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Turkey Trotting

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It’s vacation time in Turkeyland. The summer heat has withered this Turkey’s wattles, so I’ll be grabbing Artificially Sweetened and Da Cupcake and heading north for a while. Oh, sure, y’all have been in the throes of a heat wave up there for a while now, but at least the nighttime temperatures will be respectably sleepable.

I won’t be posting much, if anything, while I’m away from steamy Central Florida. When I return, I’ll dive right into to what appears to be a topsy-turvy season for the Nittany Lions.

I hope all of you are having an enjoyable summer and beating the heat in an enviable way.

Renaissance Mutt

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Cosmo, a dear canine friend, left this Earth on June 14, 2010, deeply saddening those of us who knew and loved him. Cos was the kind of dog that easily found his way into the heart of anyone he deemed worthy of his company, which was mostly everyone. He was a great, big, lovable mutt. He was very special.

Most dogs are chosen by their owners  at the pet shop, at the pound, or via private puppy transactions. Cosmo, on the other hand, actually chose his owner, R.D., showing up at the front door one evening back in the late 1990s. R.D. was between dogs at the time; thus, the situation was ripe for an ad hoc adoption. Cos was a youthful hound, but he unfortunately displayed evidence of prior abuse. R.D. has long pondered, but never really knew, whence Cosmo came and what were the circumstances of his early life and subsequent liberation. [Read more…]