July 17, 2004 Archives

Just about to head out to the beach and grill my face off. The wife decided to organize a picnic/barbeque and invited a bunch of her classmates along. She's completely incapable of planning any kind of event without turning it into a huge production, so I expect I'll have my hands full grilling stacks of hamburgers and hotdogs while she entertains. Her planning skills usually make for memorable events though.

My pulled pork pseudo-barbeque came out very nicely again, but I'm hoping most people will want bugers so I can take most of it home with me :). I've got about 3 dozen burgers and a Sam's Club sized package of hot dogs to cook. That and the 10 pounds of pulled pork ought to keep people happy.

I just hope we don't get rained out before everything gets started.

My wife likes to watch dog shows on Animal Planet. Sometimes they're interesting. But I've always wondered why they don't put the dogs through any kind of skill test...kind of like the talent contest in beauty pagents.

After all, these dogs are being judged to see how they compare to the breed standard, and most dogs are bred for a particular purpose or task. So how can a dog be judged best of breed if they don't test to see if the dog can do what it was bred for? Sure, a dog can look good, but what if it's dumb as a post? Some best of breed that would be.