Poo in the suburbs

Alternate titles for this blog:

24 piles in 2 blocks
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Not my dog
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The case of the Phantom Shitter

Which ever way you look at it. It's unnecessary.

During my past two years in condoland, I have observed a disturbing behavior that drives me crazy when I take Buster for a walk...There is dog poo all over the place.

Yet it doesn't seem to belong to anyone.

"Not my dog," seems to be a typical response. Also common is, "I always pick up after my dog."

Which leads us to the case of the Phantom Shitter. If all of us who own dogs in the suburbs either have dogs that don't poop at all or pick up after our dogs all of the time, then the only possible solution is a phantom creature who's purpose for being is to cruise through neighborhoods late at night strategically placing doggie poo shaped pieces in home owner's yards to cause grief and finger pointing among neighbors.

This creature must take special delight in visiting the gated community near my town home. As I was walking taking notice of the high volume of poo on my way home this evening, I decided to count the piles for the last two blocks leading up to my house. That's right, 24 piles of poo in 2 blocks. I never saw that kind of crap when I lived downtown...is this a suburban thing?

I propose the following:
#1 Buy one of these handy poo baggie dispenser thingys from Pet Nation so you always have bags with you

#2 If you're busy or lazy, call someone like Dr. Scoopy Poo to pick up what your pup leaves behind

It's too bad that it is not socially acceptable to rub a human's nose in poo and tell them "NO! Either pick that up or do it in your own damn yard!" That'd put a different spin things, wouldn't it?

Eclair love

It's getting to be BBQ season and every good BBQ deserves to be followed with a killer desert. My sister shared this recipe with me a couple of years ago and it deserves to be shared with anyone who is a fan of chocolaty goodness. Oh, it also happens that this treat is super easy to make....

Enjoy!

Easy Eclair dessert

27 whole graham crackers
3 cups cold milk
2 pkgs (4 servings) Jello Vanilla instant pudding
1 tub (16oz) Cool Whip, thawed
1 container (16oz) ready to spread chocolate fudge frosting

Arrange 1/3 of the crackers on the bottom of a 13 x 9 baking pan, breaking crackers to fit if necessary.

Pour milk into large bowl. Add pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Gently stir in cool whip.

Spread 1/2 of the pudding mixture over the crackers. Spread 1/2 of the remaining crackers over the pudding. Top with remaining pudding mixture and crackers.

Remove top and foil from frosting container. Microwave frosting in container on high for 1 minute or until pourable (stirring after 1 minute)

Spread frosting evenly over crackers.

Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Cut into squares and serve.

The marketing post that had me ROFLMAO

I love work that presents itself as a puzzle. The task of figuring out how to do things different. Figuring out how to do things better.

Right now I'm diving into the social media pool to see how my company can fit in. I'm reading articles, following blogs and seeing how others have successfully maneuvered their position from the traditional 'speak to the mission statement' ways and developed an online presence that is casual, yet credible.

In my readings today, I came across this....

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I laughed out loud as I paged through the slides. Afterwards, I pushed my chair back from my desk and thought, "Yup - Nailed it." Then I forwarded the post to a friend. Now, I'm sharing it with you.