Beagleman – Page 49

CSI: Westport

Last week I walked into the playroom to a sight I might never see again: Ricky the Beagle asleep on the couch — with an untouched tray of sliced apples not more than than two feet away. I knew what was going on, of course. Ricky, as many of you know, has epilepsy. Not often, but occasionally…

Easter Sunday at Snout Hook

We got off to a late start. Those of you who followed my September cross-country road trip have heard this refrain all too often. (Getting up and getting out has never been my long suit.) I also had to do without my breakfast banana, because Nana, my mother-in-law (no relation to ba-nana), sn…

LA/XC — The Sequel

Last Thursday I ran into an old writing acquaintance at Barnes & Noble. She asked me what I’ve been up to. “You wouldn’t know about this,” I started, “but in September I drove cross-country with my dog . . .” “Of course I know about that, ” she interrupted. This happens to me all the time. …

Beagleness

Why we feel the way we feel about beagles: • The very name “beagle” is a cute name (American Staffordshire Terrier? Rottweiler? Scottish Deerhound? I don’t think so . . . ) • Their velvet ears (OMG!) • The way it looks when those ears blow back and up in the wind • Snoopy is a beagle • Th…

Moms and Madness

This has been a tough March Madness for me. As if it’s not bad enough that I currently wallow in the 24th spot in my son Matt’s 31-person pool, Carol — Matt’s mother and my wife — is in 4th place! Fourth place in a pool with some pretty hardened college hoops aficionados. Fourth place with the…

Snowy Fun

Carol and I spent the weekend before last skiing in Vermont. I should say I spent it skiing in Vermont; Carol had just undergone PRPT — platelet-rich plasma therapy — on both her left knee and right elbow. PRPT is the breakthrough non-invasive alternative to surgery, and it’s getting lots of po…

Jay Beagle? Seriously?

“Just so you know, there’s a player for the Caps [Washington D.C.’s pro hockey team] named Jay Beagle.” This was in an e-mail I received yesterday from a BEAGLE MAN follower from our nation’s capital. No, actually I did not know that. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone famous with the last…

Ricky, Uggie, and Oscar

I’d gone to see The Artist (run-away winner at the Academy Awards yesterday) last month with a big chip on my shoulder. Carol and I usually agree on which movies we choose, but not this time. I have a few rules, and she knows them: No animated films. No movies with subtitles. Okay, so maybe…

What Do Jeremy Lin and Ricky Have In Common?

For me, some of the best parts of Lin-sanity, now well into its third week (I know, I know — doesn’t it seem like we’ve never not known about J-Lin?), are the little things. Like last night’s exchange between Lin and Kris Humphries when they bumped into each other in the tunnel between locker roo…

We Wuz Robbed!

Cinders, the wire-haired dachshund, wins Best in Group for the hounds at Westminster? Are you kidding me? And the two beagles don’t even finish in the money? Did the judge have her eyes open? How could she possibly resist that proud, fluffy flag of a tail on Buddy, the 13-inch beagle from Vi…