Cats on a treadmill

Who says you can't take your cat for a walk? Check out this cat's daily treadmill routine. Poor bloke. Personally I hate the bloody things. I much prefer a beautiful walk. What can top a sexy tango for exercise? I have never known anyone to drop dead whilst dancing the Tango. The list is endless of exercise and fitness buffs whose hearts and brains gave out in a beat, dropping like flies and biting the dust. Certainly they made for good looking corpses, but I haven't anything witty to say regarding their longevity. It is Brain not Brawn twits. 

Talking Dogs

Who says dogs can't talk? Watch this and be amazed. The trouble with dogs is that their voices are so cacophonous. Fray Paco would have given all of them a severe tongue lashing. Uncle Matthias strapped a wide suede piece around Rex , one of our German Shepherd's belly. He often rode on their backs this way. 

These dogs cackling, amazing in and of itself because most of us now know that they have the ability to mimic sound. They must be motivated by their owners. Dogs are affectionate animals. I searched for a wolf but I don't think any would ever be available. I doubt they would ever stoop to please a master, most are Masterless. That's the way they like it. Wolves are superb friends to have in the wild. They are loyal and intelligent. They don't tolerate pleasing a human just to please him. That's why I love them more. They are free and independent spirits. Of course they are predators, that is their calling. 

Which is not to say I am not fond of dogs. I have had quite a few since childhood.I used to communicate with Dvorak, my Komondor without speaking. Yes! he could read my mind. Any man I found overbearing and drunk, Dvorak would tear off the cuffs of their trousers. If you have ever seen a 130 pound Komondor, one meter high covered in curly  white wool with canine teeth like scissors, you would sober up pronto. In the steppes of Pushta, Komondors guard sheep and horses against bears. Wager on the Komondor. They usually win their battles against bears who would dare to attack their sheep and horses and cattle entrusted to them.

The Amazing Juggler

I've been playing the piano since I was 4 --- but I still can't do this.

Happy Birthday America

The following rendition of the American National Anthem was given on Feb 9th, at the Texas Tech University Basketball game this year. It is sung by five young girls (ages 6 to 8). Knowing how challenging this song is to sing, this is a must see and a must listen. It is interesting to notice that the entire arena is silent during the performance.

I cannot offer you anything other than music. All the Founding Fathers are long since dead. America's true patriots are fast turning into anachronisms or corpses. Its soldiers are either in despair over their unhealed emotional and mental injuries or so savagely brutal as to make the Eisatzgruppen and EinsatzKommandos of the SS look tame. That is saying a great deal.

Ah! Yes. Only Hope is left. Philosophers and savants tell us Hope is always the last to die. Perhaps that is why this National Anthem sung by future Mothers of their Country is so moving. In spite of everything: good,b ad and ugly let us all say in a loud chorus"God Save America. God Bless America."

I cannot resist saying this as well. Americans! Get off your backsides! 

How The Butterfly Destroyed my Roof

I hope this doesn't happen to you. Just a series of ugly coincidences? Timing? Don't you believe it. There is Karma here somewhere. Butterflies live such brief but oh! so glorious ones. The Creator designated this one to carry out a series of ''accidentally on purpose" series of potential tragedies. Thankfully no one was  hurt when his roof collapsed. What a warning from the Gods. I can't help thinking that houses in America are done with saliva and is-you is- or-is -you ain't good stuff for my roof. I would defintely take a very close look at my life. 

Outsourcing

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. You need to laugh once in a while, even if the events passing before our eyes are all true. It will not be funny if it should happen to us. Laughter is good for the brain cells. This will fortify you for what is to come in my next essay.