Loneliness is the internet on a Saturday night.  There glows the monitor light, as if it is any approximation of a streetlight beckoning one out.

But at least I have my glass of bourbon, like some mid-20th Century stereotype.

Cold, horribly snowy mornings that make you want to stay in bed and never move aren’t so bad when you’re unemployed, but then you realize you have a dog, and even though she’s comfortably snoozing right next to you at the moment, in a second she’s going to jump out of bed and start scratching at your jacket, which means, “let’s get going!” and she has no concept of the extra time it takes for you to put on your layers and layers of protective clothing, having no fur or paw pads to make the journey any easier, and when you do finally get outside, you remember for just a moment the childhood joys of snow days, sledding, and perfectly white mountains just on the curb, but it fades quickly when that blast of wind hits you in the face, and then suddenly you realize that the only solution is to move to California.

Treats, please!

Rosie with her boyfriends Oscar and Charley.  Notice how Oscar is trying to shove Rosie out of the way.

Touchdown!

I am really, really glad that YouTube didn’t exist when I was a kid, because I loved making stupid movies, and now that I’m older, I’m quite content that no one ever saw them.

EDIT: It turns out that you have to click on the video twice, to watch it on YouTube, because for some reason it won’t play on my Tumblr page.  Go fig.

I hate this stupid thing!  Why is it so popular?  It even has a New York Times article about it!