For those of you who didn't know, I entered Boomer into the local PetsMart "Howl-o-ween" costume contest. I had several reasons for doing this - 1.) I myself was not planning on dressing up for Halloween, so I had that idle time on my hands; 2.) a co-worker had made Boomer a custom Han Solo shirt and vest a year ago (during an abortive attempt to do "Howl-oween" last year); and 3.) I'm all about putting my dog in embarrassing situations since he seems more than comfortable putting me in the… Continue

I don't want you all to think that I'm crazy. However, I will not deny that at times I can be awfully weird and it dawned on me, a few months back, that prior to acquiring Boomer, I used to talk to myself while wandering around the apartment. They weren't long, drawn-out conversations or anything, and I'm not schizophrenic, but sometimes it was good to talk something out for it to make sense, along the lines of "Should I wear that?" or "What will my co-workers say if I show up wearing that?"… Continue