Playing Catch-up
Soooo The Friday Before Last…
I was driving to school, when I saw this little girl running around an intersection. I pulled over and she ran right up to me, wriggling ecstatically. She was emaciated and covered in fleas. After a flea bath, I took her to the pound. Later found out that they do not adopt strays out, but automatically put them down after holding them for three days to see if an owner turns up. Pilot came home with me Wednesday. There is another animal rescue in the area that will put her up for adoption if things don’t work out, but so far so good.
I think she is a Boxer/Pointer mix of some flavor. Three months old but a rather placid nature so far. Very sweet and wiggly, big affection sponge. Bit of a puppy-nipper, but we’re working on that. She’s put on some weight and her energy levels are picking up, but she is pretty attentive and picks up training pretty fast (*knocks on wood*).
Generally, it's been a smooth introduction. Rutger has made his disinterest clear and she does not seem to want to push it much. He has the couch and the bed to proclaim his "I was here before you missy!"-ness from, so that is working out. The cats seem fine (Bastet has given her a swat or three), though one member of the feline contingent has made her feelings known...
She's about 5 and 1/2 feet off the floor here. Don't ask me how.
Then again, this is the same girl who...
Lowes
First of all, let me echo Mark Martin sentiments in praising the safety features and softer barriers that allowed Mark to climb out of that awful wreck under his own power. That was the kind of hit that everyone watching on TV automatically flinches everytime they see it: HARD.
It was a very entertaining race and congrats to Kasey Khane for his win. So sorry Elliott’s engine blew, he had a very competitive car there and it would have been so cool to see him finish in the top five. However, between his performance in the last 8 weeks and his teammate Kasey’s performance, things look very good for the #19 car in 2007. I’m looking forward to it. :)
Dale had a good day, struggling, but a good one, finishing 4th, bringing him up to fifth in the standings. Despite Mark Martin’s crash, he only dropped one place. Jeff Burton finished 3rd, widening his point lead and Jimmie Johnson came in second, which wasn’t enough to bring him into the top five.
1. Jeff Burton (#31 Cingular Wireless Chevy, owned by Richard Childress Racing)
2. Matt Kennseth (#17 Dewalt Ford, owned by Roush Racing)
3. Kevin Harvick (#29 Mr. Goodwrench Chevy, owned by Richard Childress Racing)
4. Mark Martin (#6 AAA Ford, owned by Roush Racing)
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#8 Budweiser Chevy, owned by Dale Earnhardt Inc.)
6. Denny Hamlin (#11 FedEx Chevy, owned By Joe Gibbs Racing)
7. Jimmie Johnson (#48 Lowes Home Improvement Chevy, owned by Hendricks Motorsports)
8. Kasey Khane (#9 Dodge who is also the sponsor, owned by Evernham Motorsports)
9. Kyle Bush (#5 Kellogs Chevy, owned by Hendricks Motorsports)
10. Jeff Gordon (#24 DuPont Chevy, owned by Hendricks Motorsports)
Two rookies (Busch and Hamlin) and two veterans (Burton and Martin) make me happy. :D
Tracks coming up:
Martinsville (“The Paper-clip” at .5 mile it’s the circuit’s shortest track that is an elongated oval with concrete corners)
Atlanta (1.5 mile D, with an angular projection of the front stretch)
Texas (1.5 mile oval, one of the fastest tracks on the circuit)
Phoenix (a small track with a big track feel, 1 mile oval with an odd dog-leg on the back stretch)
Homestead - Miami (1.5 mile elongated oval)
From Jeff to Dale it’s only 106 points, meaning in the grand scheme of everything that can happen on the track, it’s still anyone’s ball game, especially since we’re headed for Phoenix which is a track Dale has won a couple times at. From Denny on back it’s and 136 points and down so I don’t think the guys outside the top five have a shot at the Cup. However, a lot can happen in five races, so we will have to see.
News
Well, obviously between the puppage and school I’ve been pretty busy so I’m not up on the news. TV wise it’s seem like this mark Foley thing is dragging on a HELL of a lot longer than it should. Folks, he was a perv and now he’s gone. Yes, it hilarious the “moral majority” party was the one protecting him, but really, with all the issues at stake that effect the country, let it go.
We'll be back to your regular daily outrage shortly. ;)
Now I have Biological Anthropology to get to...
I was driving to school, when I saw this little girl running around an intersection. I pulled over and she ran right up to me, wriggling ecstatically. She was emaciated and covered in fleas. After a flea bath, I took her to the pound. Later found out that they do not adopt strays out, but automatically put them down after holding them for three days to see if an owner turns up. Pilot came home with me Wednesday. There is another animal rescue in the area that will put her up for adoption if things don’t work out, but so far so good.
I think she is a Boxer/Pointer mix of some flavor. Three months old but a rather placid nature so far. Very sweet and wiggly, big affection sponge. Bit of a puppy-nipper, but we’re working on that. She’s put on some weight and her energy levels are picking up, but she is pretty attentive and picks up training pretty fast (*knocks on wood*).
Generally, it's been a smooth introduction. Rutger has made his disinterest clear and she does not seem to want to push it much. He has the couch and the bed to proclaim his "I was here before you missy!"-ness from, so that is working out. The cats seem fine (Bastet has given her a swat or three), though one member of the feline contingent has made her feelings known...
She's about 5 and 1/2 feet off the floor here. Don't ask me how.
Then again, this is the same girl who...
Lowes
First of all, let me echo Mark Martin sentiments in praising the safety features and softer barriers that allowed Mark to climb out of that awful wreck under his own power. That was the kind of hit that everyone watching on TV automatically flinches everytime they see it: HARD.
It was a very entertaining race and congrats to Kasey Khane for his win. So sorry Elliott’s engine blew, he had a very competitive car there and it would have been so cool to see him finish in the top five. However, between his performance in the last 8 weeks and his teammate Kasey’s performance, things look very good for the #19 car in 2007. I’m looking forward to it. :)
Dale had a good day, struggling, but a good one, finishing 4th, bringing him up to fifth in the standings. Despite Mark Martin’s crash, he only dropped one place. Jeff Burton finished 3rd, widening his point lead and Jimmie Johnson came in second, which wasn’t enough to bring him into the top five.
1. Jeff Burton (#31 Cingular Wireless Chevy, owned by Richard Childress Racing)
2. Matt Kennseth (#17 Dewalt Ford, owned by Roush Racing)
3. Kevin Harvick (#29 Mr. Goodwrench Chevy, owned by Richard Childress Racing)
4. Mark Martin (#6 AAA Ford, owned by Roush Racing)
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#8 Budweiser Chevy, owned by Dale Earnhardt Inc.)
6. Denny Hamlin (#11 FedEx Chevy, owned By Joe Gibbs Racing)
7. Jimmie Johnson (#48 Lowes Home Improvement Chevy, owned by Hendricks Motorsports)
8. Kasey Khane (#9 Dodge who is also the sponsor, owned by Evernham Motorsports)
9. Kyle Bush (#5 Kellogs Chevy, owned by Hendricks Motorsports)
10. Jeff Gordon (#24 DuPont Chevy, owned by Hendricks Motorsports)
Two rookies (Busch and Hamlin) and two veterans (Burton and Martin) make me happy. :D
Tracks coming up:
Martinsville (“The Paper-clip” at .5 mile it’s the circuit’s shortest track that is an elongated oval with concrete corners)
Atlanta (1.5 mile D, with an angular projection of the front stretch)
Texas (1.5 mile oval, one of the fastest tracks on the circuit)
Phoenix (a small track with a big track feel, 1 mile oval with an odd dog-leg on the back stretch)
Homestead - Miami (1.5 mile elongated oval)
From Jeff to Dale it’s only 106 points, meaning in the grand scheme of everything that can happen on the track, it’s still anyone’s ball game, especially since we’re headed for Phoenix which is a track Dale has won a couple times at. From Denny on back it’s and 136 points and down so I don’t think the guys outside the top five have a shot at the Cup. However, a lot can happen in five races, so we will have to see.
News
Well, obviously between the puppage and school I’ve been pretty busy so I’m not up on the news. TV wise it’s seem like this mark Foley thing is dragging on a HELL of a lot longer than it should. Folks, he was a perv and now he’s gone. Yes, it hilarious the “moral majority” party was the one protecting him, but really, with all the issues at stake that effect the country, let it go.
We'll be back to your regular daily outrage shortly. ;)
Now I have Biological Anthropology to get to...
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