Well, the new member of our family will be little Zola, who you have not seen yet.
(many thanks to the IP-challenged Weasel for linking in my puppeh)
She sounds like a wonderful match in temperament and as I said appearance counts less than personality for a new K-9 family member. But she looks beautiful and I’m in love already.
A name? Don’t know until we have had her a few days and then I was pondering something out of greek mythology that was appropriate or perhaps german. Of course it’ll take a huge debate (and Girlhead already has a number of intestine-knotting suggestions. Eeek.)
Zola, The Quiet One
As described to me by Cruel Wife:
She’s a little bit smaller than the others, very outgoing and affectionate, but doesn’t as much of the active/high-strung tendencies as some of the others. I think (the breeder) put it that Zola was a little more reticent or cautious in a new environment until she familiarized herself (compared to rushing in and checking everything out straight off the bat).
Update: After many names like Ms. Floofypants and Cutypants, I’m putting my favorite in: Exxy. Short for Exsanguinator (exsanguination – look it up).
NO, I wouldn’t really do that. Jeez. I like Allen’s suggestion in the comments though.
Update (non-pup):
Is there no oversight at all? Gov. Officials Probed About Illicit Sex and Gifts. Get it? Get it? PROBED. Oh, that’s rich. It’s also disgusting.
BIDEN: ‘HILLARY MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER PICK THAN ME’… Yikes. When those are your choices, things are grim.
Dems: Somebody shut them up before they keep shooting themselves in the foot. Repeatedly. May I note that only in a rare few circumstances are reporters focusing on platforms and issues? I know, hard to believe but true.
Carol Fowler – “I clumsily was making a point…“ Really? Whodathunkit?
Classy. Really classy. Good p-shop tho.
Steve Cohen, likening Obama to Christ (Obamassiah) and Palin to Pontius Pilate
[...] Yes, after weeks of hype and tease and adorable puppy photos, the Glorious Lemur King has finally picked out a damn dog. [...]
I am practically screaming “awwwww”. I love puppies.
Speaking of mythology, I just learned while homeschooling my kiddies that the days of the week are named after Norse gods. I never knew this, but perhaps you did.
Monday-Moon Day
Tuesday-Tiu’s Day (female)
Wednesday-Woden’s Day (god of war. Now you know where that weird “n” comes from)
Thursday-Thor’s Day
Friday-Freya’s Day (female)
Saturday-Saturn Day (I always thought it had something to do with the Sabbath)
Sunday-obvious
And not just any damn dog, my sweet wittle adorable ball of fluff who will grow up to defend home and castle from liberals and commies of all stripes.
She can decide whether or not to wear lipstick.
Congratulations Lemur family on your new baby! She is beautiful.
I like weasel’s suggestion of Pretty Princess Poofypants.
pnb, upon all that is good and sacred (puppies, smoked pork, and ZZ-Top) please, not Poofypants.
The first time the dog got out I’d be reduced to two options:
1) die of shame, wandering the neighborhood yelling “Here Ms. Poofypants!”
2) write the dog off and move on
Ahh what a cute little puppy.
Oooo, can we help? You have to go with “Fang” then that brain picture will be permanently etched in your consciousness.
Glad to be of assistance.
Seriously, no problemo.
Allen, I’m thinking ::BrainFang:: to really set the imagery firmly in mind of everyone involved.
awwoooooo. AwwwoOOOOooooOOO! My blog is dead!
ooohhh!!!
Ok…
That’s it.
I’m stoping in my cross country tour towards Vancouver.
Sorry for the MIA act… just been really hectic over in these here parts… but I didn’t forget about you!!! I know I have some catching up to do!
Damn Weas… I am indeed sorry. How dead is “dead”?
“Dead” as in flush it with honors, or “dead” as in it can be restored from a backup?
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Hey KC – you’ve got a lot on your plate. I figured you’d be busier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I’ll still be here if I survive this deadline. It’ll be an 18 hour workday today (blech). I’m starting to get a bit fuzzy around the edges. I’m at hour 14 now…
LK, my favorite deadline story. A buddy of mine was putting together a clean room for a wafer fab plant for Intel. He had put in 40 hours straight, and gives me a call:
“Allen, I’ve got something I can’t figure out, what’s the atomic number of carbon?”
Dude get some rest.
aww. she is so cute. call her wendy (hint hint wink wink!)
Yeah, I’ve done that stint, Allen (although missing carbon is pretty trashed). We did a 24 hour straight data collection from a 300ft tower after a day’s setup. Then after it got light again, we went out and pulled netting off of equipment, and then because we all felt so fresh we cleaned up and went to breakfast during the afternoon.
I was SO tired I couldn’t sleep. It was hell.
Hint duly noted W^2…
Congrats on the new pup! How about Contessa de la Cuteypooch?
Seriously though – do you ever work normal hours?
Cuteypooch? Oh you guys.
How about Shredder(ette)? Or Exsanguinator (Exxy)? Manly-man girl-dog names.
In this biz, the refrain is “Feast or Famine”. I’m lucky – I’m a Foie Gras Engineer – force fed because they want to eat my liver, or something like that. Put another way, I have job security.
Having been ungainfully unemployed at one time in my career for 8 months I appreciate just how bad the other side of that equation can get.
Nah, I don’t like Exxy. I would go with the longer version. A puppy that wears cute fluffy pants needs a unique name she can grow into.
My girl pigs are called, Neva – I was told it meant ‘snow’, in Cherokee. She is white, of course, and very smart. The other is called ‘Abby’. Adopted her in Springfield, IL, along with a boar I named ‘Lincoln’. If she were my human child she would be on a leash, wearing a helmet.
The boys are ‘George’, he has long black hair and wears fluffy white pants; ‘Lincoln’, and ‘Bigglesworth’.
Poor weasel. I hope the Obamabots aren’t doing voodoo on you because of your dripping hopeychangey melt.
BTW, when you invite all of us over for tea, please point out what you use as a kitchen table, so we can sit somewhere else.
pnb – that is a really really good point. Sharp and incisive as usual.
Michele – that is interesting indeed.
Now, totally not serious but kinda tangentially related – Anybody remember the 1986-ish revival of the Twilight Zone?
There was a story with Bruce Willis, where he calls home accidentally and the person who answers the phone is another version of himself, who turns out to be his better half trying to exorcise him, the bad half.
The story spanned several days and the days were introduced with variants like: Duesday, Woundsday, Freeday (i think), and Shatterday. Neat touch.
exsanguination …. LOL.
I’m glad you picked her: I thought her the cutest. Sorry I can’t comment much — I’m working in another dept. for a couple months (or longer) and don’t have much innernets (I’m still down at home
). It’s a great life if you don’t weaken, as my dad used to say.
Hi felix –
I thought you tested automobiles and were lucky enough to not be tied to a computer. Did I totally miss that boat?
No, you’re absolutely right … but in my “regular” spot, I have my “own” PC to peruse the innernets on my lunch break. At the training spot, I have only very occasional access. In this job, I’m running a car on a dyno, for emission testing — Save the planet! Oooooh, I just flashed on The Goracle and made myself sick …..
How the heck did you manage to get into that kind of job felix? It sounds to the outside observer (me) like it’d be a fun-tastic job.
Uh… I’m naive and unedumacated… what is the Goracle?
It has its moments (in both directions)
I started out driving a school bus and migrated to this.
The Goracle = Al Gore.