* * * COUNTDOWN: 35 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * Earlier this week, in his Roof Rack Report, Ricky described my feeble attempts at getting myself acclimated to the new Audi, the Official Vehicle of LA/XC-3. Obviously, that post put awareness of our upcoming cross-country road trip in the air. The next day I Read More
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Back home in WePo after the long, glorious, perfect-sizzling-sunny-summer-beach-weather weekend in Paradise, aka Montauk. Early-morning breakfast/exercise routine out there was the same for me every day: Hop on my bike (actually, Matt’s bike; his is way better than mine and he was away in Iceland, fcol); ride across Napeague Meadow; cruise Cranberry Hole Road into Read More
I’ve told the story a bunch of times about the night during LA/XC-1 that my Garmin went kablooey on me in the Badlands and I had to slink into a cowboy bar and ask for directions. I knew I’d be pegged as an outsider, but I was hoping to look as little like a pathetic Read More
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No, it’s not your imagination; Robby’s been making way more appearances in Beagle Man than usual lately. That’s cause he’s home from school for the summer, and he and I hang out with Ricky a lot. Here’s our very latest brilliant idea for our beagle’s well-being. We got this brainstorm when an obnoxious air conditioner Read More
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 jokes.” We both think those AT&T “It’s not complicated” spots (pickle roll, puppy brother, at al) with the little kids and the serious adult Read More
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 that he goes before he gets there. But still . . . Earlier this week Ricky was scheduled for just such a Read More
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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 Records standards, Read More
Carol gets home from late-afternoon focus groups in Danbury. She inhales her Arthrotec for her bum knee — and then swallows a handful of Advil for her back spasms. She settles herself down gingerly, very gingerly, on the green couch in the den to check her e-mail — with our old pink heating pad on Read More
The beagle, according to the AKC, is the fourth most popular dog in America, among the 161 recognized breeds. To my mind, this flies in the face of the eyeball test — do you see a lot of beagles in your neighborhood? — but I’m not gonna quibble. I referred to these breed popularity rankings Read More
