Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 15 January 2005
Two shots of new pup Bailey. He's so darn black that he's hard to get on film. But his fur is unreal. Rub it and it figuratively sucks tension out of your body.
Here's the wee man (and yes, he's done some of that inside the house already):
Bailey ready for action.
No, wait a minute! This damn collar itches!
On another note, people keep sending me URLs where various serious watchers of such things are deconstructing the National Intelligence Council's 2020 look-ahead, and I must say, it always amazes how almost all analysis on the web is downcast and pessimistic. Seems that in their rush to prove their "expertise," these pundits ape the usual "somber tones" and "disturbing impressions" of the quote-unquote security professionals they watch on TV. So every stitch of evidence and analysis adds to the gloom. NIC says China and India are rising big time and there will still be terrorism in the world in 2020. That's basically it. Sound that scary to you? Good God people! Look around! That's today's haircut, with a bit taken off the top!
But perhaps I lack professionalism. After all, I write for a mag that puts Scarlet Johansson on the cover, and my "tone" there is often over-the-top. Maybe I need to get more somber, more depressed, more "realistic."
Ah hell, I'm sticking with the optimism and puppy pictures today. . .
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