Sparky and I are watching Isle of Dogs from 2018. We are enjoying it, but it may not be for everyone. Being directed by Wes Anderson would be quirky enough, but it’s filmed in stop motion animation. It looks like an indie film, but has loads of voice talent. The dogs are voiced by Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray , Yoko Ono, and others.
If Sparky was a SAG member, he’d be the Billy Bob Thornton of dog actors.
Billy Bob Thornton has a great range.
Sparky can do that.
On our walk yesterday, I tricked Sparky into taking the path through the woods. Instead of going over the land bridge and through the orchard, we did a parking lot walk, then into the woods. We didn’t get far before we came upon what looks like coyote scat on the path. Sparky checked it out, and noped out of there. It looked pretty fresh.
Mary and I visited the Notre Dame cathedral in 1991, back when you could still do fun stuff like hang from the clapper of a giant bell.
Converting malls to apartments should be easier than it is, and living there should be better than it seems to be.
Sparky likes to say that old dogs don’t need new tricks, because they’ve got plenty of tricks up their sleeves.
It’s tricky recommending Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but that’s a shame, because it’s a great TV show.
On Youtube, I was watching responses to the trailer for Disney’s live-action Snow White movie coming out next year. It’s not doing well.
Sparky is in favor of naps, so likes to hop up and flop over. I have to hold him up and rub his belly. If I stop for too long, he gets antsy.
You’d think a guy would be self-conscious if his breath smelled like his poop, but Sparky thinks it’s funny. I had a colleague at NoRo who thought it was funny to cut a silent, but deadly fart, then call a student up to his desk for a chat. It’s fine, he was a coach and the student was one of his players.
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