texted Syd, even though I'm sure she already knew about the incident - her heart is made of puppies, you see. So she knows this stuff. She just senses it.

The other bowl!!

As we all know, the football game isn't the only thing worth watching on Super Bowl Sunday. A few hours earlier in the day, there is a mesmerizing broadcast on Animal Planet known as... THE PUPPY BOWL!!

In case you are unfamiliar with the greatness that is the Puppy Bowl, let me allow Wikipedia to break down its many complexities:

The Puppy Bowl consists of a number of puppies playing in a model stadium ("Animal Planet Stadium") with no audience (but with canned audience cheering), minimal commentary, and instant replay shots. A "bowl cam" provides shots upwards through the transparent bottom of a special water bowl built into the stadium floor, with a wide-angle lens that allows viewers to watch the puppies drink water (and walk through it) up close...The puppies are given a wide variety of chew-toys and bones to play with, and they are free to tackle, bite, and do as they wish...When a puppy drags one of the football-shaped toys into the end zone, a "puppy touchdown" is declared. "Penalties" are issued for puppies relieving themselves on the field. Timeouts are called if the water bowl needs to be refilled, or if the puppies begin to fight (a behavior called "unnecessary rrruff-ness"). In Puppy Bowl VI, substitutions were made whenever a puppy fell asleep on the field. Puppy Bowl III, V, and VI also featured a tailgate party outside the stadium with several other dogs watching the event on televisions with cuts to their reactions throughout.

Phew! Hope y'all were able to follow that. This year's Puppy Bowl really reached new heights of adorability, thanks to me and Syd's personal favorite pup, OLIVER!


HOLY CRAP THAT IS A CUTE PUPPY! He is a Great Pyrenees, and is very fluffy. Unfortunately his well-deserved title of Most Valuable Puppy was usurped by upstart pup CB, whose manic racing around the field caught the attention of officials.


Okay, fine, he's stupid cute as well. When you watch the Puppy Bowl, everyone wins!

Back with a bang!

I got busy with work and wedding and didn't post for a week. WHOOPS. Anyway, here's the cutest video I've seen all week to make up for neglecting my loyal readers. Hold on to your hats:



I told you to hold on to your hats, goons! Now your hats have been blown off by cuteness and your heads are cold. Try and listen a little better next time, yes?

Hump day treat: The Salsa Dog!

Well this is just marvelous.



That pup's got better moves than I do!

Putin got a new puppy

Here it is!


It is very fluffy! Putin is having the Russian people submit their ideas for a name for this sweet pup. Gawker has suggested Puprestroika, which - LOLOL.

This day is really lacking in corgi puppy stampedes

NOT ANYMORE!!