Posts by Ricky

Meet Samie the Ferret I know, I know — a lot of pix lately of Beagle Man with other pets.  Hmmm.  Well, at least this one’s not another dog, so I don’t really have a problem with it.  Meet my friend Samie the Ferret, who weig…

When Mrs. B first brought up the idea of a visit to the Chapel Hill cousins, Beagle Man said, “Why don’t we drive down and take Ricky?”  Okay, I’ll give him that.  But he caved pretty easily.  When she said it would make more sense to drive to Philly, pick up Nana, and then fly to Raleigh-Durham …

I overheard Beagle Man and the Mrs. talking about organizing a “family reunion.”  Huh???  I always thought Mrs. B and the B-Man were my mom and pop — and that Matt, Greg, and Robby were my bro’s.  Well guess what?  Turns out I have this whole other family!  There’s my mom, Cookie the Crumbsnatche…

Maybe it was something I ate, but I wasn’t myself the whole weekend.  I couldn’t seem to hold it in, and I peed on the carpet in the living room, the ping pong room . . . pretty much everywhere.  Mrs. Beagle Man was beside herself, literally screaming at B-Man:  “And you’re actually thinking of g…

When Mrs. Beagle Man took the train down to Philly over the weekend, she came back not only with Nana, but also with Nana’s 2004 Toyota Corolla.  Nana turns 90 this summer, and is finally calling it a career as a driver.  (I heard Beagle Man say this is really good news for the rest of the drivi…

My brother Matt, who’s always looking out for me, sent Beagle Man a Subaru Facebook page with a photo of some guy and the headline, “Hi, I’m Grant Weber.  And I sell cars to dogs.”  The site had just what you’d expect in the way of cutesy, gimmicky options:  The Subaru Dog Matchmaker [caption id=…

At first, when I heard Cousin Kat and her husband David and Baby Teddy were coming to VT, I’m thinking, how cool is that!  Everyone told me Teddy and I had so much in common — we both weigh exactly the same (29 pounds); we both will eat anything we find — and for the first hour or so, it was…

In two months — April 25, the fourth Thursday in April — it’ll be Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day.  Beagle Man doesn’t have any daughters.  He has three sons, but none of them is home — and I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t want to be taken to work, anyway.  So last week he just up and declar…

Beagle Man puts the crate in the back of the Acura, same as always.  And my blue denim bed.  And my teddy bear.  The cooler.  All the standard stuff.  Mrs. B-Man takes shotgun, so I’m stuck in the backseat.  Now this is a new twist, but I’ll roll with it — for now.  We start off on I-95, heading …

I don’t mean to sound bitchy, but seriously, what does Rerun of Roirdan have that I don’t have?  That’s the three-year-old who won best in breed for 13-inch beagles this morning at Westminster.  Oh yeah, the “sire” is Ch Lanbur Carson City, and the “dam” is Encore Ginny Lind.  Well, excuse me, bu…