Domestic Geek

It's long been known that pet owners have less stress in general that non-pet owners. There's something therapeutic in stroking a big, fuzzy creature.

I want another dog. While we still have bunnies, it's just not the same as having a dog, you know?

I've been reading a fellow 'thonner and Colorado resident over at Tucker Talks Back (blogging for Max Fund). Tucker is a Siberian Husky. Made me think of my old beloved dog Ursa that was an Alaskan Malamute.

EDIT: If you haven't been around the last few years, I wanted to share a picture of my beloved dogs. We lost Skippy this last January (the brown Shepherd mutt). We lost Ursa (the Alaskan Malamute) back in August 2002. I miss them.

So, Mike has rib contusions I think he said. He's on Vicodin and acting rather goofy. I wonder if I was acting that weird when I was on it. I know I certainly didn't like the feeling. He and Marcus stopped by for a short bit to bring me my nuggets and to get his credit card so they could go buy stuff. I know they're going to Oak Express and CompUsa.

I hope he heals up soon. They've got a Pikes Peak hike scheduled for August 11th.

One of my online friends, Bug from An Indian Summer, is currently hosting a few of hours of Blogathon radio over at KMRL Mojo Radio. There's a link to the player on the left sidebar of the KMRL Mojo Radio blogathon blog. If you see me dancing or singing in the cam, that's what I'm listening to.

She's blogging for the American Cancer Society. Head over to her blog to sponser her if you're so inclined.

We live in interesting times, for sure. We've got the benefits from so many cool technological advances. It's hard to believe that just a few short years ago we didn't have the Internet, yet now just about everybody I know functions both at work and home in some capacity by using computers and the Internet (mail, surfing, etc). Then there are big screen TVs that turn your home into a movie theater and video game systems and all of it leads to us spending quite a bit of time on our butts.

We also live in dangerous times. Parents don't dare turn their kids out into the streets to play unsupervised. I remember as a child leaving the house in the morning and wandering around to different neighbor kids' houses. Except for a couple of meal breaks, we stayed outside playing until it got too dark to see.

It's definitely having negative effects on our health.

This is going to be a little quick post because I'm getting a little behind reading all the health related information sites while researching my topics. I had really intended to get this all researched in advance, but stupid work and RSS feed problems got in my way this week. I'm also trying to see what some of the other bloggers are up to. That was the good thing about blogging on the B schedule last year. I cruised around all the other sites and then concentrated on my own blogging later.

Mike and Marcus are usually off mountain biking together but last Saturday Mike took a pretty bad tumble and screwed up his ribs or something. They're having lunch at McDonalds and are supposed to bring me back some nuggets. Not a great lunch since I've been talking about eating healthier, but hey, if you're watching my cam, you'll see I just ate an apple.

Mmmmm...nuggets.