Stitchie the big-eared reindeer

Some of the hilarious photos from the Portland French Bulldog Meet-up 2007 Holiday Party, courtesy David Childs Photography:

Stitch with bowStitch as reindeerOur stoic Stitchie(Sigh)

Happy Holidays and Winter Solstice to all!

Renaming 42nd Ave

Now here’s a campaign we can support!

Let’s think the unthinkable, let’s do the undoable, let’s prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.

The pumpkin puppy

This was our first Halloween with Stitch, and it shows.

The pumpkin puppyThe coy pumpkin puppy
The nutty pumpkin puppyThe pumpkin puppy, with ears

Really, can you blame us?

Springboks win!

Anybody who knows me will tell you that I am not a big sports person. I don’t play sports, I don’t watch sports, and I certainly don’t care about sporting results (with periodic exceptions made for the Sonics and the Blazers, whom I continue to love against all reason).

Sporting apathy aside, I have to admit that I am proud-by-proxy that South Africa has taken home the 2007 Rugby World Cup. I watched my first rugby match (Springboks v. the All Blacks) at the Larkfield, Kent, England, UK home of my brother- and sister-in-law this past spring, and even though I had no clue what was happening I had a great time sipping my first shandy and listening to the commentary flying around the room. (My 7-year-old nephew, for instance, shouted at the TV in disgust at one point, “It’s rugby! It’s not a kicking competition!” I guess there was too much kicking in evidence, and not enough running, throwing, shoving, and/or beating the crap out of each other. How does rugby work, again?)

Anyway, go Boks!

Other perspectives:

Stitch

We are pleased to introduce Stitch, our teeny-weeny, climb-y, snuggly, snorty, and all-around CUTE French Bulldog:

Look at my cute foot!EyeballsToofiesHere I come!

Come closer, so that I may bite you on the chin!In a sea of mommy’s hair…Licky, licky!

Needless to say, all things now revolve around Stitchimus Maximus. Me, I kinda like it.

Here’s the original Stitch: The original Stitch. See the resemblance?