Posts by Hank

Yup, you remember correctly:  Vermont — the place where Kemba cut his paw wide open in mid-November, forcing him to the D.L. for an entire month.  But Vermont is also, for a cold-weather dog who hails from Nova Scotia, a little slice of doggy heaven.  And as they say, you gotta get right back on…

You haven’t heard from me much lately.  I’ve been too depressed.  It’s been a tough three-and-a-half weeks since my little boy cut his paw wide open at Gale Meadows Pond in VT.  He’s had to keep it tightly bandaged, wear that ridiculous cone, do next to nothing, and report to the doc every couple…

I was in desperate need of relief from the melancholy of being around my poor little Duck Toller, whose paw injury has him more or less under house arrest and condemned to wearing a cone for at least another week.  (Imagine trying to tell a tornado to stay in the playroom.)  So Tuesday night, afte…

Oh, no!  My boy’s back in the cone again!  And the doc says he’ll have to wear it for 10 days!  Along with no activity!  Can anyone imagine my 15-month-old turbo-charged little red duck dog not running and swimming and fetching and jumping for 10 days??  Wish me luck.  This is not going to be pre…

What I really wanted to do this past weekend was meet my new grand-dog, Ruckus.  But I couldn’t.  The poor little guy was diagnosed with a pretty serious case of pneumonia his first week out of the shelter, and even though he was home with Greg and Kelly by Friday, he still wasn’t allowed to ente…

I am so excited! Yesterday my son Greg and my daughter-in-law Kelly, a young, dog-less couple, walked into an Animal Care Center in Harlem, and walked out with their new puppy, Ruckus Herman, an 8-month-old, 30-pound pit bull-and-whatever mix!  The proud parents say he’s a real sweety, and that on…

Yes, I know it’s not Monday.  Thanks. All right:  Time to wrap up and break down My Favorite 300 Songs Ever . . . By Decade: 1970’s:   62 1980’s:   58 2000’s:   57 1960’s & 2010’s:   52 1990’s:   15 1950’s:    4 Year with Most Songs on the List: 2011:   18 By Artist A word or two of clarificati…

Coming Wednesday: The Top 100!   Yup, that’s what I promised on Monday! (Wait?  It’s Friday?  Hey, c’mon.  This is a blog.  It’s not like . . . science.) * Each song’s previous rank is listed in parenthesis 100.The Last Worthless Evening / Don Henley / 1989  (85) 99.  Texas On My Mind / Pat Green /…

* Each song’s previous rank is listed in parenthesis 200.  Ain’t Dead Yet / Sonia Leigh / 2011  (55) 199.  Hit Me With Your Best Shot / Pat Benatar / 1980  (200) 198.  Gimme Shelter / Rolling Stones / 1969  (123) 197.  It’s Only Love / Tina Turner & Bryan Adams / 1984  (114) 196.  Ball and Cha…

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