We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:14:44 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Who were a tad grumpy they stayed here while we went to visit the Center of the Familial Universe. Top 10 [Heh, they can't count) Exterior Guard "pet" peeves about the Armorer. 1. Blaming your farts on us . . not funny . . . not funny at all! ! ! 2. Yelling at us for barking. Do we yell at YOU for TALKING? We're FRIGGIN' DOGS, YOU IDIOT! It's what you hired us for (and about that pay thing...) 3. Taking us for a walk, then not letting us check stuff out. Exactly whose walk is this anyway?... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:03:30 -0600 *What* multi-post? *saunters off whistling off-key* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37060 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37060 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:38:59 -0600 Well. That explains it. And here I thought John was keeping a pet pig... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37059 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37059 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:37:52 -0600 Sorry for the multi-post - proxy server decided to act up. Hopefully John can delete these extras. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37058 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37058 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:32:06 -0600 It's the forced perspective. We look and see Houdini and without any reference class him as "Doberman". Dobermans are of a known size. Which makes Whiskey an 'unknown' of enormous estimated size. When you know Houdini is about cat-sized then Whiskey snaps back to normal. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37055 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37055 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:24:37 -0600 Doberman"... And while Whiskey *is* a porker, he's not *that* big... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37031 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37031 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:23:46 -0600 I'm with Ry on this one.. The 'black and brown thing' looks like a Doberman in that photo, which puts the 'black and white thing' on the left into the 300-600lb sow range.. Odd forced perspective or something going on in that photo.. Fella on the left looks like he has a bigger neck than my buddy's 110lb Malamute, Maddox. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37029 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37029 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 02:31:36 -0600 There's three all told, Ry - Shadow, Whiskey, and Houdini, in descending age *and* size. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37024 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37024 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:06:49 -0600 The "black and white thing" is a medium-sized mutt. The little black and brown thing is a Rat Terrier named Houdini. He's a small 'un. The tubby fella is a Jack Daniels terrier named Whiskey. Cuz' he's a licker. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37022 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37022 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:57:25 -0600 No, not the black and brown thing laying down, but the big black and white thing to the *left* of the rather avg. looking lab. I can't tell if that's garbage or a really freakin' huge dog)top left corner of the second picture). http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37020 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37020 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:49:56 -0600 Heh. Tell that to the people who've been flooded by Stranger Creek (no, we *don't* live nearby) or Three Mile Creek (so called because it's measured from the flagpole of the oldest Fort west of the Mississippi... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37018 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37018 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:11:12 -0600 Shadow is a Black Lab, you pansy. And that's what a mulching mower is for. It's all fertilizer! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37017 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37017 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:09:44 -0600 That's why waders are so popular in Kansas, even though there aren't a whole lot of streams (other than the Missouri Rivulet)... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37014 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37014 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:32:04 -0600 OMG, is that black and white thing a dog or a small cow? I didn't think even St. Bernards got that big. Forget asking me to mow the lawn. It'd take half the day to make it safe, unless you wanted to make Chariot of Argghhh! into the Feces Flinger 9000. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37011 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37011 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:22:56 -0600 pile of gack. But no loss--moles make lousy drummers... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37006 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37006 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:37:01 -0600 That's not a rabbit, it's a viciously gnawed on rope chew toy. The mole population did decline over the summer, however. As we discovered when I noted little feet in a pile of gack... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37005 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37005 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:32:11 -0600 Heh. From the looks of things, *somebody's* discovered that rabbits zigzag in a predictable pattern. Are their tularemia shots up to date? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37003 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/a_note_from_the_exterior_guard.html#comment-37003 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:08:11 -0600