Dogs, Cats, Mr. Right, And Other Companion Animals
February 27, 2010 by Alessia
Filed under Advice, Featured, Reality Self-Check, Relationship Rules & Wisdom
When making a list of qualities you are looking for in a mate, don’t overlook some of the basic fundamentals of companionship you’ve enjoyed in relationships with pets.
Forget about those jokes (and the sometimes realities) of people looking like their pets. Forget about Dominatrixes (and Cosmo articles) which tell you to treat your mate like [...]
Whatjamacallit Wednesday: Waste (Can) Not, Want (Can) Not?
November 18, 2009 by Deanna
Filed under Curator's Notes, Heavy Pet-ing
In response to my Gadabout post (about a vintage composition dog), Laura (of Doodle Week) said, “I really like how you know all this stuff about old things and how they were made. But how do you manage to keep all these collections without running out of room for yourself?”
Well, Laura, here’s the painful truth: [...]
Whatjamacallit Wednesday: Myrtle The Turtle
October 14, 2009 by Deanna
Filed under Curator's Notes, Heavy Pet-ing, Oddiophiles (Oddities for Audiophiles), Pulp Bitchin'
My mother is the one who started it, this tradition of making up silly songs to sing to your kids. I’ve twisted it onto singing songs about my children, usually silly rhymes sung to melodies from television themes songs — like Hunter’s Boo-Bear, Meet The Boo-Bear based on The Flinstones.The kids used to love it, [...]
Is Fabric Swatch Friday Throwing In The Towel?
August 28, 2009 by Deanna
Filed under Cherry Picked, Heavy Pet-ing, The Lunch Boat
Even though I skip a week every now & then, Fabric Swatch Fridays is still alive and well — but this week, we’re looking at vintage & retro kitchen towels from Rickrack.com:
Whatjamacallit Wednesday Is Nearly Cheap Thrills Thursday
August 12, 2009 by Deanna
Filed under Heavy Pet-ing, Knick-Knacks and Paddy-Whacks
Shopping in an antique mall, there are many charming things to distract one from one’s mission — if one had a mission. Which I usually don’t. I just let serendipity direct me in the real world (while online, libraries, etc., are for dedicated, obsessive, researching). So I walk along, taking as much as I [...]
Woof (Times Six)
May 4, 2009 by Deanna
Filed under Bric-a-Brack Ric Rac, Heavy Pet-ing
Decorate your belts, purses — maybe even your shoes? — with this set of six adorable vintage Scottie Dog pins:
The Tale Of The Dachshund
March 24, 2009 by Deanna
Filed under Heavy Pet-ing, Oddiophiles (Oddities for Audiophiles)
The Tale of the Dachshund, A Humorous Song, by Harvey B. Gaul, is another silly little ditty:
I had a little dachshund once,
So long, you haven’t any notion,
The time it took to notify
His tail of his emotion;
And so it happened when his eyes,
Were full of woe and sadness,
His tail would still be wagging on
Because of previous [...]
Wall Pocket Pets
March 17, 2009 by Deanna
Filed under Heavy Pet-ing, Knick-Knacks and Paddy-Whacks
A pair of vintage pets for your walls:
Wouldn’t they be cute holders for your pet’s snacks? At least on the wall, kitty couldn’t get to these by herself!
A Dog Day Afternoon At The Beach
March 15, 2009 by Deanna
Filed under Heavy Pet-ing, Sexism Is Sexy
A George Ernest Studdy illustration (titled Just sitting on the sands enjoying the breeze) featuring Bonzo enjoying the view up ladies’ skirts.
Dogs In Advertising
February 17, 2009 by Deanna
Filed under Advertising Sado-masochism, Heavy Pet-ing
An ad for Black & White Blended Scotch Whisky featuring a Scottie and a Westie, found in the July, 1974, issue of Psychology Today (I shared an article on political activism from the issue here, and sent scans of article pages on nuclear families to Shawnee too).
I don’t think dogs should drink whisky. Even if [...]
so eloquently put it, "Two can be as bad as one, It's the loneliest number since the number one." So find the right someone with a 
