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 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
I overheard Beagle Man and the Mrs. talking about organizing a “family reunion.” Huh??? I always thought Mrs. B and the B-Man were my mom and pop — and that Matt, Greg, and Robby were my bro’s. Well guess what? Turns out I have this whole other family! There’s my mom, Cookie the Crumbsnatcher (I 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
Maybe it was something I ate, but I wasn’t myself the whole weekend. I couldn’t seem to hold it in, and I peed on the carpet in the living room, the ping pong room . . . pretty much everywhere. Mrs. Beagle Man was beside herself, literally screaming at B-Man: “And you’re actually thinking of Read More
When Mrs. Beagle Man took the train down to Philly over the weekend, she came back not only with Nana, but also with Nana’s 2004 Toyota Corolla. Nana turns 90 this summer, and is finally calling it a career as a driver. (I heard Beagle Man say this is really good news for the rest 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
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To football fans, last month’s Super Bowl meant Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh . . . a 34-minute stadium-wide blackout . . . the Ravens holding off the hard-charging 49ers for the victory . . . and a triumphant finale to the Ray Lewis Farewell Tour. Front and center for animal lovers, though, wasn’t Lewis, or Colin Read More
My brother Matt, who’s always looking out for me, sent Beagle Man a Subaru Facebook page with a photo of some guy and the headline, “Hi, I’m Grant Weber. And I sell cars to dogs.” The site had just what you’d expect in the way of cutesy, gimmicky options: The Subaru Dog Matchmaker asked for Read More
Last weekend, as you heard from Ricky in his latest Roof Rack Report, we spent some time in Vermont with my niece Kat, my grandnephew Teddy, and my nephew-in-law David. (I’m not really an authority when it comes to “relative” nomenclature.) David grew up in Michigan . . . and he and Kat have been Read More
