When Sparky can’t relax, he stays on sentry duty. That’s why he slept near my bed, facing the door. He thought we hadn’t finished the movie, and something bad was going to happen by the end. He forgot that Brad Pitt was in the movie, so to Sparky, the movie was all upbeat and fun.
Sparky slept here last night.
I am wood-burning now, so it’s cooler in the bedrooms. Probably low 60’s. Sparky has a comfortable crate right there, along with warm beds all over the house.
It’s strange behavior, but I no longer worry that Sparky pooped or got sick somewhere.
I took a photo to document the incident, then went back to sleep. Sparky can explain himself at our morning fellowship. I expect it has something to do with last night’s viewing of Heart of the Beast.
This is the Brad Pitt movie where he and his dog are Special Forces veterans. Their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, and they have to hike out.
Sparky doesn’t usually watch movies, but there were enough dog, and other animal, noises to keep his interest.
The relationship between Brad Pitt and Odin was very touching. Sparky and I are closer to Special Ed, then Special Forces, but we have our own kind of bond.
Sparky and I aren’t mushy and sentimental, but we needed to take a break from the movie. After we got back to the movie, and the survival journey picked up, Sparky turned to me. He wanted me to know that I could count on him in the wilderness, and he probably wouldn’t run off with the wolves.
Sparky had one more thing he needed to say.
Over 5% of their country, lives in our country, so stabilizing Haiti is relevant to us.
I made Sparky a step stool to get in and out of my truck.
Sparky wants me to point out that this isn’t an old-age accommodation, my truck is too high for dogs.
It doesn’t make sense that the insurance company requires prior authorization for a medication ordered by a doctor. He’s a doctor. If they think that he’s corrupt or inept, go after him.
I called my insurance company, and the service rep asked a bunch of questions to clarify my request. Then she says, “I see that you have a team that is more able to address your issue.”
She let’s that hang for a while.
I told her that I don’t have a team. Maybe she has a team. I asked if she was going to transfer me to someone in a better position to answer my questions. She implied that my team would be up to the task, and she would check back in 5 minutes.
Just say you are going to put me on hold or transfer me. I don’t care. I’m on a Bluetooth headset and can dick around all day.
She did transfer me, and that person transferred me again, and finally someone said they’d fax a form to my doctor. So I guess Obamacare is working.
Security protocols are sensible. While I was waiting, I read the news about a Somali sub-moron who has cheated Medicaid for 80 million dollars over nine years. His clever plot finally unraveled.
Sparky really likes to help me take a nap. Davy tried laying down to see what Sparky would do. Davy wasn’t impressed. Then Sparky turned on the charm. It’s almost too much.
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Junk food is bad for your body, junk stimuli is bad for your brain.
What the hell is going on in Korea?
Teach You a Lesson is a Korean Death Wish plot set in high schools. Some high schools are so dysfunctional, the government established the Educational Rights Protection Agency. The ERPA team is authorized to go undercover into high schools, and do whatever they think is necessary.
The old guy is the head of the Federal Department of Education and started the program because his daughter was a teacher who was killed by a student two years ago. Her fiance was the young suave guy. He was in Special Forces, leads the team, and usually goes in as new teacher. The sloppy guy and hot girl go in as students. With that background, the show does a good job setting up the team’s motivation to clean up schools.
The students are awful. The actors do a good job of making them loathsome. All the students are predators or prey, and there never seem to be any adults around to stop the abuse. The school staff are powerless to manage the students or maintain order, so the ERPA team is called in.
The pyscho students learn that payback is a bitch. In the first episode, the team leader slaps the shit out of the big man on campus. In the third episode, the social media mean-girl bully gets her accounts hacked and humiliated.
It’s okay, they deserve it. By that point, the bullies have driven their victim to leave the school or commit suicide.
Teach You a Lesson is on Netflix and dubbed in English. It’s good for the genre. 8/10.
It’s a cold and rainy Fall day, so I want a nap, and Sparky wants to help.
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