My Dog is Chelsea

Where procrastination comes to flourish

Entries Tagged as 'Life'

On false hope, empty promises and pork chops

November 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Now, I just know that you all have been refreshing this blog obsessively ever since I posted Part I of my mother’s surprise party escapade. As obsessively as you refreshed electoral maps as the results came in, I’m sure.
[Side note: the painfully slow counting of Oregon ballots led to a county-by-county snail-paced horse race that, […]

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Because nothing ever happens without an escapade

October 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

I flew to New York City on Friday for my mother’s surprise 60th birthday. She no idea I was going to be in town, let alone there to throw her a party. We managed to pull the thing off without her finding out, but there were a few roadblocks along the way:
Friday, Oct. 10. 4:30 […]

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Tags: My mother · Life

I guess we see what we want to see

October 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

I was just over at the New York Times website, and noticed these photos:

The press always runs (often unflattering) pictures of politicians while they are mid-sentence. Let’s evaluate facial expressions, shall we?

But I guess we just see what we want to see. (Although, objectively, it would be difficult to see W as anything but a […]

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The vast, vast Internet and the meaning of life*

September 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I’ve been doing this blog thing for nearly 4 years. My Dog is Chelsea, in all, contains just over 400 posts. That’s roughly 100 posts a year, or about a post every 3 days. Which means, obviously, I used to keep this thing updated on a near-constant basis, considering that these days we’re lucky to […]

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Dog tricks, inventions, nimble veggies, green buttons and other ways to waste time on the Internet

September 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Hello. Here are some items to help you procrastinate:
1) First and foremost, the most exciting YouTube video in the history of YouTube videos, starring MDIC’s very own dog Calla and Calla’s best friend, Hanu:

Hanu does, in fact, catch his treat—it just doesn’t look like it because he immediately begins scouring the floor for crumbs. Sadly, […]

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Tags: Life · Procrastination · Calla