Captain Doo apprehends a dog owner who did not pick-up after his pet does her business. The message is simple: “Pick up the pooh.”
Cosmo Dog Park in Gilbert, AZ, is a beautiful area to bring dogs. Humans can appreciate it more than their pets. It’s complete with amenities like “Mutt-Mitt” waste disposal stations, separate use area for active and timid dogs, pet drinking fountains and wash stations, and area lighting for night use. There’s even an amphitheatre. (Say what?! Is that for the dogs or humans?)
So why do pet owners leave them pooh?!? Them dogs do not know better. Where’s the responsibility? Don’t even try to blame them dogs. How hard is it to pick up them pooh when poop bags are already provided?
I feel bad for the neighboring (human) community situated right next to the park.
Park rules are posted at the entrance and designated locations within the park. It’s amazing the town has to still remind irresponsible people of the rules and public health. While Captain Doo may get their attention, maybe it’s better to “Pick up the pooh or lose Fido!” Woof!
Since I do not have cable and, thus, cannot order pay-per-view, I was not able to watch what turned out to be Manny Pacquiao’s most exciting fight (My opinion, of course, since it was a beat down). However, there are so many news reports out there that filled me in about this historic bout. I’ve listed some here:
Pacquiao, who has been described by boxing writers as the “Mexicutioner” because of his demolition of Mexican legends Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik “El Terrible” Morales, and Juan Manuel Marquez and battered pretenders like undefeated Jorge Solis, Hector Velasquez, Emmanuel Lucero, and Gabriel Mira, lived up to his billing by an execution-style annihilation of the game but utterly outclassed Diaz.
Matter of fact, this David would have needed much more than a slingshot — maybe a crowbar — on a night when Pacquiao hit him with everything and left his face looking like a selection at your supermarket meat counter.
Early in the bout, Pacquiao proved once again what’s true in any sport: “Speed kills.” The “Pac Man” would step in and rip off three- and four-punch combinations at a time, before quickly stepping out to reset with a befuddled Diaz looking on.
“He was f****ng fast,” Diaz said. “I didn’t see [the left hand] coming.”
Pacquiao got the surprise of his life after the match when the NBA champions Boston Celtics visited him at the dugout. Pacquiao had predicted the Celtics to win in six games and the world champions repaid that faith by watching the match and cheering for him.
“I’m his No. 1 fan,” Kevin Garnett, standing beside Pacquiao, said.
With Garnett were Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, two members of the Big Three, and the likes of Rajon Rondo and Sam Cassell.
Summer in North America officially starts today at 4:59PM. But all week, Arizonans have already experienced extreme heat ranging from 110°F - 113°F. People are being advised to stay indoors between 10:00AM - 8:00PM.
And I thought summer was the time to enjoy the outdoors…
But then again, the hot weather is a good excuse to head out to the nearest Cold Stone Creamery.
A local radio talk show host rode on a mule for 3 hours from his home to his work under the scorching Arizona sun. He was protesting the “outrageous” price of gas.
Now consider this:
1. Sitting on a saddle is not exactly comfy.
2. With temperatures reaching 100°F, one could really use the A/C. The dry heat feels like an oven.
3. Time is money. Is a 3-hour ride to work practical?
4. Umbrella, sunglasses, sunblock lotion, lots of bottled water, and hay costs money.
5. Shelter for the mule.
6. Mule health insurance.
7. Does the law even allow mules on highways?
8. Designated mule parking?
$4/gallon of gasoline does not seem that bad. I wouldn’t give up the A/C, radio, beverage holder, and comfy seat in a car. I couldn’t imagine getting a mule towed because of heat exhaustion.
It took me a while to switch to a digital camera. My high school graduation gift was a Pentax Zoom 90-WR point-and-shoot camera. It’s built like a tank, water resistant, and still works today.
I did not mind scanning photographs, but it became a hassle when I decided to upload photos for sharing or use in a blog. It took some convincing to go digital. I was not about to spend a fortune.
Enter the $10-special from a drugstore chain. Because it was cheap, what the heck. I would not be too hurt if the camera was a piece of junk… Actually, it was a piece of junk. But it was so easy to transfer photos to the computer that I was sold to the concept. No more film.
The Innovage Mini Digital Camera has 16Mb memory, stores 243 photos, and runs on one AAA battery. It even included a synthetic leather carrying case and a USB cable. I was set!… (or so I thought)…
The initial excitement wore off quickly because of the mondo specs of this tiny piece. As expected, the image quality was poor and indoor shots were just pathetic. The software was flaky. It was not about to enhance my so-called photography skills.
About one month later and a couple of hundred bucks, I bought a Canon PowerShot SD600 digital camera. Now that’s a real camera. I used it to take a picture of this lovely keychain.
I discovered electronica music by accident. I met electronica artist Silverfilter a few years back in one of those numerous newsgroups I’ve signed up with. He introduced me to Electronica Manila, an underground movement at that time in the Philippines. Among the pioneers is Acid42, who has maintained QED Records. It features Philippine electronica artists’ music for free. Yes, you heard it right, FREE! Here’s the “about” info of this cool netlabel:
THE LABEL QED RECORDS is a netlabel originally based in the Philippines, but now recently relocated to Hayward, California. It is the brainchild of Lionel Valdellon. It went online June 25, 2004 as an alternative channel through which he could offer his music free on the web and quickly grew into an online showcase of electronic music made by his countrymen.
THE ETHOS
Free music is good. Online record labels offer a musical diversity unavailable over the counter at your nearest record store. What’s more, because the music is on the web and is free, anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can access it.
This is a means to share the music freely. Music as pure message. It is a revolt against the status quo of music as cliched, banal, disposable commercial product.
In a country like the Philippines, where most commercially available music is either brainless, bandwagon-following novelty pop or plainjane folksy acoustic remakes of older, far more intelligence-deadening radio hits, there are NO avenues for electronic musicians. And yet, the small local community of enthusiasts and home studio producers has thrived. The internet then is an avenue, a way to share and promote the machine music we produce in this little corner of the world.
Welcome to our revolution. Welcome to Q.E.D.
THE NAME
QED : Quod Erat Demonstrandum : that which was to be proven.
A latin phrase written at the end of a mathematical proof to show that the result required for the proof to be complete has been obtained.
It began as a gimmick on the Philippine noontime T.V. gameshow “Game Ka Na Ba (Are You Game)?“, where a correct answer may signal the whole audience to stand up and dance. Filipino choreographer Mel Feliciano together with actor and gameshow host Edu Manzano took an old gay-disco-funk hit from the 1970s, “Papaya”, by Polish jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziack and turned it into a global dance fad–much like the Macarena craze.
Host Edu Manzano said, “The song just kinds of tickles people in the right way… It brings a glint through your eyes, a smile to your face, and a kind of sway to your hips.”
The Papaya Dance was launched in “Game Ka Na Ba (Are You Game)?” on April 2007 and became so popular that by August, Manzano had already released an entire dance album titled “Edu Manzano: World’s Greatest Dance Steps” with “Papaya” as its carrier single
Captain Doo apprehends a dog owner who did not pick-up after his pet does her business. The message is simple: “Pick up the pooh.”
