"Nobody Will Adopt A Three-Legged Dog" Part 2

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Thursday November 08, 2012 · 3:15 PM PST

2012/11/08 · 15:15

As told in the previous installment, we live in a small rural, unincorporated town in Central Missouri. We've taken in and fostered countless cats but one day, our path intersected with that of a dog left behind by somebody owning a "weekend home" along the river.

At this point, the dog, Bozo, had been taken in by an elderly brother and sister who lived two small lots up the street from us...and he still had all four legs.

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Wednesday November 07, 2012 · 4:16 AM PST

2012/11/07 · 04:16

So said I back in March 2006. Mrs grog and I, cat people poster children, were faced with the prospect of finding homes for a neighbor's two cats and his three-legged dog. Our neighbor was an elderly man finally moving out of his rather squalid existence and into senior assisted apartments. They didn't allow pets and we assured him and his one living relative, a niece, that we'd handle placing the animals.

Given where we live, in the second reddest county in Missouri, a rural place where animal attitudes remain antiquated, trying to place animals in good homes is problematic at best. But placing "defective" animals? Impossible. Remember, attitudes here are antiquated, thus, a three-legged dog isn't viewed as good for much. Follow be below the squiggle for the start or our 6+year canine journey.

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Tuesday June 26, 2012 · 2:51 PM PDT

2012/06/26 · 14:51

Good ole Senator McCaskill, "my" senator. Once again, she shows just how clueless she can be:

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/...

Charlie Pierce puts it best (as always):

Is there a Democratic incumbent outside of the state of West Virginia less worth re-electing than Claire McCaskill in Missouri? That it remains vitally important that she be re-elected makes me want to remove my eyeballs with fondue forks. And, no, I don't believe the anonymous aide's bullshit explanation, either.
One day, Claire. The voters of Missouri can't spare the electricity of your very presence for one fcking day so you can support a president of your own party, and express solidarity with the national party that you're going to need to get re-elected so you can go back to the Senate and start worrying about "common ground" again? It's one thing to be a coward. It's another to be an ingrate. It's quite amazing to be both.

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Wednesday April 11, 2012 · 7:23 AM PDT

2012/04/11 · 07:23

Nothing like creating a day celebrating mediocrity in the consumer audio market. Ah, the good old 8 track. It was a very successful audio format for its day but the basic design was notoriously unreliable, tapes broke constantly and it "somehow" didn't include the basics one would expect in any tape machine: the ability to fast forward and reverse, erase and record.

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Let's take a look back at something that's come to symbolize the 60s and the 70s.

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Tuesday February 07, 2012 · 3:19 PM PST

2012/02/07 · 15:19

This is an amazing speech:

The VP is addressing the 2012 Communications Workers of America's Legislative-Political Conference.

His speech should remind everybody here of why we're here.

grog

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Wednesday September 14, 2011 · 12:01 PM PDT

2011/09/14 · 12:01

Following the roller coaster ride that is the Greek debt crisis (and by extension, the Euro Zone debt crisis) can leave one more than a bit confused. One week the economic pundits and world markets proclaim everything's fine; the next week markets nose dive worldwide. Trying to understand the arcane mechanisms of international finance, sovereign debt management and the politics surrounding all of it is a full time job. We don't have time for that! We're here to elect more and better Democrats, not worry about the "soft underbelly of Europe" as ole Winston Churchill once said.

So, just how did they get to this point? It can easily be explained by using mice and cheese.

grog

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Sunday February 20, 2011 · 10:59 AM PST

2011/02/20 · 10:59

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Friday November 19, 2010 · 9:32 AM PST

2010/11/19 · 09:32

Just stumbled across this from a link in the comments section at Balloon Juice:

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Wednesday May 05, 2010 · 1:18 PM PDT

2010/05/05 · 13:18

Video of a minor drug bust back in February is making the rounds on the internet:

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Thursday July 30, 2009 · 1:06 PM PDT

2009/07/30 · 13:06

I know, you're thinking "we know this" but now it's official! Why? Because it's on Wikipedia and if it's on Wikipedia it must be true, right?

In the words of Dave Barry "I am not making this up" or as they'd say in the Marine Corps "This is a no shitter":

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I have no idea who managed to get this into Wikipedia but my hat is off to them.

Just thought I'd screen shoot it and post it here before it's edited to take out the truth.

Day 5: Million Bucks for our Shelter.

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Friday April 17, 2009 · 12:26 PM PDT

2009/04/17 · 12:26

Earlier this week, I diaried, here and here about a contest in which a shelter recieves up to one million dollars for a "makeover". The voting lasts one week so this is my almost daily reminder for you to vote if you haven't done so.

Details on how to register and how to vote can be found in the link provided. And if you're a Kossack from one of the other shelters in the contest, you go! We're all in this together and while I'd dearly love to see the Central Missouri Humane Society, all of us could use the money and all of us are doing good things so here's hoping for the best!

Today, a story the trials and tribulations of cat fostering.

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Tuesday April 14, 2009 · 12:12 PM PDT

2009/04/14 · 12:12

Yesterday, I diaried about a contest in which a shelter recieves up to one million dollars for a "makeover". The voting lasts one week so this is my daily reminder for you to vote if you haven't done so.

Today, a happy shelter story to bring some light onto the whole experience.

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