The Friday Files, sort of
 

Hey everyone and happy Friday. This past week has been pretty crazy. I've been temporarily assigned to another work location that requires an hour and a half drive each way... without traffic. If there's traffic it's a half hour or more additional seat time. It's not fun driving at all. My issued Ford Taurus is not exactly a great freeway cruiser and the many uphill portions are frustrating. I'm going to request a 760Li if I have to do this drive any more. :D I've got some more days of this temporary duty including tomorrow so I'm not going to write my usual feature. Sleep is a priority as the 3 hours of driving each day has kicked my butt, plus it's been 106 degrees and over 50% humidity! That saps your energy in a big way. :tsk:

Another reason my butt has been kicked this week is that I'm dogsitting a big ol' Rottweiler puppy. He's only 8 months old but weighs about 90 pounds already! :wow: He's a really good dog. He's obedient, friendly, and very lovable. The only thing is that he's a typical puppy so he gets into some mischief and being a big boy who doesn't know how big he is, that can be a problem too. We'll have him for as long as we want until the end of September. His owner is on tour until then. We can return him to his other minders but we're kind of getting attached so we'll have to see when we can part with him. I've attached a couple of pictures below. One is of the partial aftermath of him discovering a full bag of potting soil and dragging the bag all over the yard. He is a very strong dog! The other picture is of his giant melon of a head. I'm not sure if it's all brains in that skull. :dunno: Really, he's a good dog and is quite intelligent. We're working hard to reinforce his good habits and teach him as best as we can. He is responding well despite his puppy antics.

On a related note, I mentioned his owner is on tour. He's out with the "American Idols Live" tour and I worked with him last Sunday at the show in Anaheim. It was a decent show and one that you could bring your kids to so that was nice. They sounded okay with Sanjaya sounding as awful as you'd imagine and I thought Blake Lewis sounded very mediocre. The rest sounded great and Hayley Scarnato surprised me because she's improved. She's also recently single. She broke off her engagement for reasons I will not state without confirmation but I'm told it was her decision. I didn't interact with all of them but Hayley, Melinda, and Gina Glockson were very nice. Most of them were very good to the fans too. They stayed for quite a long time after the show signing autographs in the parking lot. Sanjaya was notably absent. :tsk: Having seen them all pre-show and during sound check and then after hair and makeup, I can say that all that prep helps. ;)

Well, off to bed to get some sleep before another long drive tomorrow morning. Have a great weekend!

Woohoo First one to post!! Well, Kev, take it easy on the drive and drink lots of H2O!! I like how the dog re-did your landscaping! ;)

Meh... only 50% humidity? That's nothing :rofl:

Don't let the Tar-ass stick to your butt and don't let the dog out!

Have a great weekend PNG! :thumbup:

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NIce artwork by the dog. Good weekend everyone. :tgif:

PNG/K,
Request a chopper ride into the new Joint!

That dog looks like one that guards the gates of hell;
his anti-mole operations seem to be in action, too. Lol!

Good weekend to all, from the home base of perpetual Saturdays.
BR,mD

What a cute dog :D Dogs love that potting soil because they love the smell of cow poop that's in it :rofl: . This high humidity in the Southwest is definitely above normal. It was 78 degrees and 73% humidity yesterday morning when I got up.

I suggest a few days of lounging by a pool with plenty of <insert your fav beer/drink> to cool ya down. :thumbup:

Cerberus has a big noggin!

Happy weekend, all.

It's the dewpoint that's the best indicator of humidity, not "relative humidity"!! :rofl:

Rest up there, Kev. I can understand 3 hrs of freeway driving can be annoying, especially if the vehicle isn't up to par. ;). To the rest of you, have a great weekend.

Ok smarta_ _, dewpoint is 69 degrees :D

Oh man I thought he tore the yard up!!! I guess it could have been worse, my buddy has a Rottie that is 2 yrs old and is 126lbs!!! I bet its skull weighs a good 25lbs, Last month he jumped up to kiss my friend and head-butted him in the chin, 15 stitches later my buddy called an obediance trainer!!!

cute doggie....so innocent....

put that animal to work, leave a bag of grass seed laying around ;)

So Kevin, do you walk the dog or does the dog walk you? :rofl:

Have a great weekend everyone.

Nice doggy, nice doggy... ;)

Survive that heat Kevin and more importantly take care of your back in that F-Tortoise :confused:

Happy Friday! Dog-1 You-0 :nanana:

Ouch! I can totally see that happening. They have big heads and they seem to be solid bone. This guy is well trained and does not jump up. He catches a knee if he tries to jump on us.

If only he had thumbs I'd buy him a lawnmower too. :D

Actually, he's very good on walks. He's been worked on and we are taking the time to keep him in line. He gets a little distracted on walks when he sees a bug or a leaf blowing by but overall he's excellent. If he wanted to drag me down the street he definitely could but he doesn't know it, thankfully.

Ford Tortoise! That is funny. I've never heard that but I'm stealing it. :rofl:

LOL I just read that and it's so true. Is it the new one that's really a Ford 500 underneath? Cuz if it's slow, then the 260 horses must be the weakest ones they could find in Dearborn!

It's a 2006 so it's definitely not the 500 in disguise. I swear that when our fleet services bought them they asked Ford for all the ones that didn't pass engine rating tests. I am almost positive that we buy them without warranties for cheaper because we have our own maintenance garages and mechanics.