Those of you who keep up with Beagle Man might recall a recent comment from Sarah, a loyal follower: “Have you ever taken pictures of Ricky’s face,” she asked, “when he’s expressing different emotions — like happy, excited, hungry, frightened?” Unfortunately, I told her, a beagle’s expression always seems to be the same. Unlike, say, [...]
All dogs do it. Ricky does it. But what I want to know is why does a dog shake his ears like that? Let’s be clear. When Ricky comes galloping at me from a distance, ears streaming behind him Dumbo-style — that’s not what I’m talking about. When he tries to “kill” one of his [...]
It’s time to announce the winner of the “Ricky’s Favorite Things” playoffs, and I have to admit, I’m feeling pret-ty guilty — for two reasons. One: Nepotism. Yes, the winner was Matt, my oldest son — with a perfect score of 30. I obviously should have realized that in a contest of this nature, family [...]
Last Sunday, Ricky and I discovered a brand-new hiking area. Well, all right, we didn’t actually discover it. My friend Sarah, who has China the chow chow, told me about it, but Ricky and I did have the whole place to ourselves on Sunday. Well, all right, not exactly to ourselves — but there certainly [...]
Yesterday on the FAN, Joe and Evan were analyzing the Jets’ dwindling playoff chances. I have to admit — earmuffs, Robby — they were more bullish than I am at the moment. Their conversation brought to mind a recent family discussion about what Ricky likes most. Of course, we then started ranking those “likes,” pitting [...]
Yeah, yeah, yeah — the beagle actually landed four weeks ago. I know that. I thought of this title the day after writing “It’s a Wrap,” my first post LA/XC-2 report, and have been wishing I’d used it ever since. Sort of the way Barack felt, I’m sure, on October 4, when he thought of [...]
LA/XC-2 SUMMARY Total state tally LA/XC-2: 26 (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware) Total state tally LA/XC-2 + LA/XC-1 (combined): 31 (additional states from LA/XC-1: Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Utah, South [...]
LA/XC-2 DAYS TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-TWO: SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO; AUSTIN, TEXAS Day Twenty mileage: 333 Day Twenty-one mileage: 376 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 6,214 Weather leaving Santa Fe: 75 and brilliant sunshine Road Music: Texas favorites, in honor of Austin, “Live Music Capitol of the World”: Trish Murphy, Pat Green, Robyn Ludwick, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top; [...]
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LA/XC-2 DAYS NINETEEN AND TWENTY: CALIFORNIA; SEDONA (ARIZONA); ROUTE 66 Day Nineteen mileage: 486 Day Twenty mileage: 413 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 5,506 Weather leaving San Francisco: 77 and sunny Road Music: XM Radio regulars; Adele (21); Singles playlist; Monday Night Football, Packers vs. Seahawks (I could see on the radio that was a terrible call!); [...]
