Somewhere west of here

Getting tough on McGruff

A Maryland sociologist suggests a temporary lift of the ban on dog stories for the sake of alerting all of America to the rising tide of violence against people who have to make their livings dressed up in a mascot suit.

...who's next?

History or culture?

an even more extensive list of Depression songs with liner notes.

or a dancing cockatoo forwarded from a spanish psychologist in the Springs.

A shaggy dog

Reader feedbag

A retired pilot reminds us of the Hopi warnings that the white man would eventually create 10 to 100 micron-sized pieces of aluminum to create chemtrails purportedly to change the weather and/or reduce global warming without regard to health consequences. In detail.

Beagletonians don't always disagree when a lone, brave voice in southern Pennsylvania says, "By the way the Chimps are on Capitol Hill spending the working people's money for the good of all???".

A Washington, D.C. based editor bemoans the loss of the Rocky, saying "How many 'passing of an era' feelings can we have in one lifetime???" We predict it will be many more before the feeling goes away, and we will set out rocking on the virtual porch, videoconferencing about having to wash ink off our hands.

Footnote to previous

Two-thirds of the total responses to last weeks' alert included triple question marks. The multiple question marks were both from readers in mid-Atlantic states and the single question mark user was writing from the Southeast. You can jump to your own conclusions.

On the best day (one of which was last week), BeaglePolls have as as much as 4 percent participation, enhancing its credibility as a cultural barometer. If as few as 3 million people got the alerts, then as many as 120,000 would be voting, and this data could be used to change the balance of the 21st century???

Scrap the eagle

A Brooklyn psychologist forwards this image perhaps suggesting its suitability as the new national emblem, i.e. a Japanese import that is partly delicious and mostly full of empty air and cannot possibly be as fantastic as all of the hoopla suggests, but improperly prepared will certainly paralyze and/or kill you.