Author Archives: Greg Hlatky

  Soyara’s A Shade of Difference May 28, 2000 – March 19, 2008 We lost Rufus last night. Ordinarily a house dog, Rufus was moved back out to the kennel because of the puppies and bitches in season as well … Continue reading →

Sixteen inches of global warming, starting yesterday morning and still going on. F’r Heaven’s sake, it’s March! Enough already!

The little ones are flourishing and developing some impish personalities. They’ve been weaned and are now eating what we call “puppy paste,” a combination of soaked puppy kibble, a little canned meat, Esbilac and baby rice slurried in hot water. … Continue reading →

Commie thug Fidel Castro has resigned the presidency of Cuba, leaving only Hugo Chavez for lefties and Hollywood rich folks to fawn over. The press make much over his “outlasting” every U.S. President since Eisenhower. Over at the Weekly Standard … Continue reading →

In the course of making revision to this little project, I came across the entry in the 62nd Congress for William W. Wedemeyer, who represented Michigan’s 2nd district. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress says of Wedemeyer, that … Continue reading →

Of course you know that Westminster Kennel Club show is being held today and tomorrow at Madison Square Garden. For our household, it’s what the Super Bowl is for everyone else. The difference is that we know many of the … Continue reading →

The babies now have their eyes open. They’re starting to toddle unsteadily around the whelping box (actually a kid’s paddle pool), growl and tussle (or at least mouth) with their siblings. Faith has been an excellent mother, just like her … Continue reading →

Headline: “Ex-St. Paul teacher is off to workhouse for sex with teen” Silly me. I thought doing it was what landed you there, not what you did after you landed there.

Here’s a video of a 2001 performance by the Berlin Philharmonic (!) of Juan Pablo Moncayo’s delightful Huapango. Unfortunately, it’s soddenly conducted by Placido Domingo, whose talents with the baton are distinctly inferior to those with his voice. If you’d … Continue reading →

Madame, the Cattle Baroness, blubs again at a campaign appearance: Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton had an emotional reunion Monday with a colleague from the early days of her legal career as a child advocate. The moment came as she revisited … Continue reading →

Senator Barak Obama’s campaign for the presidency has earned the endorsement of The Fat Rich Kid and America’s Princess, Caroline Kennedy, whose major accomplishment in life – like that of her mother – appears to be limited to marrying a … Continue reading →

For the last week, I’ve been helping my lovely bride look after our new pups. Miss Faith went into labor a little after midnight on Wednesday. She pooped out from uterine inertia after a short time, so we called the … Continue reading →

Two boys and two girls, born by C-section at 2:00 this morning. More follows.

Miss Faith is due to deliver any time, so we wait on her pleasure. The X-rays showed 5 or perhaps 6 puppies. The sire is the great Virago.

Bobby Fischer has died in Reykjavik at 64.