Beagleman

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 [cap…

Moms and Madness

Jonathan the Husky Dog: Maybe he should have played

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 mo…

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 …

Jay Beagle? Seriously?

Jay Beagle

“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. [ca…

Ricky, Uggie, and Oscar

And the winner is . . .

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…

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 r…

We Wuz Robbed!

Better than the beagles? Really?

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 h…

Egrets Only

Seriously, can there be a brain in there?

Spotted a lot of creatures while we were down in FLA last week. Ricky wasn’t with us on the trip, so no photos of him in this post. (Robby, feel free to stop reading now.)…

The Curse of Homer

Homer the Beagle: Did Casey get him fired?

You name it, it’s my fault. In my house I get blamed for everything sports-related. Robby didn’t play high school lacrosse? My fault for raising him to be a baseball pl…

Odd Couple

Could . . .

Romeo and Juliet. Antony and Cleopatra. Superman and Lois Lane. Bogart and Bacall. Ricky and Nena. It might not have quite the same ring, but you should see the two of [caption id=”attachment_1158″ align…