I was reading an article in The New York Times awhile back that gave me paws.  (Aha!  Two “gotcha’s” in the same sentence!  You didn’t know I could read, and you thought Beagle Man was the only one around here who could make stupid puns.)  It was about Ricky, my pet animal, rides shotgun Robby and I laugh at a lot of the same stuff.  Sometimes we even make identical puns simultaneously.  I find his deadpan tweet-humor hilarious.  He laughs hysterically at my corny “daddy jo…

Robby and his college friends, Sam and Jon, had just come back from golf at Longshore.  Though I’d been hanging with them just a few hours earlier, I act as if I haven’t seen them in years — I do this — my tail wagging furiously.  So of course they The kids fuss over him; Ricky makes the best of it Let’s face it.  When your dog has a command performance to make — especially when it’s inside — there’s one thing you’re going to worry about.  Oh, sure, you can see to it th…

When I was a puppy, I actually loved going to the vet.  I’d bound up the stairs, dart into the waiting room, sit back and let everyone admire me.  Next, I’d smell all the dogs’ heinies, try to steal some kibble from the “take some if you need it” pile (I needed it), Do I really need this shark suit to look cute? Wow — I think I may have found my soul mate.  Listen to this e-mail from my new pal Brinkley:  “You posted you’re looking for stories and pictures to be featured in My Pals. I pe…

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…

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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’ve said many times that there is absolutely nothing my dog won’t eat.  I’ve lied.  He won’t eat grapefruit. I find this more than a little ironic, since I’ve eaten more grapefruit than any other human who has ever walked this earth.  I’m not sure I could prove that to, say, Guinness World Recor…