Saturday, October 24, 2009

Tucker Tape Parade


This is our new pup, Tucker. He's twelve weeks old in this video taken today. I wanted to email this to my daughter, Jessica, in West Virginia, but the file is too large. Hopefully I can link this to the email I send her so she can see how he has grown. We got him at eight weeks old. He is a real pisser! Very intelligent and sensitive. I took him for a walk in our woods today and he just loved it.

The video was shot on a Canon Power Shot A590 digital camera. It's a little darker than I'd like. It was taken inside on a gloomy day and there are no movie lights on this little digital camera.
It's pretty good for a digital camera, though.

Tucker's ears have just started to stand up in the last week. They still have a ways to go, but they're pretty sharp. He's funny when he tries to scoot around the house. He's very clumsy and not real fast. His huge paws sound like a little horse romping through the rooms.

My wife, Patti, was sweeping the floor today and Tucker kept grabbing the broom. She said, "He doesn't bother the vacuum cleaner when I use that." My daughter, Lisa, said, "So, just make a noise like a vacuum cleaner while you sweep." Patti did just that, he gave her a funny look and didn't touch the broom once. What goes through his mind?!?

He's a real good boy!


Sunday, August 9, 2009

A Rainy Sunday

We were very spoiled last week. Five straight days with no rain. Today it has been rainy all day. Severe storm warnings in Tioga and Broome Counties with sixty mile an hour winds. We got lots of heavy rain, no high winds here at the house.

The Dodgers are in first place but sinking fast. They can't seem to find a way to win the close ones lately. I still can't stand Manny. He has sucked lately in the pressure situations. Two games in the last week he could have won with a timely hit and he has failed. Put Pierre back in the lineup.

We saw a 2010 Mustang the other day in Binghamton. Nice!

The Jets are practicing in Cortland this year. I have thought about going up to see them, but probably won't. Ray Simek's son got sixteen autographs last Thursday after a scrimmage. One was Mark Sanchez's, their first round draft pick out of USC. From reports I've heard he will probably start this year. Clemons is not performing up to standards.