When it comes to finding ways to keep animals out of spots where they have no business in being, people can get really imaginative. Enter the Blender Defender, the latest and greatest in cat-on-the-counter-replulsing technology!

Have a cat that won’t stay off your counters? I do. I finally got fed up with it enough to do something about it: scare the crap out of him with a motion-detecting blender (while recording the results for my own amusement, of course).

Monty has a new play date, and he’s no less than 10 times bigger than he is.
You better believe he still KNOWS he’s the alpha male, but I think Cooper still loves him anyway…

In the past week I/we did these things (in no particular order):

1. Went golfing with Steve before he left town. Discovered we all suck pretty badly at golf.

2. Went to a Tigers game a few rows back from the dugout.

3. Acted like we knew what we were doing after watching our 100^th episode of The Dog Whisperer.

4. Drank a beer as big as our head.

5. Learned badminton is a sport. No, really. A sport you can hold a beer and cigarette in one hand and still KICK ABSOLUTE ASS with the other. My kind of sport.

6. Went to a theater to see a movie that for once didn’t suck (Batman – go see it).

7. Managed to eat at Toast a) without being hungover, and b) without waiting 2 hours for a table to be open.

8. Stood inside a skyscraper and waved at Windsor.

9. Made it through another week of life.

Ahhh springtime, I had almost forgotten how good you feel. The time of year where the sun warms & the permafrost rolls back to reveal FOUR MONTHS WORTH OF DOG SHIT IN THE BACK YARD.

Par for the course as a dog owner. I guess you can count this my official 1st day of spring. Welcome back to the new weekly yard work routine…

Yep, at the Hazel Park Race Track! Guess he gets to dork it out all day and gamble on his lunch hour.

We’re changing Monty’s food to a less protein rich yet still natural lamb & rice formula to reduce his gas. It’s safe(er) to come over and visit again. Seriously.

My life would be so much easier…

Monty 1, Glasses 0

Thank god for Krazy Glue

Yes, the pictures are fuzzy. I had to take them without my glasses, HELLO! I’ve got an appointment next weekend with the eye doctor, so hopefully the glue lasts a week…
So if anyone wants to come over and entertain the dog tomorrow, be my guest.

I got a letter in the mail yesterday from a claims adjuster for Iams.

It already starts off on the wrong foot as it says they tried to contact me (which they didn’t), and if I don’t respond to the letter within 30 days my claim will be voided. Man I wish I had a lawyer friend…