top ten uses for a dog

francis-cookingwhen i get sick i get majorly sick, just ask pam. i’m out for days. all i do is sleep. of course, me being sick is not really the point i wanted to make during this entry. instead i want to talk about how great it is to have a basset hound. the only thing i do well when i am sick is sleep and it just so happens that basset hounds are experts at sleeping. even better than being expert sleepers bassets love to sleep beside people. every time i lay down montana is there to jump on the couch and lie down with me. 45 pounds of slightly smelly bed warmer. just what the doctor ordered.

the good side of being sick has been that my body picked the absolute best days of the year to be sick on. it has been rainy and cold (at least i think it is cold – i haven’t been outside the house since 7 p.m. sunday). the perfect weather for being sick in. pam is making her fantastic chicken noodle soup tonight and that will only make things better. so let me hit the facts again:

  • sick
  • cold, rainy weather
  • basset hound warming device
  • homemade chicken noodle soup

if you got to be sick then that’s the way to be sick.

not as good as the new?

i’ve been sick since sunday afternoon. this has basically translated into me sleeping…alot. all i’ve eaten since lunch sunday has been 4 spoonfuls of soup and 10 crackers. needless to say life has been pretty boring and i don’t really have anything to blog about.

i did watch original the manchurian candidate (1962) today (thanks to my lovely wife who graciously grabbed me a few movies to watch during my convalescence). i usually think that the original of something is typically the way to go. i’m no a real big fan of remakes. but that’s not true in this case. the original manchurian candidate is a good movie and i enjoyed it BUT the 2004 remake of the manchurian candidate is much better. i thought the plot of the 2004 film was much more realistic.

well, i’ve typed as much as i can. i’m worn out and need to sleep.