Guy's blog about life with pets in northern mich.

Up here in “ Godforsaken Wilderness Forest ”, there is a mythical creature the Chambers of Commerce invented to bring money and tourism into the area. It’s called “ the witchy wolf.” Marilyn was reading to the kids, an article about a foot race run each winter by masochists, and watched by sadists. D. J. believes most anything said by anyone not called Grampa. Of course Marilyn and Ivy delight in scaring the daylights out of him by threatening to feed him to the wolf if he doesn’t stop or do... Sign in to see full entry.

The TV informed me yesterday that; “One in three men will experience prostate problems in their lifetimes.” Well, even though I never bought a ticket in this lottery, I find this statement to be a bit misleading. To me, it means that two out of every three men will never experience prostate problems, in their lifetimes. It does not sound quite so frightening, when said this way, does it? “ Prostate problems ” usually means one of a number of several possibilities, from the inconvenience of... Sign in to see full entry.

I think that the timing of the Israeli retaliation, in response to the Hamas rocket launches, was deliberately chosen to take place during the brief window of opportunity, that opened when the incoming president (Obama) is still impotent, not yet in power, and the discredited, indeed much-reviled, current one, (Butch) who is not inclined to object and is equally impotent, regardless. If the Israelis are as shrewd as they are cracked up to be, I bet that they will have ended their offensive... Sign in to see full entry.

Spike/Forky, my one-horned buck, finally had to come inside from the cold, in order to thaw out. Otherwise, I suspect that when springtime arrived, he would still be hanging out back, one great big bird feeder, and a huge piece of tasteless, freeze-dried venison jerky. I brought the whole deer into our unheated pantry, and it took two days before the meat began to soften, into only being half-frozen. When I brought the carcass inside, heading for the pantry, I had to drag him through the living... Sign in to see full entry.

Late last July I turned the corner at the intersection of US23 and M-65, heading home from work. There in the road, stood a pair of wobbly-legged newborn deer, twin fawns, still wet from birthing, trying to gain control of their pitifully thin little grasshopper legs. They were oblivious to the danger they were in. They had no way of knowing that they were probably doomed to die, while very young. Most fawns are born in early June and do not have to share Momma’s milk with a sibling. Being... Sign in to see full entry.

In the Israeli and Palestinian hostilities, it is very hard to assign the labels of “ good guys ” and “ bad guys ” to the protagonists. We are all limited in deciding what we should think, by government censored and slanted information that is fed to us by “ official sources.” On one hand, I do not understand why the Palestinians hate the Israelis so virulently. Is it because the Jewish people accepted the UN designated formation of a new/old homeland for them. Would the Palestinians refuse such... Sign in to see full entry.

This blog is written for all of you men out there, no girls allowed. All of these recent Captain Morgan, “ Holiday Miracle ” ads are getting much airplay lately. The message apparently is, “ Drink Captain Morgan, and it will transform you into a grinning moron!” Their target audience must be the young and stupid, or the affluent and comparatively advanced alcoholics for whom becoming “ blotto, face down in the parking lot,” is the ultimate goal of an evening out, among one’s friends. We have... Sign in to see full entry.

As I had expected to happen, Marilyn’s rotten, disease infested grandkids have infected me with some deadly pathogen, previously unknown to medical science. At first, I feared that I would die. Later I hoped to, and soon,……… PLEASE? Friday was the sixth “ bad weather day,” this winter, where I work. Of course I don’t go to work on weekends, and today is Monday, another “ bad weather day.” When, after two days of teetering on the edge of life and death, I began to think that survival might still... Sign in to see full entry.

Did you ever have “ one of those weeks?” Better make that, “one of those fortnights? ” My recalcitrant back decided that Spike/Forky would patiently wait in his elevated holding pattern until he thawed into a flexible food source again, ( March?) my toilet needed removing, redesigning and bracing the flooring, replacing the flange, and hooking everything back up again. This all went flawlessly, until I dropped the applicator/metal lid/rod & felt ball of fresh CPVC glue, down the waste pipe. I... Sign in to see full entry.

I do not know about any of you other fellows out there, but I am not sure that I would ever be tempted to take Viagra. I just saw a commercial ad in which it recommended that anyone who takes nitrates should not take Viagra. The ad further stated that taking Viagra, in a case like that, could cause a possibly dangerous drop in blood pressure. My first reaction upon learning this was, “ My God, just how BIG do they predict “Little Guy” is going to become!?" If Viagra diverts SO much blood flow,... Sign in to see full entry.