This is what I do at work now. It is not vegan of me. Also I have not dissected anything in six years and getting all the trachea off makes my head explode.

happy halloween!

Why oh why do the pets hate us so? How oh how does Target know that we cannot resist discounted pet halloween costumes?

guaranteed good time: make pets jump and take their pictures

shenandoah camping

Last weekend we went camping with my parents at Loft Mountain in Shenandoah National Park. Normally we only go to the northern part of Shenandoah because it is closer so I was excited to go to the other end. It was Lenny's first time camping and he was pretty good, by which I mean he was not much worse than he is at home, except for the first night, when he was not tired at all and alternated between biting us and trying to chew his way out of the tent all night.

I knew something was going to be wrong with our campsite because it was the only reservable one that was not reserved already. It was just that it is not level so you slide down the mountain all night, and also it is not that big because most of it is taken up by shrubberies full of ticks and spiders.

On Saturday it was a little rainy. We did the Big Run Loop trail which is 5.8 miles and 1100 ft elevation change and it elicited massive amounts of whining from the hike participants. We only saw a couple people until the connection with the Appalachian Trail where there were many skinny young people with scraggley beards.

"Check the map again because I am tired and so I feel that the hike should be over now so we must be going the wrong way."

Lenny has no complaints.

On Sunday it was nicer and we did the Rose River Falls Loop. I didn't think it was that much easier but there was much less complaining. It was rather crowded though and every now and then you would look back and see a pack of toddlers dressed in LL Bean fleeces hurtling towards you.

Here are some more pictures.

blue donut head

Lenny was neutered yesterday. We are supposed to keep him calm for ten days. HA.

Lenny goes to Washington Again

Last weekend we took Lenny to the National Arboretum. Let me tell you what is more fun than taking a dog who has just discovered the joy of lifting his leg to a place full of plants he is not supposed to pee upon. Not much.


We got some sandwiches at Java Green on the way. Everything they say about Java Green taking a million years and costing a million dollars is true. However they have a vegan frappuccino with whipped cream.


There is a koi pond at the arboretum and the way they slimily swarm all over each other is kind of creepy.

PS I am writing most of my boring crap about cooking on this new blog with Jennifer: Meats Be Gone. As you can see I will continue to write boring crap about Lenny right here.

Lenny goes to Washington

Yesterday we took Lenny to DC to Vegfest. Sometimes he ducks away when people try to pet him so we are trying to socialize him more. He did very well and did not have a head explosion and met many dogs and let many people pet him and only ducked away a little bit.

Chris O waited in a giant line to buy us a tasty cake from Vegan Treats. We also had some falafels and some oddly gooey soft-serve vanilla ice cream. Lenny had a sample of V-Dog and serious amount of face-licking from Caramello.

Then we took Lenny for a walk on the national mall which was swarming with militant republicans.

Don't Tread On [Lenny's Tail]!

As Lenny was petted by both vegans and republicans in one day, I think we get a gold star for socialization.