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Neefer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:57:10 +0000

June 4th is also known as Festival De Crunch, during the celebration it is custom for the Crunchies to go out to eat with their Co-workers.

Back on topic … yeah, right.

Last night, I’m goofing off on facebook, and Pulguito is watching a Star Wars movie in my craft area. All of a sudden, I hear Chunguita screaming and crying. What could possibly be happening, I wonder; after all, Pulguito is no where near Chunguita. I run thru the house and find Lily pinned under DH. DH is scolding Lily (who seems totally unmoved), and Chunguita is crying.

“What happened?” I ask.

“LilyhadBruno’srawhideandItriedtotakeitawayfromherandshegrowledandbitme!” Chunguita cried.

Which explained why DH had Lily pinned and was growling at her. I wondered if he nipped her back. Anyway, DH couldn’t get Bruno’s rawhide out of Lily’s mouth, and after a bit more chastisement, he put Lily outside (aka isolation from the pack). I didn’t think Lily should get to keep the rawhide, so I went outside, pried her mouth open by pinching her lips so that they squeezed under her back teeth which forces her to open her mouth a bit or bite herself, and I took the rawhide away from her.

Poor Lily, she doesn’t understand the pack order in our house. Well, she thinks she should be above Chunguita and Pulguito and Bruno. And, I think, pack hierarchy is determined between the individuals, so she occasionally makes the mistake of asserting herself to Chunguita or Pulguito. Then she gets it from me or DH, and I’m not sure that this really makes sense to her. Ah, well, she did learn that Chunguita and Pulguito get to sit on the furniture and that she does not.

Fortunately, situations like this are very rare for us.

Happy Mother’s Day

Neefer — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:23:40 +0000

Hope all my friends with human pups and canine pups have a great Mother’s Day

Proud to be an American

Neefer — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:50:28 +0000

On this day in 1797, in the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams was sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.

I wish we always lived up to our ideals.

Not proud of this history

Neefer — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:13:52 +0000

Executive Order 9066

Moths in Teapots and White Roses

Neefer — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:19:47 +0000

The Moth (2 kTons) shot was the second of fourteen nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in 1955. Movie clip – I’m not sure if this was Moth or one of the others.

“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?” said Sophie Scholl, a White Rose, as she walked toward her executioner, such incredible audacity and bravery.

On this day

Neefer — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:30:42 +0000

Seabed Treaty – not restrictive enough IMNSHO.

Lost a nuke?

Neefer — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:26:17 +0000

Well, yes, we did. It’s out there if are a treasure hunter, but I gotta tell you that I wouldn’t want to get anywhere near a nuke that had been sitting in a swamp for 50 years. So I recommend not moving to Georgia at this time.

Check it out: 50 years ago, today.

Differing attitudes are interesting. If you ask a ~~Soviet~~ uh Russian if they have ever had a nuclear weapon accident, they will answer you with a resounding NO because they only count the … um … ~~incident~~ anomaly as an accident if they get a nuclear detonation. Is it because they’ve already polluted everything around them so much that scattering plutonium and other hazardous materials doesn’t add much to the background toxins? Probably not, but that’s my judgmental take on it.

Happy Waitangi Day

Neefer — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:05:20 +0000

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840, in a marquee erected in the grounds of James Busby’s house (now known as the Treaty house) at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. The Treaty made New Zealand a part of the British Empire, guaranteed Māori rights to their land and gave Māori the rights of British citizens. There are significant differences between the Māori and English language versions of the Treaty, and virtually since 1840 this has led to debate over exactly what was agreed to at Waitangi. Māori have generally seen the Treaty as a sacred pact, while for many years Pākehā (white New Zealanders) ignored it. By the early twentieth century, however, some Pākehā were beginning to see the Treaty as their nation’s founding document and a symbol of British humanitarianism. Unlike Māori, few Pākehā saw the Treaty as a valid legal document to which they needed to strictly adhere.

National Freedom Day

Neefer — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:38:46 +0000

is today and commemorates Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the USA.

National Freedom Day at the Library of Congress

Winnie the Pooh Day

Neefer — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:54:21 +0000

Today is Winnie the Pooh Day, celebrating the birthday of A. A. Milne.

Celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day by reading some storybooks about the adventures of Winnie and his friends. Don’t read them alone. Read them with young children.

Winnie-the-Pooh Funology
A Poohish Site
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