if I had a dime

If I had a dime for every time a teacher told my parents,"he seems smart enough, just needs to apply himself more", I could retire.

To my way of thinking I did apply myself, just had a hard focusing on the nonsense I was being fed. The Simon and Garfunkel song, Kodachrome, pretty well sums up my life.

I spent much of the day playing with the dogs, instead of what I really should have been working on, which led me to thinking how shaggy the big beast was, which led to trying to figure out when he should get a haircut.

Typically, his spring cut, is what is known as a puppy cut in the trade. His hair is about an inch long, and he's really cute. If he is terribly matted, or the barber is inexperienced, he gets shaved.

I can't bear to look at him when he looks like a bald deer. I know he is embarrassed for himself. It's days before he'll even go outside.

Then the stars aligned. The baby of the house is a Shih Tzu, which translates into Lion Dog.


I came across this in my travels. It's not a Ted, The Wonderdog kind of dog, but it's close enough.

I'm already in the dog house from yesterday, Mrs. T says absolutely not (abso-posalutely). What do you think?

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