And so it is, just like you said it would be

Posted on May 28, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 30 Comments

A gilded opportunity presented itself to me yesterday. After arriving at work in the morning, sicker than I’ve been in a long time, I thought to myself, hey, I could just leave the baby at daycare and take an actual sick day. I could head home, get back into my pajamas and nap for several [...]

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Pavlovian (de)conditioning

Posted on May 13, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 6 Comments

So, last week was a rough one. We’re trying hard to move on, but it’s difficult when every little thing reminds you of someone you lost. You know the saying, can’t teach an old dog new tricks? It’s kind of like that, except you can’t retrain a person to not automatically go to the dog [...]

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Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole

Posted on May 7, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Thanks to all for your kind comments and condolences for the loss of our beagle Sierra. It’s definitely going to take some time to get over this most tragic turn of events in our lives. I think the hardest part of this was seeing how deeply Roth was affected by the loss. I’ve never, ever [...]

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Dog child

Posted on May 6, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 50 Comments

I’ve been meaning to write about our beagle Sierra for many, many weeks now. I’d even started a little something – a manifesto from her to her other beagle buddies, like Gus and Genghis, detailing her plans for an uprising against The Babies. Sierra here. You know, the once much adored, often blogged about beagle [...]

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