I have the smartest dog on the planet. I'm going to have to watch her carefully, or she's going to rule all humanity. She likes to play tug, so first she gets a stick from the yard.

She shoves the stick through the fence. 

And then she plays tug with the dog next door. 

We're still celebrating International Eat An Animal For PETA Day in my household. If enough people celebrate the holiday, maybe the PETArds will stop comparing the American poultry industry unfavorably to the Holocaust. 

Happy ending to a happy day, part two. Even with my pathetic attempt at keeping them properly, Cusano Corojo cigars are damn tasty. 

I have discovered that International Eat An Animal For PETA Day is actually March 15. I hereby humbly apologize to all 3 of my readers for this misinformation. To make amends, I shall publish a picture a day until then of tasty animals ready for devouring. Hell, I might even publish two pictures on the 15th, one of my steak, one of my little black dog eating her steak. Suck it, PETArds. 

International Eat an Animal For PETA Day celebrations continue. Much as I love dogs, cats, birds, fish, and various other animals, my contempt for PETA knows no bounds. 

It's International Eat an Animal For PETA Day. The carnage begins. 

Behold the beauty of a Fuji E550 with the colors set to Chrome! On a cloudy day, no less. 

Here's a picture from my new camera, a Fuji E550. 12MP Fine, 123mm equiv. zoom, 1/450s, f/4.5, ISO 80. Cropped an ugly shadow out of the top, and sharpened it, since the 12MP Fine mode is interpolated, and therefore almost always a bit soft. Let's not forget, of course, how splendid a subject I have to work with.