What I did not do today

[altivo]

I didn't watch any Super Bowl stuff, not even the Puppy Bowl. The latter might tempt me but we have no access to it anyway.

I didn't edit the spinning guild newsletter, which I really should have done.

I didn't do my barn chores early, because it was snowing at the inch per hour rate then.

I didn't take a nap, though I wanted to.

I didn't weave, though I should have.

I did do some stuff, of course. I made supper (pasta casserole with zucchini and home made Italian sausage bits) and dessert (old fashioned gingerbread with applesauce.) I got some reading done. I ran a load of laundry through. I submitted a portfolio of writing samples in order to be considered for the role of contributing writer to the Tai-Pan Project.

Snow was coming down hard this morning. In all, by noon I think we accumulated nearly four inches of new powder on top of the blizzard leavings from Wednesday last week. Now we're heading into another round of frigid air, as we usually get after a snowstorm.

Tomorrow is Red's last day of basic obedience class. Wednesday will be his first day of beginning agility training.

Comments

[schnee]

OK, I'm curious. What's the Puppy Bowl? :)

[altivo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_Bowl

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/

Much more entertaining, far less obnoxious. Besides, the players are cute and innocent, and it promotes pet adoption.

[schnee]

*watches* Awwww, that's SO cute. ^.^

Dogless

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

And yet, there are no National Football League teams named for canines. Five cats, four birds, two horses, and four other mammals, but no dogs. I just realized this. I also just realized I have a lot of trivial clutter in my head. :)

Re: Dogless

[altivo]

Yeah, it seems like there ought to be a "Wolves" somewhere at least. Unfortunately, most of the canine names that suggest aggression and fierce behavior have all sorts of negative associations. I can't imagine the "Pit Bulls" or the "Fighting Mutts" for instance, though perhaps "Bulldogs" could happen.

Obviously no one is going to root for the "Poodles" or the "Yorkies" right? And though Chihuahuas can be really ugly in packs, I doubt any pro team would choose them as a symbol either.

Going to the dogs

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

There are a few huskies in college sports. The University of Washington should play the University of Connecticut more often, for example, since both are the Huskies.

But dogs are pretty rare in all the pro leagues. There are the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team — their logo is really cool, you might like it — and the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team. That's all I can think of off the top of my head (admittedly I'm not spending a lot of time on it).

Re: Going to the dogs

[altivo]

Northern Illinois University (Dekalb) has the Huskies as well. And a nice logo.

Malamutes would make a good team mascot as well. Large, muscular, and noted for fierce independence. Various terriers might qualify, I guess, if you stay away from the pit bull imagery.

Border collies? Hmm, maybe not. Red wolves? Lobos? Wolfhounds? I could perhaps imagine a southern team choosing some kind of hound for a mascot...

Re: Going to the dogs

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

Southern Illinois University's teams are the Salukis, which to me is pretty obscure and therefore cool.

NIU should play Michigan Tech, as they, too, are the Huskies.

Lobos sounds familiar. Maybe a minor league baseball team in the southwest? I'm not quite that sports-geeky to know.

University of Georgia's teams are the Bulldogs. (Unless they spell it "Bulldawgs"; they just might.) I remember a couple of weeks ago they got a top football recruit and they showed him with a bulldog puppie, cutest little guy in the hands of a big hulking lineman-type.