Did you hear the news? Glenn Beck had his appendix removed! Ack! Not sure if he had it done laparoscopically or if he’s getting the old slice-n-dice. More and more it’s being done laparoscopically, which means no telltale right-side-of-tummy scar. But I have one! Here I present me and my fellow onetime-appendectomy patient/friend Bryan. In case it’s not clear, we are showing off our scars. But wait! There’s a cute animal there too! Ergo:

CUTE ANIMALS WITH OBSOLETE THINGS: Vol. IV, Is. 2

The dog belongs to my family. His name is Taxi. He’s 150-lbs and very snuggly. You could pet him all day. No, really: he’s big enough that it could take all day.

Dog licks dog (This has nothing to do with OBSOLETE)

I just thought I’d share:

My mom and step-dad’s two dogs are named Taxi and Sketch. Taxi is bigger than me. By a little. Actually, he’s kind of the proportions of Falcor in The Neverending Story. Sketch is small and black and, under duress, could fit in a large shoebox. (Not that this is really that relevant to the story, but they are both male). From 7:20 PM to 8:30 PM, I watched Taxi lick Sketch. He licked him mostly on his back. But he was an equal-opportunity licker. Sometimes he’d lick his front. If Sketch moved, Taxi moved too. In this way, they did a kind of dance. Sometimes, it seemed like Sketch moved just to help him get a better angle. Occasionally, Taxi licked Sketch in another room. At the end of the congress, Sketch was completely wet. He spent an hour rubbing himself on the carpet, seemingly in an effort to dry off. During this time, I Googled “My dog keeps licking another dog.” The resulting list of hits is cracking me up.

The tags for this post are pretty good, too.

That’s all.