C'est la Vie by Jennifer Babcock for July 02, 2011

At least the homeless people can’t be euthanized. The Koch brothers haven’t gotten that far yet.

No, Mona, nooo! Sometimes, the truth is better left unspoken. Poor Donna! Mona is going to drive her right over the edge if she doesn’t back off some! Go with “cute, fuzzy puppies”!

There’s a movie about “Old Yeller.” There’s a song about “Old Blue,” but howcome nobody ever names their dog “Old Brown”?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2TZ_zQjMfQ

Forget it Mona. Just give her some NyQuil and wake her up when the test results are in. It will be less painful for all involved.

Ray C, A. Whitney Brown used to do a rourtine about the dogs he had as a kid:

“We named the black one ‘Blackie’, and the brown one ‘Brownie.’ My family didn’t have a lot of imagination when it came to names. Just ask my sister, Pinkie.”

When I was a younger man (and more confused), I contemplated getting a job at the Animal Shelter, so that if the doggies had to be killed, at least they’d be killed by someone who loved them. It seemed like some form of compassion, at the time.

I also felt that if I could steel myself to doing THAT, I’d later be able to handle anything. It was some form of Nietzschean, G. Gordon Liddy exercise in Will.

Youth. Go figure.

(For the record, I’ve NEVER watched “Ol’ Yeller”, and NEVER will…)

I watched old yeller for the first time a couple of years ago. i was at my mom’s so i was trapped. about half way through the movie she looks over and says “are you crying already! nothings happened yet.” i said yeah but it will! disney really traumatized my me from Bambi to Lion King.