Dorie’s Different Reality

This is Vladimir Putin and his dog, Koni. She’s a 10 year old black lab.
Tesla thinks she’s smokin’ hot:
-Photo by somebody at the Kremlin- I haven’t been to Russia!

Important News in the Wonderful Land of Peeps!
The Just Born Candy Company of Bethlehem Pennsylvania, makers of fine stuff like Hot Tamales, as well as PEEPS is opening a peep store in Washington DC. Called “World of Peeps” it will display and sell all kinds of “branded merchandise” As well as [...]

My side margins. They went away a few weeks go and I didn’t know why. I missed them ; I click over to blogs I read through them. Interesting stuff there, too. I check out “Find a Grave” every few days. There’s lots of interesting biographical information there….now I’m wondering where Cary Grant is buried? [...]

For the FIFTH time in the last couple of years, a despondent father has destroyed his family here in Maryland. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555880,00.html?test=latestnews
It happens all over the country, but being familiar with the neighborhood, the schools, their workplaces etc., …..it’s like a bad dream.
He may have had a mental problem, but it won’t surprise me if it [...]

Well, there’s another Man Cave being built three houses up the road. This sucker is big- easily 3x the size of the house! He could hold worship services in it on Sunday it’s so big. But it’s a garage- just for guy stuff.
Are our men being brainwashed by Cable TV?
“Thou shalt build a Monster Garage [...]

Doobie, Doobie Doo
I could write a song about him. He looks funny up there just hanging out upside down on the kitchen ceiling. I wonder if they’re carnivorous or veggie bugs? Must have flown in here last night searching for snacks. Tried to get him to go outside by burning a stick of [...]

On “I Has A HotDog” today-

Meanwhile, here in Maryland, little VeraWang is the reasonable earthtone doggie against Mom’s “goes with anything” Scrapgan as she takes a snooze with Pyrate.

I’m craving comfort food! There’s a lot of food in the world that, while tasty, just isn’t worth the calories. For example layer cake- it’s 12 points  in Weight Watcher land. That’s half a day’s food points for a woman! Cupcakes aren’t exactly low calorie, but if you eat one and then leave the [...]

It’s Fall for my sentiments!

We spent a productive morning yanking monstrous weeds out of the garden. I’m not thrilled. I noticed that a couple of neighbors who have gardens where you can see them from the road are overrun with ‘em too. It was all that rain! So we pulled and pulled, with the [...]

I linked this video to my Facebook’ page and said, “Everybody watch this- it’s great” But I don’t think anybody did Anyhow, I want to spread the joy- it’s a video of “Dad” coming home from Iraq and surprising the doggies. Lots of tail-wagging joy;the black doggie reminds me a lot of
Tesla. Dad [...]