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I love Cesar Millan*, but he has made my life hell, along with Emeril LaGasse, Mike Holmes, and Alton Brown. But those other guys are a completely different — though not unrelated — post. Maybe later. You see, Cesar has made almost everyone else in the pound an expert on...

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There is (or was) this huge pile of snow at the end of our lunchtime wrestle lot. For weeks, we’ve been playing “King of the Hill.” As it melts away, the game is becoming more and more intense as the snow becomes more scarce. Anyway, Sallie (white dog) mostly wins the...

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If you are going to Austin for SXSW next week, help us prove that SXSW is going to the dogs. It is real simple. 1. Take a photo of a dog you see at SXSW. 2. Tweet out with your photo using your favorite photo service, TwitPic, TweetPhoto, Yfrog, whatever. Enter as...

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Life and work has been a lot like our dog walks lately. Up until this week, there has been a lot of snow on the ground, so the dogs walk while I spend a lot of time slogging through snow, shuffling on ice and climbing over snow banks, all the...

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Most dog videos are not really funny, but this is so very clever, I had to share. Tags: Video Related posts No related posts....

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I am replacing a folding closet door with a pre-hung door. This involves some framing and sheet-rocking. I’m almost done with the door, thanks for asking. I’m at the last part of the project where I’m putting sheet rock on the inside frame around the door. The closet is about four...

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I will die. It is a fact that I can’t overlook, regardless of how much work I put into denying it, putting it off or otherwise just trying to ignore it. So, faced with the fact that I will not be escaping death, I have done the following: - I have written...

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I watched a video on Chris Brogan’s blog where he spoke at Like Minds and he mentioned the Roger Smith Hotel. As frequently happens, my mind wandered as Chris rattled on (sorry Chris!) and so I went out to Google and checked out the Roger Smith Hotel. Turns out they have...

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My editor wrote this over at GerardMcLean.com and I had to share. It is something that I privately champion at every opportunity, and this being one of those time, here you go. UPDATE: @Neenz just published the Paralympics page at Alltop.com last night, Mar 5. If you know of or write...

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I spent this Sunday morning listening to a fair amount of Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan and a few other more obscure artists who moved and continue to move an entire generation. The first thought I had was “how sad that they will never be able to create another...

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I was reading my Wall Street Journal today, page after page of blah, blah, blah and then I came across this story on page B8. It stopped me dead in my tracks. I am not following the Winter Olympic Games nor am I really a fan of Bode Miller. I didn’t...

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I’m all for a good parody like the next puppy and although the assumption here is that a large percentage of the working, white middle class probably watched the Super Bowl Big Game and may have seen the Google ad (it ran once), the GOP may have been smarter...

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Just a quick bark out to Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary, who joined us on Twitter a mere 55 minutes ago. Now, we’re just waiting for Bo to get here. Big fans, especially with the “hopey-changey” retort press conference. Tags: Political thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Stuff Related posts No related posts....

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Yesterday, we had a guest speaker – Sarah – come into the DogWalk to motivate us to get out there and walk regularly, even if there is two feet of snow outside, kids home from school everywhere and cars zipping by us as we walk in the street. Then, Charlie noticed...

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I’ve been half French all my life. It’s not something I chose or can change. My mother’s maiden name is Clavette.* Her mother’s maiden name was Pelletier. And that goes back a very long way. We only ended up American because the French apparently were really bad at making compasses...

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We ventured out to the Englewood Hills school grounds to wrestle in the snow. It looks pretty intense, but it was all in good fun. When we were done, the snow looked like the putting green in the episode of the Munsters when Herman went golfing. Enjoy the video. Tags: Cute Puppy...

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Fans of the show Ace of Cakes will know what I’m talking about when I say that the Hershey bar cake Duff and crew made earlier last year was a bit of a puzzler as the wrapper was right-side up with Hershey, but the bar pieces inside were upside-down. So,...

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You are reading DogWalkBlog.com, produced and written in Dayton, Ohio. We are talking with Rufus, one of the key writers of the blog where he reminds us why you, time and place are important for blog credibility and reader orienteering. I was reading a blog from a linked tweet this morning...

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I ran across this video by Tom Peters. Watch it. Peters makes some powerful points about education, but I don’t entirely agree with everything he says. Creativity is not a refusal to color inside the lines. It is a conscious decision to color outside the lines, knowing what the lines mean and...

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Ok, pretty strong statement, but what the heck, it will rank high in Google and get some people to start thinking about the unintended consequences of stupid company policies. So, Women Who Blog, if you are out there and have even the least bit interest in this, sharpen the pens. I...

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I cooked breakfast this morning. I hate home kitchens because they are more like living rooms with furniture rather than places to prepare food. I don’t know why or how this trend started, but anyone who cooks at home needs to work in a restaurant kitchen for even a few...

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The logic of the latest Supreme Court ruling has me scratching my head a bit and scrambling to read my copy of the United States Constitution. I found all sorts of references granting rights to people, but none that granted rights to corporations. In fact, apparently there is no right...

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“Greed is good” Gordon Gecko, Wall Street, 1987 And now apparently stupid is in. Stupid is good. At least that is what Diesel wants you to believe. In 2008, we wanted really smart people to be in power. Judging from the current political winds, 2012 may be the year stupid is...

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Bad harmonica playing and Charlie joins in. Fans of Eastenders will recognize the theme song, minus the opening drum roll, of course. (Sorry people in the US.. apparently the BBC does not like Americans watching the show.) Tags: Pop Culture Related posts No related posts....

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I was watching an episode of It’s Me or the Dog yesterday and it struck me that I have never seen a show from Cesar Millan or Victoria Stilwell where they were training folks how to walk their dogs in the snow and ice. Here’s me in the middle of the...

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