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Darling calendar! If I can figure out how to put legal size paper in the color printer here at work I'll print a copy for my neighbors who have a corgi.

I have to admit that although I consider myself overeducated and a confirmed liberal arts weenie, I have never read Moby Dick. My pile of other reading is so high right now that I probably am up to my max on my library card.

Ha! That Frankie! I love the intent look. And I bet you apologized when you took the yarn away.

By the way, I have learned that one should not attempt to email another about the Dick Along using that terminology in the subject line. Spam Blockers, what can I say.

Frankie is a doll, especially when she's up to no good! The calendar is great.

Regarding the Dick Along, I'm afraid I'll be much, much behind you, but I'd like to see the comments. After all, I'd like to think this isn't an academic forum (in spite of what seems to be a general trend towards overeducation among the populace), but rather a forum for an exchange of ideas no matter how amorphous. Just my 2 cents.

Not much of a dog guy, I confess. Certainly not enough to print out a calendar of someone *else's* dog! Honestly, you're both worse than hets with kids. April, however, made me laugh out loud. Also the one with the ball in the backyard.

And no one else will be honest with you, so rely on family. B-grade thoughts on Moby Dick would not fit this blog, no way, no how.

frankie-

you are adorable. I particularly love sept and nov. If you need a manager I would be happy to represent you. I would make sure you only peddled the "good stuff" iams, science diet, jerky bits. you could be a star baby, a star! call me.

Absolutely adorable! Being a dog lover and an avid Ms. Ryan/TMK/Frankie stalker, I have of course printed out a copy. The hard part is explaining how no, it's not *my* dog and no, I don't "technically" know the owners of said dog, and no, I don't own a Corgi myself...

Wonder if there's a 12 step program for stalkers.

Hope everyone has a great day!!

Another vote for April. Reminds me of my Jasper. He too loves to steal my yarn.
Oh, and when a dog's lip gets caught up on a tooth so it looks kinda like a snarl, but isn't? We call that a puppy sneer. My Sasha was a master of it.

Hi there,

I think I met you and TMK and Frankie at Gig Harbor two years ago. I have a RW and a RHT PWC. I love Frankie pics!

Ellen

Ellen, if you're who I think you are, then I recall we spent considerable time together in our hotel room yakking up a Corgi storm! I remember you well!

And, Cuzzin, no sneering at the doggie calendar. It was YOUR idea after all. (P.S. Despite appearances, we're not the type of people who dress Frankie up in baby clothes and wheel her around in a pram. She lives a very "doggie" life, I assure you--which explains why she has to be hoisted into the bath so often!)

I'm glad everyone is enjoying the calendar. I don't have a copy yet but TMK assures me she is going to print one out and bind it for me.

Geeze!!! What with the eyebrow waxing and now the yuppie dog calendar--good grief. What's next on the blog? Martha Stewart recipes for appetizers?

And I'm with CT on the Moby Dick discussion....now, if you want to discuss Elizabeth Zimmerman's musings, I'm all for it!

Mary B

That is just the cutest thing I've ever seen. April just about knocked me out of the chair with laughter. Frankie is a great pinup!

Ah, see? Mary B and I are cut from the same snarky cloth. And you should thank us. There's much too much fawning in these comments for your own good.

And I most certainly did NOT suggest spending the better part of the day making a cutesy-wootsie Frankie calendar and offering it to virtual strangers for free! My suggestion was to exploit the dog for cash.

OK. Now where was I in my mantra chanting?

Cuzzin, ya' KILL me! Larfed out loud, I did!

And you and MaryB would get along like a house afire, trust me. She's a lot like, oh, I don't know...well... you.

We have Frankie up on our wall now. Thank you Ryan and TMK for the fun calendar!

OK, never mind all that supportive crap I wrote in my earlier post. After reading CT's post, I realize that I was soooooo wrong in my judgments about this "forum." Must have been a low blood sugar moment. Snark away folks! It is much more amusing that way. {wicked grin}

Kristeeen! That's the spirit.

Fly, my little monkeys! Fly!

So cute! You know, I think that's the same yarn I'm currently using for socks, too. Too bad I don't have a dog to help me!

Oh Joy!!! I am going to print this calender as soon as I get my butt down to the office supply store for some legal paper. I adore all the photos but the ball attack is my favorite.

What is it with Corgis and yarn? My cat *never* touches my yarn but if it has any silk content Taffy is nuts over it and if it falls on the floor, Agatha has to gently pick it up, attempt to walk away with it, at my "ahem" she valiantly brings it back to me.

Can't wait to show my mother those photos in Denver this week.

AnnaMarie

I just *heart* that Frankie! At least she has good taste in yarn :)

I want you to know that last night I purchased my own copy of Moby Dick which I blame on you. Its in my to be read pile (which is slowly growing huge!) and I'll be starting it really soon, just as soon as I finish my book club book.

Well, apparently over the last month or so the purpose of this blog has become to single-handedly shore up the American economy. So far I've got Rachael buying Lorna's Laces rainbow yarn, Anna Marie buying legal-sized paper, and Rebecca buying a copy of Moby Dick. (Is this where I tell Rebecca she could actually get the entire text of M-D on line for free? Naaaaaah.)

And, apparently the *other* purpose of this blog is to allow my cuzzin to make such comments as, "Fly, my little monkeys! Fly!"

What a great calendar, such cute pictures! Can you share info on what software you used to make the pages? I've always been looking for nice calendar software but have not found anything nice yet.

Confession: Moby-Dick is still sitting beside my chair, unopened (except to count the pages). I am feeling the same reluctance to start that my daughter expresses when I enthuse that Pride and Prejudice is one of the funniest books ever written.

See, I always liked Billy Budd better--much more tightly written. I've voluntarily read Moby Dick twice but I honestly don't remember much about it. Enjoyable but eh. I shall look forward to your review because maybe it's time to read it Yet Again, only this time through adult eyes. Heck, Dickens was more fun as an adult, so why not Melville?

Maus: I didn't use calendar software. In this case, I built the calendar from scratch in Adobe InDesign.

TMK

Thanks for my Frankie fix...it had been too long. Not on your part, on mine! I need to trot over here MUCH more often. Bloglines to the rescue. :::grin:::