"Murphy was an optimist!"
From the mouths of babes May 16, 2014 7:22 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Dharma, Family, From the mouths of babes, Molly, Pets, TommyLast night I asked my son if the dogs had enough food for this morning. This word "yes" I do not think it means what he thinks it means.
add a commentFood for the first time! April 17, 2014 7:15 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, PetsWhy is that every morning the cats act like they’ve never experienced our feeding routine before?
add a commentMore upset than I expected November 22, 2013 4:00 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Of Being Dad, Pets, Two PawsWe all have our time. It comes. It goes. I’m pragmatic. I’m stoic. So I am surprised at how upsetting today has been to me. I am also a romantic. A philosopher. The physical manifestation is just that…something expected and done. The problem is the metaphorical interpretation of today’s event reaches too deeply into my being. I require downtime. And distraction. But responsibilities have to be dwelt with first.
add a commentEither genius or stupid November 3, 2013 9:34 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Buttercup, Daily Life, Family, Of Being Dad, Pets, WestleyDepending on your perspective, this is either a genius or not very brilliant solution to a cat problem. The kittens have taken to chewing electrical cords. At $80 a cord, Apple is loving our kittens. So, I’ve decided to train them away from cords…by squirting them with water when I see them chewing a cord. I think it is a spark of genius! One way or another, this problem will end.
add a commentYard work…befuddles my children and pets May 12, 2013 9:16 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Molly, PetsI finally bit the bullet and purchased a new lawnmower. My yard kills these things. It has been a looong time since we have cut our grass. The dogs are outside with me with the most perplexed looks on their faces. I can read their thoughts: "I don’t know what he’s doing… but it sure is going to make pooping easier."
add a commentThe Excitement of Excrement May 12, 2013 9:13 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Of Being Dad, PetsSeeing the first cat turd in a new liter box is almost as exciting as discovering your newborn’s first poopie in their diaper.
add a commentStupid Human Tricks April 19, 2013 12:35 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Gray, Of Being Dad, PetsWhen the cat starts howling in warning that it is going to wretch then starts doing the whole gag while turning its body into a slinky thing on your couch, wrestling with it will not stop the hair ball from coming and once you dig the claws out of the couch holding the cat at shoulder height will only result in an Andy Warholish splatter paint of horribleness on the living room floor…saved the couch though.
add a commentAnd this is why in my next life I’m coming back as a trust fund baby February 5, 2013 8:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, PetsHow to make Mom frown January 1, 2013 3:26 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cathy, Daily Life, Family, From the mouths of babes, Gimli, Noah, Of Being Dad, Pets
Dad: "Noah come here for an important PSA."
Dad: "Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought him back. But only in a fable. In real life, cats don’t come back."
Noah: "Ok."
Dad: "But the cat came back for it wouldn’t stay away."
Dad: "Well, he came back in a song. But not real life."
Dad: "So, the cat has taken to climbing into the dryer."
Dad: "And if you ran the dryer with the cat in it you know what that would mean?"
Dad: "It would mean that our furniture wouldn’t get further scratched up."
Dad: "All joking aside."
Dad: "It would be bad to run the dryer with the cat in it."
Dad: "Because it is really difficult to get the smell of cooked cat out of cotton."
From the mouths of babes August 21, 2012 5:41 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cathy, Daily Life, Family, From the mouths of babes, PetsWife: "May I buy kitten food?"
Me: "If I say no, will it go away faster?"
Apparently, that was not the correct answer.
add a commentFrom the mouths of babes May 24, 2012 12:40 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cathy, Daily Life, Family, Of Being Dad, Pets, TommyTommy: "We need a kitten."
Me: "No we don’t."
Tommy: "I’ll take good care of it."
Me: "When you have your own place to live, you can have a kitten."
Cathy: "If you clean the litter box for our cat every day for one month, you can have a kitten."
Tommy: "Yea!"
Me: "Make it six months."
Cathy: "One month."
Me: "I don’t want another cat!"
12 days later, Tommy: "12 days and I’ve cleaned the litter box every day."
I think I have roughly 18 days to build Tommy a small apartment near Amy’s clubhouse.
add a commentWednesday April 26, 2012 1:49 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Amy, Cathy, Daily Life, Evan, Gray, Of Being Dad, Pets, TommyI cannot improve upon Cathy’s Pulitzer Prize worthy post. Do read!
RIP Gray April 25, 2012 3:13 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Gray, PetsExactly how many animals can I bury in my yard before I have to get licensed as a pet cemetery?
1 comment so farDogboarding March 28, 2011 4:36 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Pets, Publishing, VideoSo wrong, yet so right.
Dogboarding from DANIELS on Vimeo.
add a commentBecause mouse guts go with bacon March 21, 2010 10:38 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Bahamut, Daily Life, Family, Of Being Dad, PetsMy morning duty today is to cook bacon and clean mouse guts off a large stick that up until this week I would have called sterile. See, the pet shop didn’t have any small rats. Only very large "small" rats so we decided to buy two large mice instead. Either the snake didn’t see or smell the second rotting mouse or he just wasn’t that hungry. And we forgot to check on it. So a couple of days later, the lump of gooey fur became my problem. I have to go flip the bacon now and find a toothbrush I want to forever sacrifice. Enjoy brunch!
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